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How is the trade-off between adverse selection and discrimination risk affected by genetic testing? : theory and experiment
Bardey, David; De Donder, Philippe; Mantilla, César - 2017 - This version: April 2017
We compare two genetic testing regulations, Disclosure Duty (DD) and Consent Law (CL), in an environment where individuals choose to take a genetic test or not. DD forces agents to reveal the test results to their insurers, resulting in a discrimination risk. CL allows agents to withhold that...
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Wages, human capital, and structural transformation
Herrendorf, Berthold; Schoellman, Todd - 2017
Average wages are considerably lower in agriculture than in the other sectors. We document this fact for thirteen … countries ranging from rich (Canada, U.S.) to poor (India, Indonesia). We develop a measure of human capital that accounts for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645910
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Impact of European food safety border inspections on agri-food exports : evidence from Chinese firms
Beestermöller, Matthias; Disdier, Anne-Célia; … - 2016
The cost of complying with a sanitary standard is certain. However, such regulatory measure is a source of uncertainty for exporting firms in relation to border rejections. Shipments may fail to pass inspections and may be refused entry into the importing country. We examine how the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447532
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Genes, economics, and happiness
De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Fowler, James H.; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010
Research on happiness has produced valuable insights into the sources of subjective well-being. A major finding from this literature is that people exhibit a "baseline" happiness that shows persistent strength over time, and twin studies have shown that genes play a significant role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937797
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One chance in a million : altruism and the bone marrow registry
Bergstrom, Theodore C. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003598837
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Genetic testing when there is a mix of compulsory and voluntary health insurance
Hoel, Michael; Iversen, Tor - 2001
regulation on the genetic information insurers have access to. A reason may be that genetic insurance is not yet a political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398910
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Science vs. profit in research : lessons from the human genome project
Carraro, Carlo; Pomè, Alessandra; Siniscalco, Domenico - 2001
This paper elaborates on the recent race to sequence the human genome. Starting from the debate on public vs. private research arising from the genome case, the paper shows that in some fundamental research areas, where knowledge externalities play an important role, market and non-market...
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Genetic testing and repulsion from chance
Hoel, Michael; Iversen, Tor; Nilssen, Tore; Vislie, Jon - 2004
A central theme in the international debate on genetic testing concerns the extent to which insurance companies should be allowed to use genetic information in their design of insurance contracts. We analyze this issue within a model with the following important feature: A person s well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402443
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Did globalization influence credit market deregulation?
Eppinger, Peter S.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015
We investigate whether globalization influenced credit market deregulation over the period 1970-2010. Globalization is … measured by the KOF indices of globalization. Credit market deregulation is measured by the credit market freedom indicators of … positive correlation between globalization and credit market deregulation. We account for reverse causality by using predicted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528971
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The impact of liberalisation and globalisation on income inequality in developing and transitional economies
Cornia, Giovanni Andrea - 2003
This paper reviews changes in global, between-country and within-country inequality over 1980-2000 against the background of the shifts that occurred in this area during the globalisation of 1870-1914. The paper finds that recent changes in global and between-country inequality are not marked...
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