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Longitudinal Analysis of Generic Substitution

Dalen, Dag Morten; Locatelli, Marilena; Strøm, Steinar - 2021

Using an extensive longitudinal dataset extracted from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) containing all prescriptions written in the period January 2004 to June 2007, we selected two particular drugs (chemical substances) used against cholesterol. The two brand-name products on the...

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Choosing Among Competing Blockbusters : Does the Identity of the Third-Party Payer Matter for Prescribing Doctors?

Dalen, Dag Morten - 2010

accounting for 8% of total pharmaceutical sale in Norway. With use of a unique natural policy experiment in Norway, this paper …

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Agricultural Price Shocks and Business Cycles - A Global Warning for Advanced Economies

De Winne, Jasmien - 2018

agriculture in GDP or lower shares of non-agricultural trade in GDP; that is, characteristics that typically apply to low …

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Democratic Tipping Points

Ciccone, Antonio - 2018

I examine whether transitory events can tip the scales against authoritarian regimes and lead to persistent democratization. I think of situations where this is a possibility as democratic tipping points. The transitory events I focus on are rainfall shocks in the most agricultural countries in...

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Wages, Human Capital, and Structural Transformation

Herrendorf, Berthold - 2017

Average wages are considerably lower in agriculture than in the other sectors. We document this fact for thirteen …

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VAT and Agriculture : Lessons from Europe

Cnossen, Sijbren - 2017

Farmers are often exempted from VAT for administrative and political reasons. But this means that the VAT on their inputs cannot be ‘washed out' through the tax deduction/credit mechanism. To compensate farmers for the uncompensated VAT on inputs, the EU has devised a flat-rate scheme that...

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Can Peers Improve Agricultural Productivity?

Songsermsawas, Tisorn - 2014

Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique Indian household survey, we estimate peer effects on agricultural revenue. Results show that 60% of farmers' revenue is explained by peers. Input expenditures and land allocation to...

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A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on European Agriculture

Van Passel, Steven - 2014

This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis …

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Why is Measured Productivity so Low in Agriculture?

Herrendorf, Berthold - 2015

In poor countries, labor productivity in agriculture is considerably lower than in the rest of the economy. We assess … between the marginal value products of agriculture and non-agriculture are considerably smaller when measured through wages … than through labor productivities. Third, labor productivity in agriculture is severely mis-measured in the US …

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Noblesse Oblige? Determinants of Survival in a Life and Death Situation

Frey, Bruno S. - 2008

This paper explores the determinants of survival in a life-and-death situation created by an external and unpredictable shock. We are interested in seeing whether pro-social behaviour matters in such extreme situations. We therefore focus on the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a quasi-natural...

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