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Explorations of the Effect of Experience on Preferences: Two Health-Care Case Studies
Neuman, Einat; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The standard assumption in economic theory is that preferences are stable. In particular, they are not changed as a result of experience with the good/service/event. Behavioral scientists have challenged this assumption and claimed (providing evidence) that preferences are constantly changing...
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Agency in Health-Care: Are Medical Care-Givers Perfect Agents?
Neuman, Einat; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
It has been suggested in the literature that a source of incompleteness in the agency relationship between the doctor and the patient is that the provider may respond to an incomplete or biased perception of the patient’s interests. However, this has not been shown empirically. This paper is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504389
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Explorations of the Effect of Experience on Preferences for a Health-Care Service
Neuman, Einat; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
The standard assumption in economic theory is that preferences do not change as a result of experience with the commodity/service/event. Behavioural scientists have challenged this assumption, claiming that preferences constantly do change as experience is accumulated. This paper tests the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656214
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Pro-poor trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Porto, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The objective of this paper is to estimate the potential pro-poor bias in the existing structure of protection in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (i.e., whether it redistributes income from rich to poor households). We also explore the extent to which the barriers faced by SSA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320401
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Human Development in Africa: A Long-run Perspective
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Long-run trends in Africa’s well-being are provided on the basis of a new index of human development, alternative to … the UNDP’s HDI. A sustained improvement in African human development is found that falls, nonetheless, short of those … century. Human development improvement is positively associated to being coastal and resource-rich and negatively to political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322973
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The Marginal Cost of Public Funds in Developing Countries: An Application to 38 African Countries
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Warlters, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
In this paper we propose estimates of the marginal cost of public funds (MCF) in 38 African countries. We develop a simple general equilibrium mode inspired by the “1-2-3” model of Devarajan et al. (1994) that can handle taxes on the five major tax classes, takes account of the informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124022
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GM Food Crop Technology: Implications For Sub-Saharan Africa
Anderson, Kym; Jackson, Lee Ann - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
The first generation of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties sought to increase farmer profitability through cost reductions or higher yields. The next generation of GM food research is focusing also on breeding for attributes of interest to consumers, beginning with ‘golden rice’, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136521
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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Can international migration promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability? In order to examine this question, we designed a behavioral measure of the population’s desire for better governance. A postcard was distributed to households with the pledge...
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Unrestricted Market Access for Sub-Saharan Africa: How Much is it Worth and Who Pays?
Ianchovichina, Elena; Mattoo, Aaditya; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Initiatives to improve market access for the poorest countries have recently been announced by the European Union, Japan and the United States. This Paper assesses the impact on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) of these initiatives and others that might be taken. We find that fully unrestricted access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791981
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Would Multilateral Trade Reform Benefit Sub-Saharan Africans?
Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper examines whether, in the presence of trade preferences, Sub-Saharan African economies, and especially its poorest households, could gain from multilateral trade reform. The World Bank’s LINKAGE model of the global economy is employed to examine the impact first of current trade...
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