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Testing the Pareto efficiency of household resource allocations
Apps, Patricia (contributor); Rees, Ray (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712621
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European trade, colonialism and human capital accumulation in Senegal, Gambia and Western Mali, 1770-1900
Cappelli, Gabriele; Baten, Jörg - 2017
We trace the development of human capital in today's Senegal, Gambia, and Western Mali between 1770 and 1900. European trade, slavery and early colonialism were linked to human capital formation, but this connection appears to have been heterogeneous. The contact with the Atlantic slave trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653651
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Weather shocks and migration intentions in Western Africa : insights from a multilevel analysis
Bertoli, Simone; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; … - 2020
We use a multilevel approach to characterize the relationship between weather shocks and (internal and international) migration intentions. We combine individual survey data on migration intentions with measures of localized weather shocks for Western African countries over 2008-2016. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157241
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Welfare effects of indirect tax policies in West Africa
Babatoundé, Alain; Capéau, Bart; Houssa, Romain - 2023
In West Africa, the Value Added Tax (VAT) policy consists of a uniform tax rate, but several items consumed by rich and poor households, are exempted. We provide an optimal tax framework to reflect on the welfare effects of such a tariff structure, in the context of current debates on domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014251962
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The health burden of e-waste : the impact of e-waste dumping sites on child mortality
Lovo, Stefania; Rawlings, Samantha B. - 2022
This paper examines the effect of e-waste dumping sites on early child health. We focus on two major dumping sites in West Africa, in Ghana and Nigeria. We observe children born before and after the creation of these dumps, and estimate a difference-in-difference specification in which we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362397
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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398011
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Should we give up after Solyndra? : optimal technology R&D portfolios under uncertainty
Webster, Mort; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Popp, David; … - 2015
Global climate change and other environmental challenges require the development of new energy technologies with lower emissions. In the near-term, R&D investments, either by government or the private sector, can bring down the costs of these lower emission technologies. However, the results of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298511
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Competition and innovation in automobile markets
Ghosal, Vivek; Ni, Jiayao - 2015
Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation …. Consistent with a large literature, we use patent counts as a measure of innovation. The combination of the US market's economic … interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over a long horizon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342391
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Universal intellectual property rights : too much of a good thing?
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara; Paillacar, Rodrigo - 2013
own innovation. The analysis predicts that the willingness to enforce IPR is U-shaped in a country GDP: small … enforcement of IPR yields a higher level of innovation and global welfare only if the developing country does not innovate. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764430
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The impact of entry regulation on total welfare : a policy experiment
Liu, An-Hsiang; Siebert, Ralph; Zulehner, Christine - 2013
This paper evaluates how different lengths of entry regulation impact market structure and market performance using a dynamic structural model. We formulate an oligopoly model in the tradition of Ericson and Pakes (1995) and allow entry costs to vary over time. Firms have the opportunity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764443