World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

This paper studies equilibrium unemployment in a two-region economy where homogeneous workers and jobs are free to move … and the housing market clears. Because of the Internet, searching for a job in another region without first migrating … fact that some workers can simultaneously receive a job offer from each region. The rest of the framework builds on Moretti …