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Djankov, Simeon - 2003

In recent years, comparative economics experienced a revival, with a new focus on comparing capitalist economies. The …

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Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage : Old Idea, New Evidence

Costinot, Arnaud - 2012

When asked to name one proposition in the social sciences that is both true and non-trivial, Paul Samuelson famously replied: 'Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage'. Truth, however, in Samuelson's reply refers to the fact that Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage is mathematically...

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Human capital : a theoretical and empirical analysis, with special reference to education

Becker, Gary Stanley - 1975 - 2. ed.

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Essays in the economics of crime and punishment

Becker, Gary Stanley (ed.); Landes, William M. (contributor) - 1974

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Themes in the economics of aging

Wise, David A. (ed.) - 2001

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Economic Imperialism

Lazear, Edward P. - 1999

Economics is not only a social science, it is a genuine science. Like the physical sciences, economics uses a …, economics stresses three factors that distinguish it from other social sciences. Economists use the construct of rational … have allowed economics to invade intellectual territory that was previously deemed to be outside the discipline's realm …

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The Labor Market Impacts of Technological Change : From Unbridled Enthusiasm to Qualified Optimism to Vast Uncertainty

Autor, David H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This review considers the evolution of economic thinking on the relationship between digital technology and inequality across four decades, encompassing four related but intellectually distinct paradigms, which I refer to as the education race, the task polarization model, the...

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Crime and Punishment Again : The Economic Approach with a Psychological Twist

Dickens, William T. - 1986

Akerlof and Dickens (1982) suggested that in a model of criminal behavior which considered the effects of cognitive dissonance, increasing the severity of punishment could increase the crime rate. This paper demonstrates that that conjecture was correct. With cognitive dissonance, people may...

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An Economic Theory of Self-Control

Shefrin, H. M. - 1977

Although many economists, most notably Strotz, have discussed dynamic inconsistency and precommitment, none have dealt directly with the essence of the problem: self-control. This paper attempts to fill that gap by modeling man as an organization. The Strotz model is recast to include the...

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The State of Macro

Blanchard, Olivier J. - 2008

For a long while after the explosion of macroeconomics in the 1970s, the field looked like a battlefield. Over time however, largely because facts do not go away, a largely shared vision both of fluctuations and of methodology has emerged. Not everything is fine. Like all revolutions, this one...

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