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Data Gaps and the Policy Response to the Novel Coronavirus

Stock, James H. - 2020

audience of economists who want a framework for understanding the effects of social distancing and containment policies on the … simple model, different policies that yield the same transmission rate β have the same health outcomes but can have very … different economic costs. Thus, one way to frame the economics of shutdown policy is as finding the most efficient policies to …

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Innovativity : A Comparison Across Seven European Countries

Mohnen, Pierre - 2006

: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy for the year 1992. Based on the estimation of a …

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from PIRLS

Ammermueller, Andreas - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Trusting the Stock Market

Guiso, Luigi - 2005

We provide a new explanation to the limited stock market participation puzzle. In deciding whether to buy stocks, investors factor in the risk of being cheated. The perception of this risk is a function not only of the objective characteristics of the stock, but also of the subjective...

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Saving and Cohabitation : The Economic Consequences of Living with One's Parents in Italy and the Netherlands

Alessie, Rob - 2005

from Italy and the Netherlands. It presents a two-period gametheoretical model where the child has to decide whether to …. We find strong positive effects of the child income share on the saving rate in Italy, where we calculate saving as the …

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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction

Morck, Randall K. - 2005

, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …

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The Size and Composition of Wealth Holdings in the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands

Kapteyn, Arie - 2003

This paper analyzes retirement saving and portfolio choice in the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands. While … worth and gross wealth should be highest in Italy, that Dutch households should hold the lowest wealth levels at retirement …

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Widows' Time, Time Stress and Happiness : Adjusting to Loss

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

By age 77 a plurality of women in wealthy Western societies are widows. Comparing older (aged 70+) married women to widows in the American Time Use Survey 2003-18 and linking the data to the Current Population Survey allow inferring the short- and longer-term effects of an arguably exogenous...

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What Calls to ARMs? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Badarinza, Cristian - 2014

The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mort- gages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country...

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Price Discounts and Cheapflation During the Post-Pandemic Inflation Surge

Cavallo, Alberto; Kryvtsov, Oleksiy - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We study how within-store price variation changes with inflation, and whether households exploit it to attenuate the inflation burden. We use micro price data for food products sold by 91 large multi-channel retailers in ten countries between 2018 and 2024. Measuring unit prices within narrowly...

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