Showing 1 - 10 of 1,829
This paper examines the consequences of the 2015 reform on the London fixing in the interbank forex market, which … behavior after the reform, and the volume spike in the fixing window disappeared. However, the anomalies on price dynamics … to examine the efficiency of banks' behavior after the reform. The volume pattern during the fixing time window suggests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455354
belief has led several countries to reform their labor markets and liberalize the use of fixed-term contracts. Despite how …. To fill this gap, we build a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents and firing costs in the tradition of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467160
This paper evaluates changes in fuel procurement practices by coal- and gas-fired power plants in the United States following state-level legislation that ended cost-of-service regulation of electricity generation. I find that deregulated plants substantially reduce the price paid for coal (but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458556
Protection Act (BAPCPA), which raised the costs of filing for bankruptcy. We identify the effects of BAPCPA on borrowing costs by … exploiting variation in the effects of the reform on bankruptcy risk across credit-score segments. Using a combination of … administrative records, credit reports, and proprietary market-research data, we find that the reform reduced bankruptcy filings, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480198
study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked … effect on profitability, leverage, or costs of debt. Overall, the evidence is consistent with richer models of industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480463
We study the welfare effects of disability insurance (DI) and derive social-optimality conditions for the two main DI policy parameters: (i) DI eligibility rules and (ii) DI benefits. Causal evidence from two DI reforms in Austria generate fiscal multipliers (total over mechanical cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481455
Danish reform. We separately identify the effect of aid from that of other observed and unobserved variables such as parental … income. We exploit the combination of a kinked aid scheme and a reform of the student aid scheme to identify the effect of … direct costs on college enrollment. To allow for heterogeneous responses due to borrowing constraints, we use detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464105
The system of means-tested transfers in the U.S. has evolved in important ways over the last decade, with significant expansions of Medicaid , the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Supplemental Security Income program, and with significant contraction in Aid to Families with Dependent Children,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469985
evaluate using a unique reform. In 2005, Hungary switched from a single-step UI system to a two-step system, with unchanged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456418
their innovations. Upon the reform, Norway moved toward the typical U.S. model, where the university holds majority rights … patenting rates by university researchers after the reform. Quality measures for university start-ups and patents also decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456617