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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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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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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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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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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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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 Effect of the Theo van Gogh Murder on House Prices in Amsterdam

Gautier, Pieter A; Siegmann, Arjen; van Vuuren, Aico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Does Islamic terrorism have an effect on the general attitudes towards Muslim minorities? We use the murder of Theo van …

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Volatile Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution Between 1981 and 2009

Foellmi, Reto; Martínez, Isabel Z. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the recent evolution of top incomes in Switzerland, analyzing both social security data on labor incomes and tax data on total income. The results show that in the last 20 years, the share of top incomes has risen, and the top 0.01 percent’s share even doubled, putting Switzerland...

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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth: the English Corn Returns as a data source in economic history, 1770-1914

Brunt, Liam; Cannon, Edmund - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

From 1770 to 1914, the British Government collected weekly price and quantity data for all types of grain traded in many market towns; these ‘Corn Returns’ were published in the London Gazette. We computerised the data published 1770-1864, totalling around 6 million data points. Here we...

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