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How Important Is the Stock Market Effect on Consumption?

Ludvigson, Sydney C.; Steindel, Charles - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999

The second half of the 1990s has seen substantialchanges in the wealth of Americanhouseholds, primarily owing to …

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War and Wealth: Economic Opportunity Before and After the Civil War, 1850-1870

Jaworski, Taylor - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

This study uses two samples of linked adult males to examine wealth accumulation by region and occupation between 1850 … and 1870. Consistent with past research, the findings here show that wealth accumulation was substantial in the South in … the 1850s and stagnant in the 1860s. The findings also suggest improvement in the wealth position of white …

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The Triumph and Denouement of the British Fiscal State: Taxation For the Wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, 1793-1815

O’Brien, Patrick Karl - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

from import duties and direct taxes upon their incomes and wealth. Since total tax revenues depended on rates of tax levied …

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annual report 2007

London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

This report covers CASE’s activities duringthe calendar year 2007 (with financialand related information for the 2006-07academic year). This year marked thecompletion of the Centre’s ten years withcore funding from the Economic andSocial Research Council (ESRC). Havingcompleted that research...

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Sheffield City Report

Winkler, Astrid - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

Europe is a continent of cities with a remarkable history of cultural inspiration, wealth creation, social andpolitical …

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annual report 2006

London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

This report covers CASE’s activities duringthe calendar year 2 006 (with financialand related information for the 2 005-06academic year). This is the ninth yearof the Centre’s core funding from theCouncil, which will end in December2007. The Centre is currently exploringalternative ways of...

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Wealth Inequality and Collective Action

Bardhan, Pranab K.; Ghatak, Maitreesh - University of California <Berkeley, Calif.> / Berkeley …; … - 2006

We analyze the effect of inequality in the distribution of endowment of a private input (briefly,wealth) that is … isresolved in a decentralized manner, we characterize the optimal second-best distribution of wealth.We show that while effciency …

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Risk and Wealth in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Currency Attacks

Guimarães, Bernardo; Morris, Stephen - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

Market participants' risk attitudes, wealth and portfolio composition influence their positions in apegged foreign …

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Financing Constraints and a Firm's Decision and Ability to Innovate:Establishing Direct and Reverse Effects

Hajivassiliou, Vassilis; Savignac, Frédérique - London School of Economics and Political Science; … - 2008

The paper analyzes the existence and impact of financing constraints as a possiblyserious obstacle to innovation by firms. Direct measures of financing constraints areemployed using survey data collected by the Banque de France and Eurostat, whichovercomes the problems with the traditional...

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The Effect of Health on Consumption Decisions in LaterLife: Evidence from the UK

Karagiannaki, Eleni - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

The analysis in this paper focuses on the impact of health on the savings andconsumption decisions of the elderly. In principle, there are at least five alternativechannels through which health may affect consumption and savings. Ill health mayaffect both consumption capacities and needs while...

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