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Better together? : social networks in truancy and the targeting of treatment

Bennett, Magdalena; Bergman, Peter - 2018

Truancy correlates with many risky behaviors and adverse outcomes. We use detailed administrative data on by-class absences to construct social networks based on students who miss class together. We simulate these networks and use permutation tests to show that certain students systematically...

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Social capital and collusion : the case of merchant guilds

Dessí, Roberta; Olgivie, Sheilagh - 2003

Merchant guilds have been portrayed as social networks that generated beneficial social capital by sustaining shared norms, effectively transmitting information, and successfully undertaking collective action. This social capital, it is claimed, benefited society as a whole by enabling rulers to...

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European market integration for gas? : volume flexibility and political risk

Asche, Frank; Osmundsen, Petter; Tveterås, Ragnar - 2000

Gas exports to the Continent are regulated by long term take-or-pay contracts. The contracts are described and analyzed. We thereafter examine whether the most central European gas market, the German market, is integrated. Are there substantial price differences between gas from different export...

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Sustainable stocks and the Russian war on Ukraine : an event study in Europe

Kick, Andreas; Rottmann, Horst - 2022

The popularity of sustainable investments is unbroken and attracts investors and researchers alike. Modelling the properties of such 'green' firms, Pástor, Stambaugh, and Taylor 2021 consider a hedge against climate risks in their theoretical model. Likewise, it could be assumed that companies...

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Future European alliance : Europe as a flexible democracy

Frey, Bruno S.; Steuernagel, Armin; Friedrich, Jonas - 2018

A reasonable future for Europe can only be achieved if two essential elements are fulfilled: Firstly, newly established …

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Liberalizing Russian gas markets : an economic analysis

Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf; Hallre, Hilde; Moe, Arild - 2015

purpose, we use a detailed numerical model for the energy markets in Europe and Russia - LIBEMOD. Our results suggest that … subsidies, and how changes in Russian gas consumption may affect its gas export to Europe. We also examine the importance of … Russian pipeline capacity to Europe, as well as impacts of hypothetical changes in Russian gas export behavior. For this …

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The sword and the shield : the economics of targeted sanctions

Ahn, Daniel P.; Ludema, Rodney D. - 2019

estimate the impact on firm performance from smart sanctions deployed by the U.S. and EU against Russia beginning in 2014. We …

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External threat, group identity, and support for common policies - the effect of the Russian invasion in Ukraine on European Union identity

Gehring, Kai - 2020

European Union member states, in particular for the Baltic countries bordering Russia directly. Comparing low versus high …

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Rallying around the EU flag : Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration

Steiner, Nils D.; Berlinschi, Ruxanda; Farvaque, Étienne; … - 2022

This paper uses a survey among students at European universities to explore whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine has … affected attitudes toward European integration. Some respondents completed the survey just before Russia's assault on February …

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Inflation persistence in Europe : the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and of the Russia-Ukraine war

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Infante, Juan; Gil-Alaña, … - 2022

This note analyses the possible effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and of the Russia-Ukraine war on the degree of …

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