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Did the rise in anti-American sentiment caused by the Iraq war affect sales of US goods abroad? We address this question using data on soft drink and fabric detergent sales in nine Arab countries. We find a statistically significant negative impact of the war on sales of US soft drinks in seven...
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In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
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international financial decision-making, also as it relates to the legitimacy of the international system in the eyes of the public …
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the preservation of the central bank’s legitimacy requires that a clear line be drawn between the central bank’s provision …
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During the nineties, unemployment fell in a number of European countries while it remained high in others. This Paper discusses potential causes for that evolution in light of recent economic research, emphasizing obstacles to reform due to political constraints, the prevalence of ideology, and...
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This paper proposes a model of endogenous growth with diversifiable uncertainty, irreversible investment decisions and imperfect labour mobility. Obstacles to labour reallocation lower the operating profits earned by existing firms and increase the cost of creating new ones, thus reducing...
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. Outsourcing decisions then balance flexibility gains against hold-up costs of opportunistic behaviour by outside contractors. In …
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A model of the labour market under firing restrictions and endogenous quits is constructed. It is shown that in the spirit of Blanchard and Summers (1988), the model can generate multiple equilibria, with a low-quits/high-unemployment equilibrium coexisting with a high-quits/low-unemployment...
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In a Case Law regime Courts have more flexibility than in a Statute Law regime. Since Statutes are inevitably … most economic decisions are already taken. Therefore, the advantage of flexibility for Case Law is unavoidably paired with … pairs the lack of flexibility with the ability to commit in advance to a given (forward looking) rule. This solves the time …
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simulation to provide substantial stabilization for the exchange rate while retaining considerable flexibility and robustness in …
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