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Slavery, Corruption, and Institutions
Rauscher, Michael - 2019
economy may be trapped in a locally stable high-corruption, high-slavery equilibrium and major changes in government policies … reducing slavery in the export industry tend to raise slavery in the remainder of the economy. It is possible that this leakage … effect dominates the reduction of slavery in the export sector …
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Slave Prices, Geography and Insolation in 19th Century African-American Stature
Carson, Scott A. - 2021
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. Moreover, while much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century institutional arrangements were related to black stature....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316821
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Productivity Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Estimated Endogenous Growth Model with Human Capital
Malley, Jim - 2011
Employing an endogenous growth model with human capital, this paper explores how productivity shocks in the goods and human capital producing sectors contribute to explaining aggregate fluctuations in output, consumption, investment and hours. Given the importance of accounting for both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120659
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Inequality in the Impact of the Coronavirus Shock : Evidence from Real Time Surveys
Adams-Prassl, Abi - 2020
We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the labor market impacts of COVID-19 differ considerably across countries. Employees in Germany, which has a well-established short-time work scheme, are substantially less likely to be affected by the crisis. Within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834873
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Globalization in the Time of COVID-19
Sforza, Alessandro - 2020
networks. In this paper we incorporate production barriers induced by COVID-19 shock into a Ricardian model with sectoral … shock has a considerable impact on most economies in the world, especially when a share of the labor force is quarantined …. Moreover, we show that global production linkages have a clear role in magnifying the effect of the production shock. Finally …
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Unconventional Monetary Policy Shocks in the Euro Area and the Sovereign-Bank Nexus
Hristov, Nikolay - 2020
We explore the effects of the ECB's unconventional monetary policy on the banks' sovereign debt portfolios. In particular, using panel vector autoregressive (VAR) models we analyze whether banks increased their domestic government bond holdings in response to non-standard monetary policy shocks,...
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The Econometrics of Oil Market VAR Models
Kilian, Lutz - 2020
Oil market VAR models have become the standard tool for understanding the evolution of the real price of oil and its impact in the macro economy. As this literature has expanded at a rapid pace, it has become increasingly difficult for mainstream economists to understand the differences between...
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Going Back to School Takes Time : Evidence from a Negative Trade Shock
Garon, Jean-Denis - 2020
We estimate the impact of a negative trade shock on labour market outcomes and educational choices of workers. We …
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Shocks, Frictions, and Inequality in US Business Cycles
Bayer, Christian - 2020
How much does inequality matter for the business cycle and vice versa? Using a Bayesian likelihood approach, we estimate a heterogeneous-agent New-Keynesian (HANK) model with incomplete markets and portfolio choice between liquid and illiquid assets. The model enlarges the set of shocks and...
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Weather Shocks and Migration Intentions in Western Africa : Insights from a Multilevel Analysis
Bertoli, Simone - 2020
We use a multilevel approach to characterize the relationship between weather shocks and (internal and international) migration intentions. We combine individual survey data on migration intentions with measures of localized weather shocks for Western African countries over 2008-2016. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842387