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If Winning Isn't Everything, Why Do They Keep Score? A Structural Empirical Analysis of Dutch Flower Auctions

den Berg, Gerard J van; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Gibbs sampler with data augmentation. We take account of data limitations concerning the number of bidders. The estimation …

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Who is the Enemy?

Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We examine who benefits when there is a strong leader in place, and those who benefit when a situation lacks a proper leader. There are fractious terrorist groups who seek to serve the same people in a common cause against a common enemy. The groups compete for rents obtained from the public by...

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The Impact of Terrorism Across Industries: An Empirical Study

Berrebi, Claude; Klor, Esteban F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper uses scoring matching techniques and event study analysis to elucidate the impact of terrorism across … that belong to the defence, security or anti-terrorism related industries and other companies. The findings show that … whereas terrorism has a significant negative impact on non defence-related companies, the overall effect of terrorism on …

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The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Jaeger, David A; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or 'Al-Aqsa') Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...

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Does Terrorism Work?

Gould, Eric D; Klor, Esteban F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper examines whether terrorism is an effective tool to achieve political goals. By exploiting variation in … response to terror. Hence, terrorism appears to be an effective strategy in terms of shifting the entire Israeli political … landscape to the left. These findings may shed light on the causes underlying the spread of global terrorism in the last few …

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The Long-Run Effect of 9/11: Terrorism, Backlash, and the Assimilation of Muslim Immigrants in the West

Gould, Eric D; Klor, Esteban F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper investigates whether the 9/11 attacks will have a long-term impact by altering the fertility and assimilation rate of immigrants from Muslim countries in the United States. Terror attacks by Islamic groups are likely to induce a backlash against the Muslim community, and therefore,...

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Israel, the Palestinian Factions and the Cycle of Violence

Jaeger, David A; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between Israeli fatalities claimed by groups associated with...

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Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments

Chassang, Sylvain; Padró i Miquel, Gerard; Snowberg, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We study the design of randomized controlled experiments in environments where outcomes are significantly affected by unobserved effort decisions taken by the subjects (agents). While standard randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are internally consistent, the unobservability of effort provision...

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Intermodal and Intramodal Competition in Passenger Rail Transport

Ivaldi, Marc; Vibes, Catherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The objective of the paper is to elaborate a simulation model to analyse inter and intra-modal competition in the transport industry, based on game theory models. In our setting, consumers choose a transport mode and an operator to travel on a given city-pair; operators strategically decide on...

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The 'Names Game': Harnessing Inventors Patent Data for Economic Research

Melamed, Ran; Shiff, Gil; Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

.6 million unique inventors from all over the world, with detailed data on their patenting histories, their employers, co …

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