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Management practices: Are not for profits different?

Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert; Propper, Carol; Smith, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of good management for firm performance. Here, we focus on management in not-for-profits (NFPs). We present a model predicting that management quality will be lower in NFPs compared to for-profits (FPs), but that outputs may not be worse if...

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Sudden Deaths: Taking Stock of Political Connections

Faccio, Mara; Parsley, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Many firms voluntarily incur the costs of attempting to influence politicians. However, estimates of the value of political connections have been made in only a few cases. We propose a new approach to valuing political ties that builds on these previous studies. We consider connected to a...

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Fiscal Policy and the Current Account

Ali Abbas, S.M.; Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques; Fatás, Antonio; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

improvement of 0.2–0.3 percentage point of GDP. This association is as strong in emerging and low-income countries as it is in …

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An Area-Wide Real-Time Database for the Euro Area

Giannone, Domenico; Henry, Jérôme; Lalik, Magdalena; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper describes how we constructed a real-time database for the euro area covering more than 200 series regularly published in the European Central Bank Monthly Bulletin, as made available ahead of publication to the Governing Council members before their first meeting of the month. We...

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Now-casting and the real-time data flow

Banbura, Marta; Giannone, Domenico; Modugno, Michele; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The term now-casting is a contraction for now and forecasting and has been used for a long-time in meteorology and recently also in economics In this paper we survey recent developments on economic now-casting with special focus on those models that formalize key features of how market...

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Controversies about the Rise in American Inequality: A Survey

Dew-Becker, Ian; Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

: changes in labor’s share of income; inequality at the bottom of the income distribution, including labor mobility; skill … in the income distribution, particularly at the top. We conclude that changes in labor’s share play no role in rising … inequality of labor income; by one measure labor’s income share was almost the same in 2007 as in 1950. Within the bottom 90 …

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Happiness Inequality in the United States

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

eroded, and the gender happiness gap has disappeared entirely. Paralleling changes in the income distribution, differences in … unwound. Juxtaposing these changes with large rises in income inequality suggests an important role for non-pecuniary factors …

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The Distributional Consequences of Russia's Transition

Doyle, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

the population have gained under the reforms, average real household per capita income has declined significantly with … households at the lower end of the income distribution suffering the greatest fall. Consequently there has been a substantial … rise in income inequality. Poverty has increased sharply with an estimated 18.5% of the population on incomes below the …

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Gender, Poverty and the Intra-household Distribution of Resources

Findlay, Ronald; Wright, Robert E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

couples with children. Data from two countries participating in the Luxembourg Income Study -- Italy and the United States …

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Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile

Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela; Ginja, Rita - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

design, exploring the fact that program eligibility is a discontinuous function of an index of family income and assets. We …

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