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Data Gaps and the Policy Response to the Novel Coronavirus
Stock, James H. - 2020
This note lays out the basic Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemiological model of contagion, with a target audience of economists who want a framework for understanding the effects of social distancing and containment policies on the evolution of contagion and interactions with the...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466488
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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 …This paper presents a synopsis of recent NBER studies of the history of corporate governance in Canada, China, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467625
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Financial Systems, Economic Growth, and Globalization
Rousseau, Peter L. - 2001
formal quantitative analysis. We begin with studies of the Dutch Republic, England, the U.S., France, Germany and Japan that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470401
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The Effect of Macroeconomic Uncertainty on Household Spending
Coibion, Olivier; Georgarakos, Dimitris; Gorodnichenko, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496179
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Training and the private sector : international comparisons
Lynch, Lisa M. (ed.) - 1994
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New Evidence on the First Financial Bubble
Frehen, Rik G.P. - 2009
The first global financial bubble in stock prices occurred 1720 in Paris, London and the Netherlands. Explanations for … of two large firms: the South Sea Company in Great Britain and the Mississippi Company in France. In this paper we …
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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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Driving the Gig Economy
Abraham, Katharine G. - 2024
, employment and earnings in the Taxi and Limousine Services industry. Ridesharing dramatically increased the pace of entry of … attractive fallback option than driving a taxi. Ridesharing also affected the incumbent taxi driver workforce. The exit rates of … low-earning taxi drivers increased following the introduction of ridesharing in their city; exit rates of high …
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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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