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Bismarck's Health Insurance and the mortality decline
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Driva, Anastasia; Hornung, Erik - 2017 - This version: August 3, 2017
We investigate the impact on mortality of the world's first compulsory health insurance, established by Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire, in 1884. Employing a multi-layered empirical setup, we draw on international comparisons and difference-indifferences strategies using...
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"The way in which an experiment is conducted is unbelievably Important" : on the experimentation practices of economists and psychologists
Ortmann, Andreas - 2009
design and implementation characteristics such as the use of financial incentives, deception, and the way information is … does not make sense to report experimental results without reporting the design and implementation choices that were made …. -- Duhem-Quine problem ; experimental design ; experimental implementation ; financial incentives ; deception …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923272
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Why does environmental policy in representative democracies tend to be inadequate? : a preliminary public choice analysis
Kollmann, Andrea; Schneider, Friedrich - 2010
. To identify the reasons for this insufficient implementation in the past decade the Public Choice theory is used. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008699051
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Globalization and the rise of mega-cities in the developing world
Ploeg, Frederick van der (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635200
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Regulating national firms in a common market
Biancini, Sara (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635206
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Market structure, technological gap and vertical linkage effects from foreign direct investment
Kadochnikov, Sergey M. (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641711
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The effect of extending the duration of eligibility in an Italian labour market programme for dismissed workers
Paggiaro, Adriano (contributor); Rettore, Enrico (contributor) - 2008
Liste di mobilità (LM) is an Italian labour market programme targeted to dismissed workers. There is a "passive" component granting monetary benefits to employees dismissed by firms larger than 15 employees, and an "active" component providing an employment subsidy to any firm hiring workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730268
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The environmental and macroeconomic effects of socially responsible investment
Dam, Lammertjan (contributor); Heijdra, Ben J. (contributor) - 2008
We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730310
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Private retirement savings in Germany : the structure of tax incentives and annuitization
Fehr, Hans (contributor); Habermann, Christian (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003647217
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Productivity and the decision to import and export : theory and evidence
Kasahara, Hiroyuki (contributor);  … - 2008
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