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Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2017

Measures of subjective well-being have gained substantial attention in economics as quantitative approximations of individual welfare. They allow researchers to study relevant determinants of welfare on an individual as well as on a societal level. These determinants might not to be easily...

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Cognitive skills, strategic sophistication, and life outcomes

Fe, Eduardo; Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - 2020

emphasize the importance of childhood theory-of-mind as a cognitive skill. We collected experimental data from more than seven … hundred children in a variety of strategic interactions. First, we find that theory-of-mind ability and cognitive ability both … provides support for the emergence of a sophisticated strategic theory-of-mind. Third, theory-of-mind and age strongly predict …

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Econometric explorations on bounded rationality : the case of job changing behavior

Contini, Bruno (contributor); Morini, Matteo (contributor) - 2007

"In this paper we question the hypothesis of full rationality in the context of job changing behavior, via simple econometric explorations on microdata drawn from WHIP (Worker Histories Italian Panel). A rational outcome of the job matching process implies a positive tradeoff between future...

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Offshoring and labor markets

Hummels, David; Munch, Jakob Roland; Chong, Xiang - 2016

its strength and weakness, discuss its connections with theory, and draw out potential policy implications of its findings …

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Determinants of short-term debt

Buch, Claudia M.; Lusinyan, Lusine - 2000

One key focus of the on-going debate on the integration of international financial markets have been measures to lengthen the maturity of foreign debt. Short-term debt is typically considered to be volatile and thus a potential trigger of currency crises. In contrast to the vivid policy debate...

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Specifying human capital : a review, some extensions, and development effects

Woessmann, Ludger - 2000

, misspecifies the relationship between education and the stock of human capital. Based on human capital theory, the specification of … of education. Cross-country differences in qualityadjusted human capital can account for about half the world …

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Consumer preferences and the reliability of Euler equation tests of capital mobility : some simulation-based evidence

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2002

The globalization of international financial markets has renewed interest in the measurement of capital mobility. Consumption-based tests such as the Euler equation test are commonly used. These tests, however, are derived under restrictive assumptions on consumer behavior. In this paper, we ask...

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Interpreting productivity growth in the new economy : some agnostic notes

Gundlach, Erich - 2001

The growth rate of total factor productivity seems to have increased recently, at least in the United States. Higher US productivity growth may justify higher stock market valuations than in the past and thus herald an emerging New Economy. However, the size of the estimated growth rate of total...

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The positive economics of corporatism and corporate governance

Fehn, Rainer; Meier, Carsten-Patrick - 2000

This paper presents a positive model which shows that institutional setups on capital and labor markets might be intertwined by politicoeconomic forces. Two politicoeconomic equilibria arise from our model, one with little protection of insiders on capital and labor markets, and another one with...

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Potential, prizes and performance : testing tournament theory with professional tennis data

Sunde, Uwe (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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