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How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies

Snowberg, Erik; Wolfers, Justin; Zitzewitz, Eric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This review paper articulates the relationship between prediction market data and event studies, with a special focus on applications in political economy. Event studies have been used to address a variety of political economy questions from the economic effects of party control of government to...

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The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets

Francois, Joseph; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the UN has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. We develop techniques to deal with national and...

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Bibliometric Evaluation vs. Informed Peer Review: Evidence from Italy

Bertocchi, Graziella; Gambardella, Alfonso; Jappelli, Tullio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

A relevant question for the organization of large scale research assessments is whether bibliometric evaluation and informed peer review where reviewers know where the work was published, yield similar results. It would suggest, for instance, that less costly bibliometric evaluation might - at...

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The Catch-22 of External Validity in the Context of Constraints to Firm Growth

Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean S. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We document the presence of multiple and varied constraints to small and medium firm growth. This presents both a practical problem for business training programs and a challenge to academic economists trying to identify mechanisms though which these programs may affect outcomes. External...

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Optimal Leniency Programs when Firms Have Cumulative and Asymmetric Evidence

Blatter, Marc; Emons, Winand; Sticher, Silvio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

, our firms have imperfect cumulative evidence of the collusion. That is, cartel conviction is not automatic if one firm … reports: reporting makes conviction only more likely, the more so, the more firms report. Furthermore, the evidence is … distributed asymmetrically among firms. Asymmetry of the evidence can increase the cost of deterrence if the high-evidence firm …

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