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(namely, from Cyprus and British Virgin Islands) across Russia and compare them with the benchmark group of genuine foreign …
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We develop a theoretical model of security investments in a network of interconnected agents. Network connections … introduce the possibility of cascading failures due to an exogenous or endogenous attack depending on the profile of security … networks, is that because security investments create positive externalities on other agents, there will be underinvestment in …
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From 2000 to 2010, more than 20 states passed laws that make it easier to use lethal force in self-defense. Elements of these laws include removing the duty to retreat in places outside of one's home, adding a presumption of reasonable belief of imminent harm, and removing civil liability for...
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that could protect surplus ("security"). But the joint achievement of security and prosperity had to escape a paradox … conflict when defense capability is fixed, but may allow for security and prosperity when defense capability is endogenous …. Some economic shocks and military innovations deliver security and prosperity while others force societies back into a trap …
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Using high quality administrative data on Greece we show that class size has a hump shaped effect on achievement. We do …
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of GDP by 2016. Informed by a detailed analysis of macroeconomic patterns in Greece, we estimate a rich dynamic general …
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university field of study. We use data from a large number of high schools in Greece, where the performance in these high …
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between budget cuts and health outcomes. Health spending and inputs were very high in Greece before the crisis: in several …
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We use a new dataset consisting of the universe of Greek corporate tax returns matched to financial statements to study a voluntary tax compliance program for small firms. This "self-assessment" program prescribed target taxable profit margins for different types of activity. Firms that reported...
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We estimate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business failures among small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in seventeen countries using a large representative firm-level database. We use a simple model of firm cost-minimization and measure each firm's liquidity shortfall during and after...
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