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programs in a pandemic recession. We calibrate the stationary equilibrium and the pandemic shock to the U.S. economy, taking …
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This paper investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on gambling activity in China. Based on a theoretical model, we hypothesize that EPU increases the demand for hope which raises the willingness to pay for lottery tickets, resulting in higher lottery sales. We estimate a...
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This paper examines the asymmetric impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and oil price uncertainty (OPU) on inflation by using a Nonlinear ARDL (NARDL) model, which is compared to a benchmark linear ARDL one. Using monthly data from the 1990s until August 2022 for a number of developed and...
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We conduct a survey experiment among 18,000 respondents in Germany to examine the determinants of support for rent control policies. Highlighting undesirable price and supply effects lowers respondents' agreement with rent control, while pointing out that it can prevent displacement of...
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We examine the ways in which political realities shape industrial policy through the lens of modern political economy …) the ways in which state capacity affects implementation. The framework of modern political economy suggests that … industrial policies beyond their governance capacity constraints. As such, our political economy of industrial policy is not …
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options, we present evidence from the United States, Chile, Sweden and Croatia that older siblings' college and major choices …
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institutional framework play a role in banks' decisions. To do so, we use a unique survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, two …
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Chile approved in early 2008 the replacement of her two current non-contributory subsidies for the old poor for a … unified program with a pioneering design, with phase-in ending in 2012. This paper describes the political economy of this … to per capita household income. -- Social security ; welfare programs ; political economy of reform …
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the demand toward the product with a higher learning potential, thus enhancing economic growth in the exporter economy …
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