Search Results - subject:"Natural experiments"

Sharpening the Effectiveness of Natural Experiments as an Analytical Tool

Duleep, Harriet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

The importance of using natural experiments in economic research has long been recognized. Yet, it is only in recent … years that natural experiments have become an integral part of the economist's analytical toolbox, thanks to the efforts of … economic research, the analysis of natural experiments could be substantially strengthened. This paper discusses several …

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Trial by Fire: a Natural Disaster’s Impact on Attitudes toward the Government in Rural Russia

Lazarev, Yegor; Sobolev, Anton; Soboleva, Irina; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

This study aims to explore the psychological foundations of political support under a nondemocratic regime by investigating the impact of a natural disaster on attitudes toward the government. The research exploits the enormous wildfires that occurred in rural Russia during the summer of 2010 as...

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Ability or Finances as Constraints on Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Survival Rates in a Natural Experiment

Andersen, Steffen; Nielsen, Kasper Meisner - Økonomisk Institut, Copenhagen Business School - 2012

We use a natural experiment in Denmark to test the hypothesis that aspiring entrepreneurs face financial constraints because of low entrepreneurial quality. We identify 304 constrained entrepreneurs who start a business after receiving windfall wealth and examine the performance of these...

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Who was affected by new welfare reform strategies? : microdata estimates from Canada

Berg, Nathan; Gabel, Todd - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 14, pp. 1395-1413

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Do board interlocks increase innovation? : evidence from a corporate governance reform in India

Helmers, Christian; Patnam, Manasa; Rau, P. Raghavendra - In: Journal of banking & finance 80 (2017), pp. 51-70

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Introduction of a national minimum wage reduced depressive symptoms in low-wage workers : a quasi-natural experiment in the UK

Reeves, Aaron; McKee, Martin; Mackenbach, Johan; … - In: Health economics 26 (2017) 5, pp. 639-655

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Leading-effect, risk-taking and sabotage in two-stage tournaments : evidence from a natural experiment

Müller-Langer, Frank; Andreoli Versbach, Patrick - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 237 (2017) 1, pp. 1-28

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The empirical basis for antitrust : cartels, mergers, and remedies

Langenfeld, James A. - In: International journal of the economics of business 24 (2017) 2, pp. 233-250

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Évaluation des politiques publiques : expérimentation randomisée et méthodes quasi-expérimentales

Chabé-Ferret, Sylvain; Dupont-Courtade, Laura; Treich, … - In: Economie & prévision : EP 211/212 (2017) 2/3, pp. 1-34

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Demand for "healthy" products : false claims and FTC regulation

Rao, Anita; Wang, Emily - In: Journal of marketing research : JMR 54 (2017) 6, pp. 968-989

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