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Ties
Revelli, Federico - 2019
-voter theory, we develop a model of costly instrumental voting in sequential elections with private information, where voters …
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Trade Costs, Market Access and Economic Geography : Why the Empirical Specification of Trade Costs Matters
Bosker, Erik Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - 2021
Trade costs are crucial in new economic geography (NEG) models. The unavailability of actual trade costs data requires the approximation of trade costs. Most NEG studies do not deal with the ramifications of the particular trade costs specification used. This paper shows that the specification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316892
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Are Groups More Rational than Individuals? A Review of Interactive Decision Making in Groups
Kugler, Tamar - 2012
also on the decisions of others. In the present article, we review the literature on decision making made by groups of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111990
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The bazaar effect, unbundling of comparative advantage, and migration
Kohler, Wilhelm K. - 2007
Germany exhibits a strong reduction in domestic manufacturing production depth (bazaar effect). I argue that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274459
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To React or Not? Fiscal Policy, Volatility and Welfare in the EU-3
Malley, Jim - 2008
implications of countercyclical fiscal policy for France, Germany and the UK. The model incorporates real wage rigidity which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773638
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Sales and Markup Dispersion : Theory and Empirics
Mrazova, Monika - 2019
We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of demand in monopolistic competition. Applications include a new “CREMR” demand function (Constant Revenue Elasticity of Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892151
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Do Multinationals Transplant Their Business Model?
Marin, Dalia - 2019
theory of knowledge hierarchies in an industry equilibrium model of monopolistic competition to examine how the economic … environment may affect the decision of multinational firms about transplanting the mode of organization to other countries. We … test the theory with original and matched parent and affiliate data on the level of decentralization of 660 Austrian and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860290
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Optimal Carbon Taxation and Horizontal Equity : A Welfare-Theoretic Approach with Application to German Household Data
Hänsel, Martin C.; Franks, Max; Kalkuhl, Matthias; … - 2021
We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by considering heterogeneous energy efficiencies. By deriving first- and secondbest rules for policy instruments including carbon taxes, transfers and energy subsidies, we then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239565
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Short-Time Work and Precautionary Savings
Gehrke, Britta; Dengler, Thomas - 2022
household survey data from Germany. Second, we build a New Keynesian model with incomplete asset markets and labor market … frictions featuring an endogenous firing and short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079142
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Transparency and Policy Competition : Experimental Evidence from German Citizens and Politicians
Blesse, Sebastian; Lergetporer, Philipp; Nover, Justus; … - 2023
A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition across jurisdictions. In parallel surveys with German citizens and state parliamentarians, we document that both groups misperceive the performance of their state’s education...
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