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This paper studies a new mechanism that allows political elites from a non-democratic regime to survive a democratic transition: connections. We document this mechanism in the transition from the Vichy regime to democracy in post-World War II France. The parliamentarians who had supported the...
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to connected banks. Connected lending of last resort fueled the worst banking crisis in French history, caused an …
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of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all …
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micro-data for France, Germany, the UK and the US, we study their decisions to migrate to one of the four countries using a …
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including monthly stock price indices for five EU countries (Germany, France, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK) as well as …
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I investigate the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. First, I …-adjusted mortality rates of residents of Germany, using longitudinal, annual, state-level data during the period 2000-2007. The estimates …
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Using high-frequency transaction data for the three largest European markets (France, Germany and Italy), this paper …
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concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …
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