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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy

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Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...

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International trade in natural resources : practice and policy

Ruta, Michele; Venables, Anthony - 2012

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to manipulate both international and domestic prices of resources, yet this policy is largely outside the disciplines of the WTO. The instruments used include export taxes, price...

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From late to MTE : alternative methods for the evaluation of policy interventions

Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Raute, Anna; … - 2016

This paper provides an introduction into the estimation of Marginal Treatment Effects (MTE). Compared to the existing … econometric techniques who would like to use MTE estimation. Our framework of analysis is a generalized Roy model based on the … IV estimation with a discrete instrument resulting in a local average treatment effect (LATE). Turning to IV estimation …

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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part I)

Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010

producer behaviour, public policy, as well as terrorist responses to these policies. Finally a European perspective on the …

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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part II)

Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010

producer behaviour, public policy, as well as terrorist responses to these policies. Finally a European perspective on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956028

The empirics of general equilibrium trade theory : what have we learned?

Bernhofen, Daniel - 2010

. -- testing and estimation of neoclassical trade theory … data. Three lessons stand out. First, competitive and new trade theory models are complementary rather than competing ways … for structural estimation regarding the pattern of international specialization. Third, empirical confirmations of the …

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Trade and geography : Paul Krugman and the 2008 nobel prize in economics

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry - 2009

The 2008 Nobel prize for economics was awarded to Paul Krugman for three papers - Krugman (1979, 1980, 1991). In this paper we illustrate that, indeed, these three papers are closely connected. We present - a summary of - the papers using a unified framework. Central in the discussion is the...

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Political economy : success or failure?

Frey, Bruno S. - 2011

Political Economy and Public Choice have studied the interactions between the economy and the polity for over 60 years now. The present paper endeavours to provide a critical discussion of this literature and its achievements. In particular, it starts with the different approaches based on...

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Public choice : a survey

Blankart, Charles B. - 2013

of democracies in unitary and federal states are investigated. The dynamics of public choice are considered in the theory …

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