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Origins and Resolution of Financial Crises; Lessons from the Current and Northern European Crises

Ostrup, Finn; Oxelheim, Lars; Wihlborg, Clas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

financial sector and factors that explain why these strains lead to system-wide contagion and a possible credit crunch. Most of … that a financial crisis with its contagion within the system is caused by failures of legal, regulatory and political … crises would be reduced if appropriate institutions could be put in place Lacking appropriate institutions to avoid contagion …

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Social Interactions and Labor Market Outcomes in Cities

Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...

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Do Oppositional Identities Reduce Employment for Ethnic Minorities?

Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003

We develop a model in which non-white individuals are defined with respect to their social environment (family, friends, neighbors) and their attachments to their culture of origin (religion, language), and in which jobs are mainly found through social networks. We find that, depending on how...

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Oppositional Identities and the Labor Market

Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005

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Who's Who in Crime Network. Wanted the Key Player

Ballester, Coralio; Calvó-Armengol, Antoni; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

Criminals are embedded in a network of relationships. Social ties among criminals are modeled by means of a graph where criminals compete for a booty and benefit from local interactions with their neighbours. Each criminal decides in a non-cooperative way how much crime effort he will exert. We...

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Density, Social Networks and Job Search Methods: Theory and Application to Egypt

Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

The aim of this paper is to study the impact of the size and the quality of social networks on the probability to find a job. We first develop a theoretical model in which individuals are embedded within a network of social relationships. Workers can obtain information about jobs via employed...

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Political Selection in China: the Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance

Jia, Ruixue; Kudamatsu, Masayuki; Seim, David - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

Who becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders a pool of candidates for top political office and examine how their chances of promotion depend on their performance in office and connections with top politicians. Our empirical analysis, based on the curriculum vitae of...

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City Structure, Job Search, and Labor Discrimination. Theory and Policy Implications

Selod, Harris; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

We consider a search-matching model in which black workers are discriminated against and the job arrival rates of all workers depend on social networks as well as distance to jobs. Location choices are driven by the racial preferences of households (both blacks and whites) consciously choosing...

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