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ineffective. We can rationalize this result with a novel model about the credibility of cheap-talk messages. This credibility is … credibility and show, both theoretically and experimentally, an interaction effect of network structure and communication …
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This paper shows why a majority of legislators may vote for a policy that benefits a firm but harms all legislators. The firm may induce legislators to support the policy by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representative support the policy. In...
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The real option theory provides a useful tool to evaluate an R&D investment under uncertainty because, unlike the NPV …
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This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of … international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have … organizations can improve the credibility of nation-state governments. This hypothesis is tested by introducing three new indicators …
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This paper, using a microfounded macroeconomic model that embeds the key features of the Greek economy, studies the efficacy of the various policy measures taken, at national and EU level, to cushion the economic effects of the pandemic shock. The paper attempts to give quantitative answers to...
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We investigate the dimensions through which R&D spillovers are propagated across firms via cooperation through Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We build on the framework developed by Bloom et al. (2013) which considers the opposing effects of technology spillovers and product market rivalry, and...
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Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by exploiting the staggered adoption of BITNET across U.S. universities in the 1980s. BITNET, an early version of the Internet, enabled e-mail-based knowledge exchange and collaboration...
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The enlargement of the European Monetary Union is likely to lead to an increase in uncertainty regarding the transmission of monetary policy for the larger union. Adding new members to the central bank council will in addition imply that the policy reaction of the enlarged council will be...
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Institutions are important for proper economic performance, but are replaceable by trust or other social norms. We show that when proper institutions and trust are missing, integrity of the individuals can replace them. We construct a model of a transactions-based economy with contracts...
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