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Intermediation by Aid Agencies
Rowat, Colin; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper models aid agencies as financial intermediaries that do not make a financial return to depositors, since the depositors' concern is to transfer resources to investor-beneficiaries. This leads to a significant problem of verification of the agencies' activities. One solution to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114171
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When warm glow burns: Motivational (mis)allocation in the non-profit sector
Aldashev, Gani; Jaimovich, Esteban; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We build an occupational-choice general-equilibrium model of an economy with the non-profit sector financed through private warm-glow donations. Lack of monitoring on the use of funds implies that an increase of funds of the non-profit sector (because of a higher income in the for-profit sector,...
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Exploitation, Altruism, and Social Welfare: An Economic Exploration
Doepke, Matthias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …
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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms
Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories - children as 'consumption' vs. 'investment' good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear discontinuity in the treatment across workers....
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Verified Trust: Reciprocity, Altruism and Noise in Trust Games
Brülhart, Marius; Usunier, Jean-Claude - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
distinct and economically relevant component of individual preferences alongside selfishness and altruism. This recognition is … power of trust as a determinant of those decisions, suggesting that altruism may explain much of what ‘looks like’ trust … protocols and framing. Therefore, we propose discriminatory tests for altruism and trust that can be based on within …
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Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting
Rotemberg, Julio J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
emerges with nontrivial voting costs and modest altruism. The model can explain higher turnout in close elections as well as …
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The Institutional Foundations of China’s Reforms and Development
Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper analyses China’s institution - a regionally...
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Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies
Beck, Thorsten; Laeven, Luc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Drawing on the recent literature on economic institutions and the origins of economic development, we offer a political economy explanation of why institution building has varied so much across transition economies. We identify dependence on natural resources and the historical experience of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123823
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Social Attitudes and Economic Development: An Epidemiological Approach
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In this paper we develop a new empirical approach to uncovering the impact of social attitudes on economic development. We first show that trust of second-generation Americans is significantly influenced by the country of origin of their forebears. In the spirit of the epidemiology literature,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124005
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Geography and Export Performance: External Market Access and Internal Supply Capacity
Redding, Stephen J.; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper investigates the determinants of countries’ export performance looking in particular at the role of international product market linkages. We begin with a novel decomposition of the growth in countries’ exports into the contribution from increases in external demand and from...
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