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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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Strategic factors in nineteenth century American economic history : a volume to honor Robert W. Fogel ; [papers presented at a conference held Mar. 2-3, 1991 in Cambridge, Mass.]
Goldin, Claudia (ed.); Fogel, Robert William (honouree);  … - 1992
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The evolution of retirement : an American economic history, 1880 - 1990
Costa, Dora L. - 1998
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Wages and labor markets in the United States : 1820 - 1860
Margo, Robert A. - 2000
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The defining moment : the Great Depression and the American economy in the twentieth century
Bordo, Michael D. (ed.); Goldin, Claudia (ed.);  … - 1998
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The Diffusion of New Institutions : Evidence from Renaissance Venice's Patent System
Comino, Stefano - 2017
statutes that are more effective at preventing outsiders' entry and at mitigating price competition lead to less patenting. We … strongly restrict entry and price competition. We show that guilds that originated from medieval religious confraternities were … more likely to regulate entry and competition, and that the effect on patenting is robust to instrumenting guild statutes …
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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 …
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The Unequal Cost of Job Loss across Countries
Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal …
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Who Are the Hand-to-Mouth?
Aguiar, Mark A. - 2020
Many households hold little wealth, especially liquid wealth. In precautionary savings models, absent preference heterogeneity, these households should display not only higher marginal propensities to consume (MPCs), but also lower average propensities to consume (APCs) and higher future...
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