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This paper re-investigates the implications of monetary policy rules on changes in exchange rate, in a risk-adjusted, uncovered interest parity model with unrestricted parameters, emphasizing the importance of modeling market expectations of monetary policy. I use consensus forecasts as a proxy...
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data on stock market indices for Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Italy from 1973 to 2001 … grosser Kursschwankungen anhand von täglichen Daten der Aktienmarktindices für Deutschland, Großbitannien, Frankreich, die …
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four major European economies (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom). As opposed to the benchmark rational …
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We show that professional soccer players exhibit reference-dependent behavior during matches. Controlling for the state of the match and for unobserved heterogeneity, we show on a minute-by-minute basis that a player breaches the rules of the game, measured by the referee's assignment of cards,...
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Using aggregate data on U.S. multinational firms' activities, we document the impact of tax havens on the organization and trade of multinational firms. Conventional wisdom says that MNEs set up foreign sales platforms close to large markets to benefit from the proximity to consumers. We show,...
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that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …
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outcomes to address this issue. Our application is based on a nationwide municipal electoral reform in Norway, which changed …
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In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
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The paper performs an efficiency analysis of the lower secondary school sector in Norway. The efficiency potential is …
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