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The societal responses to Covid-19 : evidence from the G7 countries
Lima de Miranda, Katharina; Snower, Dennis J. - 2021
This paper provides a new picture of how countries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the effects of the pandemic in terms of normative foundations for societal wellbeing. Social prosperity depends primarily on the functioning of four domains: the economy, the state, civil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514534
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State capacity, national economic policies and local development : the Russian state in the Southern Urals
Asmus, Gerda; Franck, Raphaël - 2022
This study analyzes how state capacity shapes the local impact of national policies by exploiting a quasi-natural experiment in the regional expansion of the state. It uses the local discontinuity created by the boundary of the largest peasant rebellion in 18th century Russia where the state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938946
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Household vulnerability on the frontline of climate change : the pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu
Taupo, Tauisi; Cuffe, Harold; Noy, Ilan - 2016
This paper investigates the vulnerability of households to climatic disasters in the low-lying atoll nation of Tuvalu. Small Island Developing States, particularly the atoll islands, are considered to be the most vulnerable to climatic change, and in particular to sea-level rise and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547889
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Sri Lankan households a decade after the Indian Ocean tsunami
De Alwis, Diana; Noy, Ilan - 2016
We estimate the causal effect of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka on household income and consumption eight years after the event, using a quasi-experimental method. A strong association between area-wide tsunami disaster shock and increases in household income and consumption in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547958
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Floods and spillovers : households after the 2011 great flood in Thailand
Noy, Ilan; Cuong Nhu Nguyen; Patel, Pooja - 2019
In 2011, Thailand experienced its worst flood ever. Using repeated waves of the Thai Household Survey, we analyse the flood's economic impacts. In 2012, households answered a set of questions on the extent of flooding they experienced. We use this self-identified flood exposure, and external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022180
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Do retail investors value environmental impact? : a lab-in-the-field experiment with crowdfunders
Siemroth, Christoph; Hornuf, Lars - 2021
Are investors willing to give up a higher return if the investment generates positive environmental impact? We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597881
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Does the nominal exchange rate regime matter for investment?
Böhm, Hjalmar; Funke, Michael - 2001
This paper analyses the impact of exchange rate uncertainty upon the pattern of investment in different exchange rate … exchange rate regimes indicates that currency volatility exerts only a small influence upon the level of investment spending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400788
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Investment uncertainty, and production games
Flåm, Sjur D.; Ermolʹev, Jurij M. - 2004
This paper explores some cooperative aspects of investments in uncertain, real options. Key production factors are assumed transferable. They may reflect property or user rights. Emission of pollutants and harvest of renewable resources are cases in point. Of particular interest are alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401340
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Tax incentives and business investment : evidence from German bonus depreciation
Eichfelder, Sebastian; Schneider, Kerstin - 2014
business investment. To promote economic convergence of Eastern and Western Germany after reunification, bonus depreciation tax … control group, we address the question if and to what extent these investment tax incentives boosted investment. In line with … were cut back in 1997. Moreover, there was a significant reduction in building investment in the year after the expiration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354738
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Prices vs. quantities with endogenous cost structure
Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid - 2014
significant impact. Finally, either regulatory instrument may induce the highest technology investment levels. …
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