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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures

Galor, Oded - 2016

This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...

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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded - 2015

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically that geographical variations in the natural return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on the distribution of time preference...

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Information, Uncertainty, and Subjective Entitlements in Bargaining

Karagözoğlu, Emin - 2010

More often than not production processes are the joint endeavor of people having different abilities and productivities. Such production processes and the associated surplus production are often not fully transparent in the sense that the relative contributions of involved agents are blurred;...

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Exchange Rate Uncertainty and International Portfolio Flows

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013

is negative in all countries except Canada (where it is positive) in the case of bond flows. Under the assumption of risk …

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Merchants of Doubt : Corporate Political Influence When Expert Credibility is Uncertain

Chiroleu-Assouline, Mireille - 2016

A key role of science-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is to communicate scientific knowledge to policymakers. However, recent evidence has emerged showing that industry-backed groups often attempt to undermine the credibility of such NGOs and weaken their ability to influence policy....

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Modeling Uncertainty in Climate Change : A Multi-Model Comparison

Gillingham, Kenneth - 2015

The economics of climate change involves a vast array of uncertainties, complicating both the analysis and development of climate policy. This study presents the results of the first comprehensive study of uncertainty in climate change using multiple integrated assessment models. The study looks...

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Uncertainty and Economic Activity

Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio - 2014

The 2007-2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent anemic recovery have rekindled academic interest in quantifying the impact of uncertainty on macroeconomic dynamics based on the premise that uncertainty causes economic activity to slow down and contract. In this paper, we study the...

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International Environmental Agreements with Uncertainty, Learning and Risk Aversion

Finus, Michael - 2014

role of learning and risk aversion. It bridges two strands of literature: one focused on the role learning for the success … of IEA formation when countries are risk neutral and another that explores the implications of uncertainty and risk … aversion on IEA formation under no learning. Combining learning and risk aversion seems appropriate as the uncertainties …

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Optimal Conservatism and Collective Monetary Policymaking Under Uncertainty

Hefeker, Carsten - 2014

We study how the optimal degree of conservatism relates to decision-making procedures in a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). In our framework, central bank conservatism is required to attenuate the volatility of monetary decisions generated by the presence of uncertainty about the committee...

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Uncertainty and Fiscal Policy in an Asymmetric Monetary Union

Hefeker, Carsten - 2013

The paper examines the monetary-fiscal interactions in a monetary union model with uncertainty due to imperfect central bank transparency. We first show that monetary uncertainty disciplines fiscal policymakers and thereby reduces taxes, average inflation and output distortions. However, as more...

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