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Rainy Day Politics - An Instrumental Variables Approach to the Effect of Parties on Political Outcomes
Lind, Jo Thori - CESifo - 2014
Rain affects electoral turnout both through a direct effect on the cost of voting and by changing the opportunity cost …. In a panel of Norwegian municipalities I find that rain on Election Day increases turnout. As turnout affects electoral … outcomes, rain provides an exogeneous source of variation, and hence an instrument, for the party composition of the municipal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877735
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Trade and the Environment: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity
Kreickemeier, Udo; Richter, Philipp M. - CESifo - 2012
This paper derives a new effect of trade liberalisation on the quality of the environment. We show that in the presence of heterogeneous firms the aggregate volume of emissions is influenced not only by the long-established scale effect, but also by a reallocation effect resulting from an...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026692
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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. Climate, soil, geography and regional socio-economic variables are matched with farm level data from 37,612 farms across Western Europe. We demonstrate that a median quantile...
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The Deepening China Brazil Economic Relationship
Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - CESifo - 2010
We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply increased bilateral trade and foreign direct investment flows and also from enhanced cohesion of negotiating positions in international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833874
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Back to Kyoto? US Participation and the Linkage between R&D and Climate Cooperation
Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; Cersosimo, Igor; … - CESifo - 2002
The US decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and the recent outcomes of the Bonn and Marrakech Conferences of the Parties drastically reduces the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in controlling GHG emissions. The reason is not only the reduced emission abatement in the US, but also the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406394
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All These Worlds are Yours, Except India : The Effectiveness of Export Subsidies in Nepal
Defever, Fabrice - 2017
by the Government of Nepal. The analysis utilizes customs-level data for 2011-14, combined with information on the … subsidy payments made to individual firms provided by the Central Bank of Nepal. The Cash Incentive Scheme for Exports cash …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956875
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On Remittances, Foreign Currency Exposure and Credit Constraints : Evidence from Nepal
Maskay, Nephil Matangi - 2014
countries. We analyze a novel bank-level data set from Nepal, where a steady inflow of remittances has contributed to foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043617
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Voting under the Threat of Secession: Accommodation vs. Repression
Anesi, Vincent; Donder, Philippe De - CESifo - 2011
measure of secession risk and perform the comparative static analysis of the equilibrium policy location and of the secession …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021235
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Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields
Dan Kovenock J.; Roberson, Brian - CESifo - 2010
on the technologies of conflict within each battlefield and the nature of economies or diseconomies in how battlefield … out-comes and costs aggregate in determining payoffs in the overall conflict. …
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