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A Dynamic Model of Price Discrimination and Inventory Management at the Fulton Fish Market

Graddy, Kathryn - 2009

We estimate a dynamic profit-maximization model of a fish wholesaler who can observe consumer characteristics, set … the key features observed in a set of high quality transaction-level data on fish sales collected at the Fulton fish …

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Non-Parametric Demand Analysis with an Application to the Demand for Fish

Angrist, Joshua D. - 1995

estimates of average derivatives in a simultaneous equations model. These ideas are illustrated using data from the Fulton Fish … market in New York City to estimate an average elasticity of wholesale demand for fresh fish. The weighting function …

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Is Fish Brain Food or Brain Poison? Sea Surface Temperature, Methyl-mercury and Child Cognitive Development

Rosenzweig, Mark R. - 2020

We exploit variation in the composition of local fish catches around the time of birth using administrative and census … the causal effects of early-life consumption of methylmercury (MeHg) and DHA, elements contained in fish, on cognitive … development. Using an IV strategy based on an equilibrium model of fish supply that exploits time-series variation in oceanic SST …

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On the Economics of Extinction and Mass Extinctions

Taylor, Michael Scott; Weder, Rolf - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Human beings' domination of the planet has not been kind to many species worldwide. This is to be expected. Humans have radically altered natural landscapes, harvested heavily from the ocean, and altered the climate in an unprecedented way. Recent concerns over the extent and rate of...

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How Does Privacy Regulation Affect Transatlantic Venture Investment? Evidence from GDPR

Jia, Jian; Jin, Ginger Zhe; Leccese, Mario; Wagman, Liad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

that the GDPR's rollout in May 2018 led to a significant decline in US investor activity in the EU, evidenced by fewer … ventures and relied more on syndication, particularly with EU-based lead investors. While the shift to local investing drove …

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Out-of-School Learning : Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills

Baumeister, Frauke; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today's global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of...

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Who Benefits from Place-Based Policies? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Grunau, Philipp; Hoffmann, Florian; Lemieux, Thomas; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

EU-wide rules governing program parameters at the regional level. The program subsidizes investments to create jobs with …

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Carbon Pricing and Inequality : A Normative Perspective

Bigio, Saki; Känzig, Diego R.; Sánchez, Pablo; Walsh, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Despite broad acceptance among economists, carbon taxes face persistent public resistance. We measure the sources and distribution of welfare losses from unexpected European carbon price changes by estimating their impact on consumer prices, labor income, financial wealth, and government...

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Model Uncertainty and Measures of Inequality of Opportunity

Bernardo, Giovanni; Durlauf, Steven N.; Kourtellos, Andros - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Inequality of opportunity has great normative importance. This has led to a literature on measuring the part of overall inequality that is due to circumstances outside of a person's control. We contribute to such studies by evaluating the implications of uncertainty about circumstance variables...

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The Global Effects of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms

Clausing, Kimberly A.; Colmer, Jonathan; Hsiao, Allan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

We study carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) policies, as currently being implemented by the EU and UK. Policy … first phase of EU and UK implementation. We find that CBAMs can effectively boost competitiveness, curb leakage, and …

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