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We measure how the bundling of television channels affects welfare. We estimate an industry model of viewership, demand …
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. We study private consumption choices focusing on former East Germany, where differential access to Western television was … significant impact of previous exposure to Western television on aggregate consumption levels. However, exposure to Western …
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The development of cable and satellite television has not occurred as rapidly in the United Kingdom as initially … reform. The concept of a national telecommunications grid providing television and basic telephone services is questioned, as …
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The regulation of commercial television and broadcasting in the United Kingdom has evolved from the principles of …
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What are the effects of television, and of role models portrayed in TV programs, on individual behavior? We focus on … evidence that novelas, and not just television, affected individual choices. First, people living in areas covered by the …
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47-year panel of French birth registries, we first show that names appearing on television shows, movies, or in songs are …
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This Paper empirically investigates the decisions of US publicly traded firms on where to incorporate. We study the features of states that make them attractive to incorporating firms and the characteristics of firms that determine whether they incorporate in or out of their state of location....
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We survey the empirical literature analysing the process of enterprise restructuring in transition economies. The survey provides new insights into the relative effectiveness of different reform policies, and into how this effectiveness varies across regions. We study the effects of...
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constraints that act on these processes, leave managers with considerable power to shape their own pay arrangements. Examining the …
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instrument for addressing the agency problem between managers and shareholders but also as part of the agency problem itself … managers. As a result, managers wield substantial influence over their own pay arrangements, and they have an interest in … reducing the saliency of the amount of their pay and the extent to which that pay is de-coupled from managers’ performance. We …
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