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The efficient and fair approval of "multiple-cost - "single-benefit" projects under unilateral information

Kahana, Nava; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2009

This paper focuses on indivisible multiple-costsingle-benefit projects that must be approved by the government. A simple mechanism is proposed that ensures an efficient and fair implementation of such projects. The proposed mechanism is appropriate for a unilateral information structure: the...

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A reevaluation of the role of family in immigrants' labor market activity : evidence from a comparison of single and married immigrants

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Gotlibovski, Chemi; Kahana, Nava - 2009

Previous papers tested the validity of the Family Investment Hypothesis (FIH) among immigrants by comparing the labor … credit constraints are binding, then only married immigrants can cross-finance their investment within the family. In order … to a rejection of the FIH in both countries. -- Family investment model ; labor supply …

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Investment tax credits and the response of firms

Lerche, Adrian - 2022

This paper estimates the direct effects of investment tax credits on firms' production behavior and the additional …

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In-group cooperation in a hostile environment : an economic perspective on some aspects of Jewish life in (pre-modern) diaspora

Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2002

discrimination policies or on investment in human capital, as in previous research. …

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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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Access to imported intermediates and intra-firm wage inequality

Ge, Ying; Fang, Tony; Jiang, Yeheng - 2019

We use Chinese firm-level data from the World Bank Investment Climate Survey to examine the link between importing …

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The gain from the drain : skill-biased migration and global welfare

Biavaschi, Costanza; Burzyński, Michał; Elsner, Benjamin - 2016

sending and receiving countries. In a calibrated multi-country model, we compare the current world to a counterfactual with … that more - not less - high-skilled migration would increase world welfare. …

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Green cities? : urbanization, trade and the environment

Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael - 2015

This paper establishes a simple theoretical framework which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the interdependencies between urban evolution and the environment. We focus on the potential of the unfettered market forces to economize on emissions. A...

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Do environmental regulations effect FDI decisions? : the pollution haven hypothesis revisited

Yoon, Haeyeon; Heshmati, Almas - 2017

on foreign direct investment (FDI). We use Korean outward FDI data covering the manufacturing sector for 2009-15. The …

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Peace, terrorism, or civil conflict? : understanding the decision of an opposition group

Jetter, Michael - 2016

When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and...

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