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Modelling Energy Demand and Household Welfare Using Micro-Data
Baker, Paul; Blundell, Richard William; Micklewright, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987
The paper is concerned with the empirical modelling of domestic demand for energy in the United Kingdom at the level of the individual household (most previous British work has used aggregate time-series data). The paper develops a two-stage budgeting model of the household's demand for energy...
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The Impact of the Iraq War on US Consumer Goods Sales in Arab Countries
Clerides, Sofronis; Davis, Peter; Michis, Antonis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Did the rise in anti-American sentiment caused by the Iraq war affect sales of US goods abroad? We address this question using data on soft drink and fabric detergent sales in nine Arab countries. We find a statistically significant negative impact of the war on sales of US soft drinks in seven...
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Is Cannabis a Stepping-Stone for Cocaine?
Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper uses a unique dataset collected among inhabitants of Amsterdam, to study the dynamics in the consumption of cannabis and cocaine. If people start using these drugs they are most likely to do so at age 18-20 for cannabis and age 20-25 for cocaine. An analysis of the starting rates...
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The International Financial Integration of China and India
Lane, Philip R.; Schmukler, Sergio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Three main features characterize the international financial integration of China and India. First, while only having a … small global share of privately-held external assets and liabilities (with the exception of China’s FDI liabilities), these … “short equity, long debt.” Third, China and India have improved their net external positions over the last decade although …
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China's Great Leap: Forward or Backward? Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster
An, Mark Yuying; Li, Wei; Yang, Dennis Tao - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
The Great Leap Forward (GLF) disaster, characterized by a collapse of grain output, and the associated famine in China …
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Can Production Subsidies Foster Export Activity? Evidence from Chinese Firm Level Data
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; Yu, Zhihong - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Using a unique firm level data set from the Chinese manufacturing sector, this paper analyses the impact of production subsidies on firms’ export performance. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies stimulate export activity, although this effect is conditional on firm...
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The Weightless Economy in Economic Development
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
development. Evidence from the failed Industrial Revolution in 14th-century China illustrates the empirical relevance of the …
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From Federalism, Chinese Style, to Privatization, Chinese Style
Yuanzheng, Cao; Qian, Yingyi; Weingast, Barry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
In 1994, China began a profound reform of its state-owned enterprises (SOE). We first describe and characterize this …
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Provincial Protectionism
Sonin, Konstantin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
federal centre. The theory is supported by the recent experience of Russia, China, and Argentina. …
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Cultural and Institutional Bifurcation: China and Europe Compared
Greif, Avner; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
How to sustain cooperation is a key challenge for any society. Different social organizations have evolved in the course of history to cope with this challenge by relying on different combinations of external (formal and informal) enforcement institutions and intrinsic motivation. Some societies...
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