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The Private and External Costs of Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out
Jarvis, Stephen - 2019
in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use hourly data on power plant operations and a novel machine …
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Diminished Expectations of Nuclear War and Increased Personal Savings : Evidence From Individual Survey Data
Russett, Bruce - 1992
At the end of 1983 Gallup polls showed that 52 percent of Americans thought that the probability of a world war in the next 10 years was 50% or higher; by 1989 the percentage had dropped to 29%. Fear of war of this pervasiveness is bound to have an effect on decisions about present versus...
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Fear of Nuclear War and Intercountry Differences in the Rate of Saving
Slemrod, Joel - 1988
This paper demonstrates that a survey-based measure of the perceived likelihood of nuclear war in a country is negatively correlated with the country's rate of net private saving, holding other determinants of saving constant. This result is established using date on twenty OECD countries for...
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The Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy in Europe : Evidence from Banks' Balance Sheets
Favero, Carlo A. - 1999
implement a case-study on the response of banks in France, Germany, Italy and Spain to a monetary tightening. The episode we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471558
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What Can Stockouts Tell Us About Inflation? Evidence from Online Micro Data
Cavallo, Alberto; Kryvtsov, Oleksiy - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We use a detailed micro dataset on product availability to construct a direct high-frequency measure of consumer product shortages during the 2020-2021 pandemic. We document a widespread multi-fold rise in shortages in nearly all sectors early in the pandemic. Over time, the composition of...
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The microWELT-US microsimulation model for projections of the US labour force participation accounting for education and health : technical report
Amann, Johannes; Böheim, René; Horvath, Gerard Thomas; … - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2021
, model parameters, the base scenario, and key simulation results comparing the USA to Germany, France, and Spain. …
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
France, Italy and Germany corroborates this finding, and we estimate cumulative gains of up to 5 percentage points in … the provincial mandate announcements). We also find large vaccination gains in France (3 to 5 mln first doses), Italy … (around 6 mln) and Germany (around 3.5 mln) 11 to 16 weeks after the proof of vaccination mandate announcements …
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Estimates of the Value of Patent Rights in European Countries During thePost-1950 Period
Schankerman, Mark - 1985
This paper examines the distribution of the values of patent rights in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany during …
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Labor and Investment Demand at the Firm Level : A Comparison of French, German and U.S. Manufacturing, 1970-79
Mairesse, Jacques - 1985
We investigate how labor and investment demand at the firm level (gross as well as net and replacement investment separately) differs in French, German and U.S. manufacturing, and has changed since the 1974-75 crisis. We use three consistent panel data samples of large firms for1970-79, and rely...
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The Taxation of Income from Capital : A Comparative Study of the U.S., U.K., Sweden and West Germany--Comparisons of Effective Tax Rates--
King, Mervyn A. - 1983
This working paper presents Chapter 7 of a book to be published for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the University of Chicago Press. The point of the book is to compare taxes on income from capital in four countries,accounting for corporate, personal, and property taxes, and...
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