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Philanthropy and public policy
Dickinson, Frank G. (contributor) - 1962
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000664750
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Keynes, King's and Endowment Asset Management
Chambers, David - 2014
a market-timing approach to investment with mixed success and failed to anticipate the 1929 market crash. Thereafter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458150
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The Interaction of Spending Policies, Asset Allocation Strategies, and Investment Performance at University Endowment Funds
Brown, Keith - 2013
the long-term and relatively static nature of the investment problem faced by the typical educational institution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459146
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Research and/or Development? Financial Frictions and Innovation Investment
Mezzanotti, Filippo; Simcoe, Timothy S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Abstract U.S. firms have reduced their investment in scientific research ("R") compared to product development ("D …"), raising questions about the returns to each type of investment, and about the reasons for this shift. We use Census data that … cost. Companies with greater demand for refinancing during the 2008 financial crisis made larger cuts to R&D investment …
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Automation After the Assembly Line : Computerized Machine Tools, Employment and Productivity in the United States
Boustan, Leah Platt; Choi, Jiwon; Clingingsmith, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
to CNC increased capital investment and experienced higher labor productivity. Total employment rose, with gains for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362054
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Preferred Habitats and Timing in the World's Safe Asset
Tabova, Alexandra M.; Warnock, Francis E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Investors' behavior in U.S. Treasuries - the world's safe asset - affects monetary policy transmission mechanisms, fiscal policy space, loan pricing, and international vulnerabilities. Yet it is not well understood for a simple reason: researchers, not having a clear picture of the Treasury...
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Science, Philanthropy, and American Leadership
Conn, Robert W.; Cowhey, Peter F.; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
different sectors and their combined effect crucially enhances the nation's competitiveness. Philanthropy is an under … the two systems differ, with a particular emphasis on the differentiating role that philanthropy may play in influencing …
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Optimal Income Taxation and Charitable Giving
Kaplow, Louis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The philanthropic sector is highly consequential, particularly in the United States, and the most important policies directed toward this sector are tax policies. Yet most economic analysis of the optimal tax treatment of charitable giving is ad hoc, treating it as a subject unto itself. This...
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Are Political and Charitable Giving Substitutes? Evidence from the United States
Petrova, Maria - 2020
We provide evidence that individuals substitute between political contributions and charitable contributions, using micro data from the American Red Cross and Federal Election Commission. First, we find that foreign natural disasters, which are positive shocks to charitable giving, crowd out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479140
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Charitable Giving Responses to Education Budgets
Meer, Jonathan; Tajali, Hedieh - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Do changes in government spending affect voluntary contributions to those recipients? We examine how changes in K-12 education budgets impact donations to teachers using data from DonorsChoose.org, an online crowdfunding platform for public school teachers to raise money for their classrooms....
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