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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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This study examines how environmental stringency affects the location decision of foreigndirect investments. We analyze a firm-level data set on German outbound FDI and innovate onprevious studies by controlling for the mode of entry and applying the mixed-logit analysis. Theresults show that...
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In this paper we perform an empirical analysis to investigate the impact of socio-economic heterogeneity on electoral … results suggest that increased ethnic heterogeneity and reduced social pressure tend to depress turnout. …
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according to the impact of the oil price shock on the overall price level. While cross–country heterogeneity in the short …–run pass–through can be attributed to different weights of energy items in the consumption basket, heterogeneity in the medium …
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We consider a voluntary contributions game, in which players may punish others after contributions are made and observed. The productivity of contributions, as captured in the marginal-per-capita return, differs among individuals, so that there are two types: high and low productivity. Every two...
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In this paper we test the AK model of growth with laboratory experiments. In each period, agents produce and trade output in a market, and allocate it to consumption and investment. The economy should experience a constant and positive rate of growth. We analyze two treatments differing from...
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In contexts such as education and sports, skill-accumulation of individuals over time crucially depends on the amount of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection policies in a model of endogenous skill formation where, apart...
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that the Friedman rule is not in general optimal. The results are due to the existence of another source of heterogeneity … differences in earning ability were the only source of heterogeneity, the fiscal authority would be able to neutralize the effects …
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Europe’s monetary union is part of a broader process of integration that started in the aftermath of World War II. In this “political guide for economists” we look at the creation of the euro within the bigger picture of European integration. How and why were European institutions...
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This paper investigates how heterogeneity in contestants’ investment costs affects the competition intensity in a …
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