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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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A Market for Connections

Miettinen, Topi - 2012

Government or company decisions on whom to hire are mostly delegated to politicians, public sector officials or human resources and procurement managers. Due to anti-corruption laws, agents cannot sell contracts or positions that they are delegated to decide upon. Even if bribing is ruled out,...

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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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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

peers may also affect management, negotiation and marketing strategies. We verify that endogenous network formation …

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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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Happiness of Economists

Feld, Lars P. - 2014

We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively related to spending more time on doing research. The lack of...

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Labor Market Pooling, Outsourcing and Labor Contracts

Picard, Pierre M.; Wildasin, David E. - 2014

Economic regions, such as urban agglomerations, face external demand and price shocks that produce income risk. Workers in large and diversified agglomerations may benefit from reduced wage volatility, while firms may outsource the production of intermediate goods and realize benefits from...

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