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ineffective. We can rationalize this result with a novel model about the credibility of cheap-talk messages. This credibility is … credibility and show, both theoretically and experimentally, an interaction effect of network structure and communication …
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This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial programs or migration cannot explain the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial...
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rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity … the design of local and international policy instruments to prevent further deforestation and encourage forest growth … to slow and reverse deforestation. We cover the most recent work touching on a range of issues related to PES programs …
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following the creation of the new state of Uttarakhand. The policy, which had an explicit pro-environment mandate, resulted in …, place-based economic policies with pro-environment mandates can achieve sizeable economic expansion without major ecological …
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The role of government shareholding in corporate performance is central to an understanding of China's newly privatized large firms. In this paper, we analyze shareholders as agents that can both harm and benefit companies. We examine the ownership structure of 826 listed corporations and find...
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Recently, there has been much discussion about replicability and credibility. By integrating the full research record …, increasing statistical power, reducing bias and enhancing credibility, meta-analysis is widely regarded as 'best evidence … research credibility. …
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credibility revolution in empirical work can be traced to the rise of a design-based approach that emphasizes the identification … their prima facie credibility and by the attention investigators devote to making the case for a causal interpretation of …, Education, Environment, Labor, Health, and Public Finance, but are still rare in Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics. We …
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decision-making environment and the elicitation mode on reporting behavior. -- private information ; cheap talk ; honesty …
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In recent years the academic world has experienced a mushrooming of journals that falsely pretend to be legitimate academic outlets. We study this phenomenon using information from 46,000 researchers seeking promotion in Italian academia. About 5% of them have published in journals included in...
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Economics students have been shown to exhibit more selfishness than other students. Because the literature identifies the impact of long-term exposure to economics instruction (e.g., taking a course), it cannot isolate the specific course content responsible; nor can selection, peer effects, or...
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