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Family Location and Caregiving Patterns from an International Perspective

Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2021

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

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World Heritage : Where are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2021

An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The … officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the … considered “balanced” from different points of view. It turns out that the World Heritage List is unbalanced with respect to a …

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Suicide Terrorism and the Weakest Link

Arce M., Daniel G.; Kovenock, Daniel J.; Roberson, Brian - 2021

In this paper we examine a model of terrorism which focuses on the tradeoffs facing a terrorist organization that has the ability to utilize either or both suicide and conventional terrorism tactics. The terrorist organization’s objective is to successfully attack at least one target. Success...

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The Costs of Organized Violence : A Review of the Evidence

Skaperdas, Stergios - 2021

I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...

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Government Decentralization as a Disincentive for Transnational Terror? An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2021

Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of transnational terror events in a country, while...

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War and Relatedness

Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain T. - 2021

We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...

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Trade Agreements

Kowalczyk, Carsten; Riezman, Raymond Glenn - 2021

This paper reviews the most significant recent developments in the theory of trade agreements. The paper offers an integrated approach to evaluating trade agreements, and uses the approach to present results on preferential and multilateral trade agreements. The paper identifies also several...

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International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2021

This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more...

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The Relevance of Judicial Procedure for Economic Growth

Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2021

It has been argued that procedural formalism undermines economic efficiency by fostering rent-seeking and corruption …

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International Taxation and Multinational Firm Location Decisions

Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2021

Using a large international firm-level data set, we estimate separate effects of host and parent country taxation on the location decisions of multinational firms. Both types of taxation are estimated to have a negative impact on the location of new foreign subsidiaries. In fact, the impact of...

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