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Policy Deviations, Uncertainty, and the European Court of Justice
Hefeker, Carsten; Neugart, Michael - CESifo - 2013
The implementation of European Union directives into national law is at the discretion of member states. We analyze incentives for member states to deviate from these directives when the European Commission may sue a defecting member state and rulings at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627576
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The European Commission – Appointment, Preferences, and Institutional Relations
Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - CESifo - 2007
The paper analyzes the appointment of the European Commission as a strategic game between members of the European Parliament and the Council. The focal equilibrium results in Commissioners that duplicate the policy preferences of national Council representatives. Different internal decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406300
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A Study of Outcome Reporting Bias Using Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes
Crosetto, Paolo; Filippin, Antonio; Heider, Janna - CESifo - 2013
possible outcome reporting bias using gender differences in risk attitudes. There is a strong consensus view in the … outcome reporting bias in the risk and gender literature. We find no evidence that the likelihood of reporting about gender … reporting is the fact that the study focuses directly on the analysis of risk preferences. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711138
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Afriat's Theorem for Indivisible Goods
Forges, Francoise; Iehlé, Vincent - CESifo - 2013
We identify a natural counterpart of the standard GARP for demand data in which goods are all indivisible. We show that the new axiom (DARP, for “discrete axiom of revealed preference”) is necessary and sufficient for the rationalization of the data by a well-behaved utility function. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877876
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Estimated U.S. Manufacturing Production Capital and Technology Based on an Estimated Dynamic Economic Model
Chen, Baoline; Zadrozny, Peter A. - CESifo - 2005
Production capital and technology, fundamental to understanding output and productivity growth, are unobserved except at disaggregated levels and must be estimated prior to being used in empirical analysis. We develop and apply a new estimation method, based on advances in economics, statistics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765979
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Determinants of Financial Inclusion of Urban Poor in India : An Empirical Analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2016
Financial inclusion is crucial for the inclusive and sustainable economic growth of developing countries. Access to financial services to all citizens, particularly to low income and poor people is a key to promote inclusive growth. While rural financial inclusion assumes importance from policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979589
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Are Sociocultural Factors Important for Studying a Science University Major?
Grossmann, Volker - 2015
This paper examines the role of the sociocultural background of students for choosing STEM fields in university. We combine rich survey data on university graduates in Switzerland with municipality level information from the census as well as nationwide elections and referenda to characterize a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011641
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The Rule of Law : Measurement and Deep Roots
Gutmann, Jerg - 2016
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000219
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Estimated U.S. Manufacturing Production Capital and Technology Based on an Estimated Dynamic Economic Model
Chen, Baoline; Zadrozny, Peter A. - 2021
Production capital and technology, fundamental to understanding output and productivity growth, are unobserved except at disaggregated levels and must be estimated prior to being used in empirical analysis. We develop and apply a new estimation method, based on advances in economics, statistics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318283
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Talk or Text? Evaluating Response Rates by Remote Survey Method during COVID-19
Amaral, Sofia; Dinarte, Lelys; Dominguez-Rivera, Patricio; … - 2022
Researchers and policy makers face significant challenges in selecting a method to conduct remote surveys, especially when collecting sensitive information or during turbulent life stages of hard-to-reach groups. In the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, we randomly selected about 600 adults in...
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