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Vote Choice Formation and Minimal Effects of TV Debates : Evidence from 61 Elections in 9 OECD Countries
Pennec, Caroline Le - 2019
We use 201,000 observations from repeated survey data in 61 elections and 9 OECD countries since 1952 to study the formation of vote choices and policy preferences in the electoral season and assess how TV debates contribute to this process. We find that the share of voters who state a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480516
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The Feldstein-Horioka fact
Giannone, Domenico - 2009
This paper shows that general equilibrium effects can partly rationalize the high correlation between saving and investment rates observed in OECD countries. We find that once controlling for general equilibrium effects the saving-retention coefficient remains high in the 70's but decreases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463130
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Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why?
Alesina, Alberto - 1998
This paper studies the pattern of allocation of foreign aid from various donors to receiving countries. We find considerable evidence that the direction of foreign aid is dictated by political and strategic considerations, much more than by the economic needs and policy performance of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472199
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The economic consequences of demographic change in East Asia : [NBER East Asia Seminar on Economics, volume 19 ; selection of papers presented at the 19th Annual East Asian Seminar...
Itō, Takatoshi (contributor); Rose, Andrew (contributor) - 2010
The demographic transition and economic growth in the Pacific Rim / Andrew Mason, Ronald Lee, and Sang-Hyop Lee ; comments: Jocelyn E. Finlay, Jong-Wha Lee -- Population aging and economic growth in Asia / David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Jocelyn E. Finlay ; comments: Roberto S. Mariano,...
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Capital controls and capital flows in emerging economics : policies, practices and consequences
Edwards, Sebastian (ed.) - 2007
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Youth employment and joblessness in advanced countries
Blanchflower, David G. (contributor);  … - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001390808
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The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement
Cutler, David M. - 2000
whether it was a move toward economic efficiency using data from Massachusetts. Medicaid spending will fall, but only a modest … amount ($0.1 billion). The efficiency issue turns mainly on the treatment of health benefits from reduced smoking induced by … the settlement. We conclude that the settlement was a move towards economic efficiency …
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Does Public Insurance Improve the Efficiency of Medical Care? Medicaid Expansions and Child Hospitalizations
Dafny, Leemore - 2000
One of the benefits commonly claimed for expanded public health insurance is improved efficiency of medical care …
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