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War and relatedness
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2009
We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a …
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The value of a statistical life under ambiguity aversion
Treich, Nicolas (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688959
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Feeling the heat : temperature, physiology & the wealth of nations
Heal, Geoffrey; Park, Jisung - 2014
Does temperature affect economic performance? Has temperature always affected social welfare through its impact on physical and cognitive function? While many studies have explored the indirect links between climate and welfare (e.g. agricultural yield, violent conflict, or sea-level rise), few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250034
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"Beauty too rich for use" : billionaires' assets and attractiveness
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Leigh, Andrew - 2021
results do not arise from measurement error or nonrandom sample selectivity. They are consistent with econometric theory about …
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The macrogenoeconomics of comparative development
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2017
anatomically modern humans in generating worldwide variations in the composition of human traits. This essay surveys this …
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The out of Africa hypothesis of comparative economic development : common misconceptions
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2019
The importance of the prehistoric migration of anatomically modern humans from Africa for comparative economic …
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Election systems, the "beauty premium" in politics, and the beauty of dissent
Potrafke, Niklas; Rösch, Marcus; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2020
We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the "beauty premium" when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...
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The global costs of extreme weather that are attributable to climate change
Newman, Rebecca; Noy, Ilan - 2022
Extreme weather events have significant adverse costs for individuals, firms, communities, regional, and national economies. Extreme Event Attribution (EEA), a methodology that examines the degree to which anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions had changed the occurrence of specific extreme...
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Do people value more informative news?
Chopra, Felix; Haaland, Ingar; Roth, Christopher - 2019
We examine whether the desire for more information is people's dominant motive for reading economic and political news … experimentally vary people's beliefs about the informativeness of news. Inconsistent with the desire for more information being the … information reduce their demand for news from this newspaper. Furthermore, treated respondents who think that a news outlet is …
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Inverse Campaigning
Konrad, Kai A. - 2003
described for the case where the two parties can simultaneously reveal information publicly to uninformed voters. Inverse …
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