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Black, Sandra E.; Breining, Sanni Nørgaard; Figlio, … - 2017

It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family, because of the common shocks and reflection problems. We make use of a novel identification strategy and unique data in order to gain some purchase on this problem. We employ data from the universe of children born in...

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Transitory earnings opportunities and educational scarring of men

Jósef Sigurdsson - 2023

Men have fallen behind women in education in developed countries. Why? I study the impact of a transitory increase in the opportunity cost of schooling on men's and women's educational attainment. I exploit a reform in Iceland that lowered income taxes to zero for one year and compare teenagers...

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Imperfect transmission of tacit knowledge and other barriers to entrepreneurship

Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2007

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Cracks in the boards : the opportunity cost of governance homogeneity

Maghin, Helene - 2022 - This version: June 23, 2022, first version: July 24, 2019

Does the composition of governance affect firm outcomes? We exploit the timings and thresholds of a gender quota in boards of directors and supervisory boards to causally determine the impact of a change in leadership on performance. Using a novel design and data on boards, we find that firms...

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Frequency volatility connectedness and portfolio hedging of U.S. energy commodities

Kočenda, Evžen; Moravcová, Michala - 2024

We analyze (frequency) connectedness and portfolio hedging among U.S. energy commodities from 1997 to 2023. We show …

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Maquiladoras and informality : a mixed blessing

Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro - 2011

Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processing maquila sector during the 1990s. At the same time, a large proportion of its labor force remains employed in the informal sector. Since one of the main objectives of the maquiladora program was to increase formal employment, we...

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How does the EU ETS reform impact allowance prices? : the role of myopia, hedging requirements and the hotelling rule

Bocklet, Johanna; Hintermayer, Martin - 2020

the impact of the recent reform on allowance prices. By including bounded rationality such as myopia or hedging …-ante in the decision making of the firms. Myopia and hedging requirements have little impact in the prereform market but … strongly drive market outcomes after the reform. In the post-reform market, hedging requirements in combination with …

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