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A Spatial Approach to Energy Economics: Theory, Measurement and Empirics

Moreno-Cruz, Juan; Taylor, M. Scott - CESifo - 2014

This paper sets out a simple spatial model of energy exploitation to ask how the location and productivity of energy resources may affect the distribution of economic activity around the globe. We combine elements from resource and energy economics into one framework linking the spatial...

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Feeling the Heat: Temperature, Physiology & the Wealth of Nations

Heal, Geoffrey; Park, Jisung - CESifo - 2014

Does temperature affect economic performance? Has temperature always affected social welfare through its impact on physical and cognitive function? While many studies have explored the indirect links between climate and welfare (e.g. agricultural yield, violent conflict, or sea-level rise), few...

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High-Technology Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley

Fairlie, Robert W.; Chatterji, Aaron K. - CESifo - 2013

The economic expansion of the late 1990s created many opportunities for business creation in Silicon Valley, but the opportunity cost of starting a business was also high during this period because of the exceptionally tight labor market. A new measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching...

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Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Control

Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry - CESifo - 2014

In this paper, we investigate the use of interactive effect or linear factor models in regional policy evaluation. We contrast treatment effect estimates obtained by Bai (2009)’s least squares method with the popular difference in differences estimates as well as with estimates obtained using...

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Geography, Non-Homotheticity, and Industrialization: A Quantitative Analysis

Breinlich, Holger; Cuñat, Alejandro - CESifo - 2012

We propose a quantitative framework for the analysis of industrialization in which specialization in manufacturing or agriculture is driven by comparative advantage and non-homothetic preferences. Countries are integrated through trade but trade is not costless and geographic position matters....

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Regional Equilibrium Unemployment Theory at the Age of the Internet

Lutgen, Vanessa; Linden, Bruno Van der - CESifo - 2015

This paper studies equilibrium unemployment in a two-region economy with matching frictions, where workers and jobs are free to move and wages are bargained over. Job-seekers choose between searching locally or searching in both regions. Search-matching externalities are amplified by the latter...

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Reflections on Cluster Policies

Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van - CESifo - 2012

Economic activity tends to cluster. This results in productivity gains. For policy makers this offers an opportunity to formulate and promote policies that foster clustering of economic activity. Paradoxically, although agglomeration rents are often found in empirical research a rationale for...

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The Globalization Paradox Revisited

Schwerhoff, Gregor; Edenhofer, Ottmar - CESifo - 2014

According to the Globalization Paradox, globalization limits the freedom of choice for national governments. Capital …. Fixed factor taxes have the potential to improve welfare by defusing the globalization trilemma through a reduction in the …

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'Globesity'? The Effects of Globalization on Obesity and Caloric Intake

Costa-i-Font, Joan; Mas, Núria - CESifo - 2014

This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake … globalization and both obesity and caloric intake. A one standard deviation increase in globalization is associated with a 20 … social globalization, and specifically the effects of changes in information flows and social proximity. A one standard …

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The Evidence on Globalization

Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2014

Globalization is blamed for many socio-economic shortcomings. I discuss the consequences of globalization by surveying … the empirical globalization literature. My focus is on the KOF indices of globalization (Dreher 2006a and Dreher et al … globalization and several outcome variables. Studies published more recently identify causal effects. The evidence shows that …

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