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Partisan impacts on the economy : evidence from prediction markets and close elections

Snowberg, Erik (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor); … - 2006

Political economists interested in discerning the effects of election outcomes on the economy have been hampered by the problem that economic outcomes also influence elections. We sidestep these problems by analyzing movements in economic indicators caused by clearly exogenous changes in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289884

An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries

Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006

This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....

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Human capital investments in children : a comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries

Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - 2010

composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States … case of leisure time and eating time. -- parent-child time ; comparative research ; welfare regimes ; Finland ; Germany … ; USA ; treatment effects ; propensity score matching …

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Marital sorting, household labor supply, and intergenerational earnings mobility across countries

Raaum, Oddbjørn (contributor) - 2007

We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US …

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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States

Björklund, Anders; Eriksson, Tor; Jäntti, Markus; … - 2000

between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …

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Regulation and firm value : curious case of transparency and disclosure laws in Russia

Banerjee, Suman; Masulis, Ronald W.; Pal, Sarmistha - 2016

We provide novel evidence on the effectiveness of mandated changes in Russian transparency and disclosure (henceforth T&D) rules in boosting shareholder welfare. We focus on the staggered implementation of these T&D reforms initiated in 2002 and implemented during 2003-07. Using difference in...

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The diffusion of information technology and the increased propensity of teams to transcend institutional and national borders

Winkler, Anne E.; Glänzel, Wolfgang; Levin, Sharon G.; … - 2011

This study examines the relationship between the diffusion of IT and changes in collaboration patterns across institutional and national borders. To undertake the research, the authors match an explicit measure of institutional IT adoption (domain names, e.g. www.umsl.edu) with institutional...

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Wealth shocks and health outcomes : evidence from stock market fluctuations

Schwandt, Hannes - 2014

Do wealth shocks affect the health of the elderly in developed countries? The economic literature is skeptical about such effects which have so far only been found for poor retirees in poor countries. In this paper I show that wealth shocks also matter for the health of wealthy retirees in the...

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Security, trade, and political violence

Amodio, Francesco; Baccini, Leonardo; Di Maio, Michele - 2017

To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and people. These restrictions have negative economic consequences, possibly increasing the supply of political violence. To test this hypothesis, we exploit the restrictions...

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Performance pay and earnings : evidence from personnel records

Pekkarinen, Tuomas (contributor); Riddell, Chris (contributor) - 2006

This paper examines the effects of performance pay on earnings using linked employee-employer panel data from Finland …

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