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Bernasconi, Claudia - 2013

This paper investigates empirically how similarity of demand structures - approximated by similarity of income distributions - affects trade patterns along both the extensive and intensive margin. The idea that similarity of demand structures intensifies trade goes back to the well-known Linder...

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R&D networks : theory, empirics and policy implications

König, Michael D.; Liu, Xiaodong; Zenou, Yves - 2014 - This version: February 7, 2014

We study a structural model of R&D alliance networks in which firms jointly form R&D collaborations to lower their production costs while competing on the product market. We derive the Nash equilibrium of this game, provide a welfare analysis and determine the optimal R&D subsidy program that...

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Business cycles in emerging markets : the role of liability dollarization and valuation effects

Notz, Stefan; Rosenkranz, Peter - 2014

the importance of certain credit market imperfections in different EMEs. To this end, we develop a small open economy …

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Online accessibility of academic articles and the diversity of economics

Boppart, Timo; Staub, Kevin E. - 2012

A key aspect of generating new ideas is drawing from different elements of past knowledge and combining them into a new idea. In such a process, the diversity of ideas plays a central role. This paper examines the empirical question of how the internet affected the diversity of new research by...

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What determines the world heritage list? : an econometric analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo; Steiner, Lasse - 2011 - This version 22 Nov 2010

composition of the List. -- global public goods ; world heritage ; international organizations ; international political economy …The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the existing List …

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Imbalance of world heritage list : did the UNESCO strategy work?

Steiner, Lasse; Frey, Bruno S. - 2011

distribution of Sites. -- UNESCO ; international organizations ; international political economy ; global public goods ; world …The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the imbalance of … the distribution of Sites according to countries and continents is striking. Consequently, the World Heritage Committee …

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War signals : a theory of trade, trust and conflict

Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2011

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is … breakdown of trust, plunging a society into a vicious cycle of recurrent conflicts (a war trap). The incidence of conflict can …

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World heritage : where are we? ; an empirical analysis/ by Bruno S. Frey and Paolo Pamini

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2011

A statistical analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage List is presented. The World Heritage Convention intends to protect … task must be left to the discussion in the World Heritage Convention. …

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Emerging from the war : gold standard mentality, current accounts and the international business cycle 1885 - 1939

Hoffmann, Mathias; Woitek, Ulrich - 2011 - This version: December 2011

We study international business cycles and capital flows in the UK, the United States and the Emerging Periphery in the period 1885-1939. Based on the same set of parameters, our model explains current account dynamics under both the Classical Gold Standard and during the Interwar period. We...

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Marijuana on main street : what if?

Jacobi, Liana; Michelle, Sovinsky - 2012 - Preliminary and incomplete

Illicit drug use is prevalent around the world. While the nature of the market makes it difficult to determine the …

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