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Are Chinese official statistics reliable?
Chow, Gregory C. - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 52 (2006) 2, pp. 396-414
This article points out that Chinese official statistics are by and large reliable because of the assigned responsibility of the officials preparing them, of their being used in government decision making that is open to public scrutiny, and in many published articles in referred journals....
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The welfare state versus the common labor market : which to dismantle?
Wilson, John D. - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 53 (2007) 4, pp. 618-636
Migration by low-income workers limits the ability of a country to redistribute income, since more generous income supplements attract additional workers into the country, reducing wages and raising the cost of the program. This article studies the role of immigration controls, which allow the...
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The provision of higher education in a global world : analysis and policy implications
Demange, Gabrielle; Fenge, Robert; Uebelmesser, Silke - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 54 (2008) 2, pp. 248-276
Mobile students and graduates react to the institutional framework of higher education and on their turn induce changes in governmental policies. In this article, we are interested in how governmental decisions about the financial regime and the quality level of higher education interact with...
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Technology and income distribution issues in trade models
Jones, Ronald Winthrop - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 54 (2008) 4, pp. 551-562
In a world characterized by global competitive market conditions, technological improvements initially localized in one sector of one country cause real income changes at home and abroad, sometimes in paradoxical fashion. A foreign technological advance in the production of a commodity not...
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Cost-effectiveness analysis in the health sector when there is a private alternative to public treatment
Hoel, Michael - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 52 (2006) 3, pp. 500-512
In health economics, cost-effectiveness is defined as maximized health benefits for a given health budget. When there is a private alternative to public treatments, care must be taken when using cost-effectiveness analysis to decide what types of treatments should be included in the public...
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Medical associations, medical education and training on the job
Selder, Astrid - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 52 (2006) 3, pp. 548-564
This study analyzes the impact of medical associations (MAs) on physician income and standards of medical education and training on the job. Higher standards increase the probability of adequate treatment of patients. It can be shown that the older generations of physicians exploit the younger...
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Advertising, generic competition and price regulation in pharmaceutical markets
Königbauer, Ingrid - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 52 (2006) 3, pp. 565-586
The effect of price regulation on generic market entry and welfare in the presence of (persuasive) advertising is … make positive profits for both firms. The presence of price regulation, however, reduces the anticipated generic profits …. If price regulation is too strict, then the generic firm will refrain from market entry. Hence, the model confirms the …
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Pension funding and individual accounts in economies with life-cyclers and myopes
Fehr, Hans; Kindermann, Fabian - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 56 (2010) 3, pp. 404-443
the contribution rate, while the other emphasizes the reduction of indexation of pensions to price inflation and …
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Inter- and intra-generational consequences of pension buffer policy under demographic, financial, and economic shocks
Bucciol, Alessandro; Beetsma, Roel - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 56 (2010) 3, pp. 366-403
the contribution rate, while the other emphasizes the reduction of indexation of pensions to price inflation and …
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Aggregate consumption in times of crisis : the role of financial frictions ; what's wrong with modern macroeconomics?
Challe, Edouard; Ragot, Xavier - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 56 (2010) 4, pp. 627-648
The joint behaviour of US aggregate consumption and saving over the period 20072009, and notably the pronouned U-shaped pattern of consumption together with the rise in saving, are difficult to reconcile with the view that financial markets are frictionless. We propose an alternative framework...
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