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Allocating subsidies for private investments to maximize jobs impacts
Robalino Aguirre, David A.; Romero, Jose Manuel; Walker, Ian - 2020
-linked externalities (JLEs). JLEs emerge when wages exceed the opportunity cost of labor (labor externalities), or when there are social … gains from creating better jobs for some classes of worker, such as women or youth (social externalities). Like all … externalities, JLEs create a gap between private and social rates of return. Investments can be socially profitable (once the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239109
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Temporary shocks and offshoring : the role of external economies and firm heterogeneity
Mitra, Devashish (contributor); Ranjan, Priya (contributor) - 2007
We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities … externalities can help explain the dynamic process of offshoring, where the most productive firms offshore first and the others …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003596092
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Are microloans bad for growth?
Emerson, Patrick M.; McGough, Bruce - 2010
externalities (social returns to education) there exists a range of microloan amounts that are growth depressing and welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153583
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Beware of workaholics : household preferences and individual equilibrium utility
Gersbach, Hans (contributor); Haller, Hans (contributor) - 2005
individual preferences and enjoy positive leisure-dependent externalities. For instance, a global sociological change where the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002634134
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Coordination failures in network migration
Heitmueller, Axel (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001752104
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The accident externality from trucking
Muehlenbachs, Lucija A.; Staubli, Stefan; Chu, Ziyan - 2017
The presence of a heavy truck on the road can impose an externality if accidents occur that would not have otherwise. We find each additional truck on the road increases the risk of a truck accident – but also, at an even higher rate, the risk of a car-on-car collision. Our estimates imply two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731933
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Who wins and who loses from state subsidies?
Du, Jun; Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Stepanok, Ignat - 2022
where other firms are subsidized. These negative externalities depend on the share of firms that receive subsidies in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187211
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Estimating the size of external effects of energy subsidies
Commander, Simon; Nikoloski, Zlatko; Vagliasindi, Maria - 2015
It is widely accepted that the costs of under-pricing energy are large, whether in advanced or developing countries. This paper explores how large these costs can be by focussing on the size of the external effects that energy subsidies in particular generate in two important sectors - transport...
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Why should state government invest in college education? : an equilibrium approach for the US in 2000
Shields, Michael P. (contributor) - 2008
the existence of these positive externalities for the US in 2000 in estimates using the Current Population Survey … too little in college education. -- Human capital ; externalities ; higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729416
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Estimating the social value of higher education : willingness to pay for community and technical colleges
Blomquist, Glenn C.; Coomes, Paul A.; Jepsen, Christopher; … - 2009
returns ; education externalities ; contingent valuation ; earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003829714