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Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper uses survey data from 13 countries to document the economic lives of the poor (those living on less than $2 dollar per day per capita at purchasing power parity) or the extremely poor (those living on less than $1 dollar per day). We describe their patterns of consumption and income...

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Productivity in Cities: Self-Selection and Sorting

Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Productivity is high in cities partly because the urban environment acts as a self-selection mechanism. If workers have …. The mechanism may be reinforced by the development of informational networks in cities with a large proportion of high …

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Media and Politics

Strömberg, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This article provides a review of recent literature in economics on the effect of mass media on politics. The focus is on the welfare effects of mass media. I also discuss the likely implications of existing behavioral theories of media effects, developed outside of economics.

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Protectionism Isn’t Counter-Cyclic (anymore)

Rose, Andrew K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Conventional wisdom holds that protectionism is counter-cyclic; tariffs, quotas and the like grow during recessions. While that may have been a valid description of the data before the Second World War, it is no longer accurate. In the post-war era, protectionism has not actually moved...

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Trade and Investment under Policy Uncertainty: Theory and Firm Evidence

Handley, Kyle; Limão, Nuno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We provide theoretical and empirical evidence that policy uncertainty can significantly affect firm level investment … and entry decisions in the context of international trade. When market entry costs are sunk, policy uncertainty can create … dynamic, heterogeneous firms model we show that: (i) investment and entry into export markets is reduced when trade policy is …

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Energy and Climate Change in China

Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China generated by the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH. A Business-as-Usual scenario is compared with five scenarios in which Greenhouse Gases emissions are taxed, at different levels. The elasticity of China’s emissions is...

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What Determines Immigrations' Impact? Comparing Two Global Centuries

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

links between these economic relationships and immigration policy. It concludes with an explanation for the apparent … difference in immigration's impact in the two global centuries, and thus on policy. …

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Back to Kyoto? US Participation and the Linkage Between R&D and Climate Cooperation

Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; Cersosimo, Igor; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The US decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and the recent outcomes of the Bonn and Marrakech Conferences of the Parties drastically reduces the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in controlling GHG emissions. The reason is not only the reduced emission abatement in the US, but also the...

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The Todaro Paradox Revisited

Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy that consists in decreasing the urban unemployment benefit. In an …The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise … rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to re-examine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage …

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Emissions Trading Regimes and Incentives to Participate in International Climate Agreements

Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

, participation and optimal policy should be jointly analysed. Moreover, our results show that the US, Russia and China have different …

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