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Monnet's Error?
Guiso, Luigi - 2015
in pro-European sentiments in the EU 15 countries. The 1992 Maastricht Treaty seems to have reduced the pro …
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Misfortune and Mistake : The Financial Conditions and Decision-making Ability of High-cost Loan Borrowers
Carvalho, Leandro - 2019
("misfortunes") or imperfect decisions ("mistakes"). Bank records from Iceland show borrowers are especially illiquid just before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480273
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The Effect of the Economic Collapse in Iceland on the Probability of Cardiovascular Events
Birgisdóttir, Kristín H. - 2018
We explore whether the 2008 economic collapse in Iceland and subsequent economic crisis affected the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480952
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Identification and Estimation of Undetected COVID-19 Cases Using Testing Data from Iceland
Aspelund, Karl M. - 2020
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, international testing efforts tended to target individuals whose symptoms and/or jobs placed them at a high presumed risk of infection. Testing regimes of this sort potentially result in a high proportion of cases going undetected. Quantifying this...
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from PIRLS
Ammermueller, Andreas - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Monetary Policy, and Real Exchange Rates : Iceland and the 2008 Crisis
Edwards, Sebastian; Cabezas, Luis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We use detailed data for Iceland to examine two often-neglected aspects of the "exchange rate pass-through" problem … price indexes in Iceland for 2003-2019, a period that includes Iceland's banking and currency crisis of 2008. We find that … the pass-through declined around the time Iceland reformed its "flexible inflation targeting," and that the coefficients …
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Lifecycle Effects of a Recession on Health Behaviors : Boom, Bust, and Recovery in Iceland
Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey - 2015
This study uses individual-level longitudinal data from Iceland, a country that experienced a severe economic crisis in …
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Are Recessions Good for Your Health Behaviors? Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Iceland
Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey - 2012
This study exploits the October 2008 economic crisis in Iceland to identify the effects of a macroeconomic downturn on …
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Deals versus rules : policy implementation uncertainty and why firms hate it
Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - 2010
influenced by firm actions (e.g. bribes) and characteristics (e.g. political connections). Using Enterprise Survey data we …
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Why Firms Offer Paid Parental Leave : An Exploratory Study
Goldin, Claudia; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Olivetti, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2020
Why do competitive firms in the US provide paid parental leave (PPL)? Which firms do and to what extent? We use several firm- and individual-level data sets to answer these questions. These include the BLS-Employee Benefit Survey (EBS) for 2010 to 2018 and an extensive firm-level data collection...
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