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Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Deaths : Seeking Economic Roots with Census Data
McLaren, John - 2020
This note seeks the socioeconomic roots of racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality, using county-level mortality, economic, and demographic data from 3,140 counties. For all minorities, the minority's population share is strongly correlated with total COVID-19 deaths. For Hispanic/Latino and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012830481
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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey
Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004
This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo s World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399168
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What do we know about recent exchange rate models? : in-sample fit and out-of-sample performance evaluated
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Pascual, Antonio … - 2003
Previous assessments of nominal exchange rate determination have focused upon a narrow set of models typically of the 1970 s vintage, including monetary and portfolio balance models. In this paper we re-assess the in-sample fit and out-of-sample prediction of a wider set of models that have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507659
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Significance of development stage theory for explaining industrial growth pattern between Asian NICs and selected advanced economies
Nam, Chang-woon - 2002
NICs for the period 1980-95 and compares their specialisation pattern with that of more advanced economies like Japan, West …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409015
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The Changing Role of Government in Financing Health Care : An International Perspective
Stabile, Mark - 2013
This paper explores the changing role of government involvement in health care financing policy outside the United States. It provides a review of the economics literature in this area to understand the implications of recent policy changes on efficiency, costs and quality. Our review reveals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075869
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Sources of Funds and Investment Activities of Venture Capital Funds : Evidence from Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK
Mayer, Colin - 2014
We compare sources of funds and investment activities of venture capital (VC) funds in Germany, Israel, Japan and the … particularly important in Germany, corporations in Israel, insurance companies in Japan, and pension funds in the UK. VC investment … countries; for example, bank backed VC funds in Germany and Japan are as involved in early stage finance as other funds in these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752733
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When labor disputes bring cities to a standstill : the impact of public transit strikes on traffic, accidents, air pollution, and health
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut - 2015
Many governments have banned strikes in public transportation. Whether this can be justified depends on whether strikes endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the effects of public transit strikes on urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509598
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Bank Ties and Bond Market Access : Evidence on Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity in Japan
McGuire, Patrick - 2003
paper investigates whether bank ties in Japan were costly for mature and healthy firms in the 1980's and 1990's, and whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012786618
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Business Groups and the Big Push : Meiji Japan's Mass Privatization and Subsequent Growth
Nakamura, Masao - 2013
Japan's zaibatsu, or pyramidal business groups, provided this coordination after the Meiji government failed at the task. We … that unique historical circumstances aided their success in prewar Japan. Specifically, Japan uniquely marginalized its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012753906
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Tax Reforms and Investment : A Cross-Country Comparison
Cummins, Jason G. - 2008
We use firm-level panel data to explore the extent to which fixed investment responds to tax reforms in 14 OECD countries. Previous studies have often found that investment does not respond to changes in the marginal cost of investment. We identify some of the factors responsible for this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012774996