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Political polarization and the electoral effects of media bias
Bernhardt, Dan (contributor); Krasa, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377072
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Preponderance of evidence
Demougin, Dominique; Fluet, Claude - 2002
This paper analyzes the incentive properties of the standard and burden of proof for a finding of negligence, when evidence is imperfect and rests with the parties. We show that the preponderance of evidence' standard provides maximal incentives to exert care. This holds even though litigants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409967
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Beyond the dogma of the fixed book price agreement
Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2003
After describing the essential features of the book market, a welfare analysis of the fixed book price agreement is given. Allowance is made for the opportunity cost of reading. Theoretically, the agreement pushes up book prices and depresses book sales. However, more titles will be published,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507914
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Corruption and the shadow economy
Choi, Jay Pil; Thum, Marcel - 2002
This paper develops a simple framework to analyze the links between corruption and the unofficial economy and their implications for the official economy. In a model of self-selection with heterogeneous entrepreneurs, we show that the entrepreneurs option to flee to the underground economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408719
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Measuring the social discount rate under uncertainty : a methodology and application
Ahsan, Syed; Tsigaris, Panagiotis Demetrios - 2002
plausibly argued to lead to increases in factor productivity in the private economy. This paper observes that government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514079
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How productive is public capital? : a meta-analysis
Bom, Pedro R. D. (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003630854
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Streaming platform and strategic recommendation bias
Bourreau, Marc; Gaudin, Germain - 2018
We consider a streaming platform which carries content from various upstream content providers. Participating customers face personalized recommendations from the platform and consume a mix of content originating from each provider. We analyze when the platform uses its personalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941246
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Panel regression with random noise
Ronning, Gerd; Schneeweiß, Hans - 2009
fixed effects estimator, which ignores measurement errors, is biased. By correcting for the bias one can construct …. -- Panel regression ; multiplicative measurement errors ; bias correction ; asymptotic variance ; disclosure control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824983
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Adaptation, anticipation-bias and optimal income taxation
Aronsson, Thomas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2012
lives for three periods. Our results show how a paternalistic government may correct for the effects of anticipation-bias … ; adaptation ; habit-formation ; anticipation-bias ; paternalism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570029
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Gender power, fertility, and family policy
Kemnitz, Alexander; Thum, Marcel - 2012
show that this time consistency problem leads to a systematic downward bias in fertility choices. By keeping fertility low …, families try to mitigate the ex-ante undesired shift in the power balance. This bias in fertility choices provides scope for … overcome the fertility bias. -- fertility ; family policy ; household allocation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533964