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In this article, we examine the patterns of association among a number of different factors that may contribute to differences in the initial baseline level of subjective well-being among young people in transition to adulthood. By examining the nature and patterns of these associations, we...
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) complementing the usual estimation of a distributed lag model. A correction term accounts for non-random sample attrition, which has … not been considered in previous studies on investment even though most (if not all) panel data sets on firms are … corporate income tax rate was partly compensated for by stricter depreciation allowances. Investment dynamics appear to be …
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' capital structure, investment and profitability. The identification of the causal effects is based on the escape clauses in … base. In general, in the short term, no negative investment effects are caused by the TCR. This suggests that a part of the …, investment might also be fixed in the short-run for example due to long-lasting contracts. -- Thin capitalization ; earnings …
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Following a brief review of the theoretical literature on the benefits and shortcomings of fiscal decentralization this paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between per capita economic growth and its production function determinants, on the one hand, and constructed...
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The relationship between land investment and tenure security is usually tested in land scarce but peaceful areas. This … article examines instead the effects of land abundance and war for investment and tenure security. The paper demonstrates that … war enhances land abundance. This implies that farm size for the analysis of land investment and tenure security. The …
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This paper examines the effect of terrorism and warfare on international trade. We investigate bilateral trade flows between more than 200 countries over the period from 1960 to 1993. Applying an augmented gravity model that includes several measures of terrorism and largescale violence, we find...
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from the counterfactual estimation by the synthetic control method show that Ukraine's per capita GDP foregone due to the …
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This paper examines whether government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries. We use quarterly data … time-variant index of central bank independence with government ideology. The results show that leftist governments have … policy to conservative central bankers. -- Monetary policy ; Taylor rule ; government ideology ; partisan politics ; central …
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capitalist and a communist sector. We deliberately chose attitudes toward doping to test the impact of ideology on values since …
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transmission of bank distress to the real economy—in particular, to real investment and labor employment by nonfinancial firms. We … supply downsize their real investment and labor employment significantly. This effect islarger for firms that are unable to …
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