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Social Learning and Solar Photovoltaic Adoption

Gillingham, Kenneth - 2020

acquisition costs, leading to low-cost emissions reductions …

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Colas, Mark; Saulnier, Emmett - 2023

misallocation. The optimal cost-neutral reform generates environmental benefits equal to those of a 6-11% increase in the …

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Efficiency and Environmental Impacts of Electricity Restructuring on Coal-Fired Power Plants

Chan, H. Ron; Fell, Harrison; Lange, Ian A.; Li, Shanjun - 2013

, cost of coal purchases among coal-fired power plants using a panel data set from 1991 to 2005. Our study focuses … percent decrease in unit cost of heat input, and (3) a lower capacity factor even after adjusting for cross-plant generation … re-allocation due to cost reductions. Based on these estimates, back-of-the-envelope calculations find that restructuring …

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Parental Time Restrictions and the Cost of Children : Insights from a Survey Among Mothers

Borah, Melanie - 2019

In this paper, we provide estimates of the subjectively perceived cost of children depending on the extent of parental … with children in Germany. Our study confirms that the monetary cost of children is substantial and increases with parental …

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Fertility Cost, Intergenerational Labor Division, and Female Employment

Yu, Haiyue - 2019

cost in the new retirement policy — the reduced feasibility of grandparental support, due to postponed retirements, may …

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Unlocking New Methods to Estimate Country-Specific Trade Costs and Trade Elasticities

Freeman, Rebecca; Larch, Mario; Theodorakopoulos, Angelos; … - 2021

We propose new methods to identify the full impact of country-specific characteristics on bilateral trade flows within the framework of ‘the new quantitative trade model.’ We complement theory with a simple two-stage estimating procedure, and offer a proof of concept by quantifying the...

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Exporting Costs and Multi-Product Shipments

Gomtsyan, David; Tarasov, Alexander - 2021

In this paper, employing transaction level data for Russian imports, we explore the role of multi-product shipments in explaining shipping patterns across countries. First, we document that firms from more developed countries include on average more different products into a single shipment. We...

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Fiscal Competition in Space and Time : An Endogenous-Growth Approach

Becker, Daniel Thomas; Rauscher, Michael - 2021

capital. The paper looks at optimal taxation and long-run growth. In particular, the effects of variations in the cost …

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The Effect of Child Care Costs on Gender Inequality

Casarico, Alessandra; Del Rey, Elena; Silva, José I. - 2022

We develop a model to study the impact on gender gaps in participation and wages of a liquidity constraint that prevents some households from paying child care. We show that this liquidity constraint generates an inefficiency and amplifies gender gaps in the labour market. In this framework, an...

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The Political Economy of Educational Content and Development: Lessons from History

Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - 2013

Beyond years of schooling, educational content can play an important role in the process of economic development …

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