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Using a quantitative spatial model as a data-generating process, we explore how spatial frictions affect the measurement of quality of life. We find that under a canonical parameterization, mobility frictions - generated by idiosyncratic tastes and local ties - dominate trade frictions -...
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This paper analyzes the joint dynamics of prices, output and employment across firms. We develop a dynamic equilibrium … productivity and demand shocks have distinct implications for the firms' output and price adjustments. Using panel data on prices … productivity and demand for the labor market and the dispersions of prices and labor productivity. We further analyze the impact of …
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For most people, buying a home is their single largest financial commitment. Previous research shows that Chinese buyers pay less for homes with unlucky addresses and more for homes with lucky addresses. Using Singapore data on housing transactions combined with a plethora of individual buyer...
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. Most firms revise downward their expectations for sales, orders, employment, and investment, while prices are expected to … higher prices, relative to unconstrained firms. The search for and availability of liquidity is a key determinant of firms …
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that it has specific benefits in terms of reducing prices, creating jobs, or increasing wages. While economists often … emphasize the consumer benefits of trade due to lower prices, only 20-40% of survey respondents in most countries perceive such …
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How does saving behavior of immigrants respond to changes in purchasing power parity between the source and host countries? We examine this question by building a theoretical model of joint return-migration and saving decisions of temporary migrants and then test its implications by using data...
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exploit quasi-random variation in road placement to estimate causal effects. We find that roads increase producer prices by 1 ….4 SD, reduce consumer prices by 0.6 SD, shift labor from agriculture to local casual work, and decrease short …
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This paper studies how output prices are affected by increases in the minimum wage. To the best of our knowledge, we … provide the first examination of how the prices of an entire menu of items at a single business adjust in response to a … prices by 7 cents, implying a pass-through elasticity of around 0.13. We also study how the price response across individual …
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There have been more than 500,000 opioid overdose deaths since 2000. To analyze the opioid epidemic, a model is constructed where individuals choose whether to use opioids recreationally, knowing the probabilities of addiction and dying. These odds are functions of recreational opioid usage....
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