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Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - EconWPA - 2004

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the intricate time path of life expectancy in the process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural Revolution. The theory argues that social, economic and...

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A Dynamic Decision Model of Marriage, Childbearing, and Labor Force Participation of Women in Japan

Ueda, Atsuko - EconWPA - 2000

participation for women in Japan, motivated by the recent decrease in the number of marriages and the total fertility rate. Using … lower for less-educated women. As regards family formation, utility gains and losses from the first child are insignificant … of marriage and two children as a typical family unit is negative for women in the labor force. …

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Paternal Uncertainty and the Economics of Mating, Marriage, and Parental Investment in Children

Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - EconWPA - 2005

We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women derive utility from consumption and reproductive success,...

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Antitrust Policy: A Century of Economic and Legal Thinking

Kovacic, William E.; Shapiro, Carl - EconWPA - 2003

Passage of the Sherman Act in the United States in 1890 set the stage for a century of jurisprudence regarding monopoly, cartels, and oligopoly. Among American statutes that regulate commerce, the Sherman Act is unequaled in its generality. The Act outlawed "every contract, combination or...

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Fractional Reserve Banking as Economic Parasitism: A Scientific, Mathematical & Historical Expose, Critique, and Manifesto

Nuri, Vladimir Z. - EconWPA - 2002

, the proceeds of inflation are not actually spendable by the state. Also possible are forms of ``economic warfare'' based …

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Estimating the Quality of Economic Governance: A Cross-Country Analysis

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

This paper proposes a methodology to combine different dimensions of economic governance into a combined index. The quality of economic governance index (QEGI) is estimated as the weighted average of principal components of the standardised economic governance indicators, where weights are...

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Ultimatums and Tantrums: A Resource Sharing Experiment

Janmaat, John - EconWPA - 2005

The ultimatum game experiment has a long history in experimental economics. In-vivo ultimatum like strategic settings often involve uncertain rejection and payoff reversals. This paper presents the results of an ultimatum like experiment extended to reflect characteristics of a shared...

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Government Policies toward Information and Communication

Willmore, Larry - EconWPA - 2004

The development of what one might call 'modern' systems of information and communication began with the Gutenberg printing press in the 15th century, and progressed through the prepaid postal system, electric telegraph and telephone in the 19th century, radio and television broadcasting in the...

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All that Glitters: Precious Metals, Rent Seeking and the Decline of Spain

Drelichman, Mauricio - EconWPA - 2004

The windfall acquisition of precious metals from American mines and the military revolution of the Early Modern age allowed the Spanish monarchs to command large amounts of credit andpursue an expansive imperial policy unlike that of any other Early Modern nation; when the costof the Empire...

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Does Governance Matter?Some Evidence from Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

panel data model framework. The evidence from 16 major Indian states (from state/regional level) strongly suggests that …

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