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Handbook on experimental economics and the environment

List, John A. (ed.); Price, Michael Keith (ed.) - 2013

'Until not much more than 20 years ago, economists frequently lamented the fact that they were limited in their empirical analyses to statistical assessments of market behavior, because controlled economic experiments were (thought to be) infeasible, unethical, or both. Much has changed in the...

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The More We Die, the More We Sell? A Simple Test of the Home-Market Effect

Costinot, Arnaud - 2016

The home-market effect, first hypothesized by Linder (1961) and later formalized by Krugman (1980), is the idea that countries with larger demand for some products at home tend to have larger sales of the same products abroad. In this paper, we develop a simple test of the home-market effect...

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A Model of R&D Valuation and the Design of Research Incentives

Hsu, Jason C. - 2015

We develop a real options model of Ramp;D valuation, which takes into account the uncertainty in the quality of the research output, the time and cost to completion, and the market demand for the Ramp;D output. The model is then applied to study the problem of pharmaceutical under-investment in...

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International Health Economics

Philipson, Tomas J. - 2013

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Economic Issues in Vaccine Purchase Arrangements

Salkever, David S.; Frank, Richard G. - 2022

Federal purchases of major childhood vaccines account for roughly half of the total market for these vaccines. This paper examines Federal purchasing practices in the context of the recent literature on bidding and procurement, and compares these practices to UNICEF vaccine procurement...

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International handbook on the economics of mega sporting events

Maennig, Wolfgang (ed.); Zimbalist, Andrew S. (ed.) - 2012

From the Olympics to the World Cup, mega sporting events are a source of enjoyment for tens of thousands of people, but can also be a source of intense debate and controversy. This insightful Handbook addresses a number of central questions, including: How are host cities selected and under what...

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Handbook on the economics of professional football

Goddard, John (ed.) - 2014

In this comprehensive Handbook, John Goddard and Peter Sloane present a collection of analytical contributions by internationally regarded scholars in the field, which extensively examine the many economic challenges facing the world's most popular team sport. The Handbook is naturally divided...

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Handbook on the economics of women in sports

Leeds, Eva Marikova (ed.); Leeds, Michael A. (ed.) - 2013

host countries. They also apply theory and estimation to new settings, such as how women respond to tournaments in skiing …

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Recent developments in the economics of sport

Andreff, Wladimir - 2011

Events: Theory and Practice, Journal of Sports Economics, 8 (2), 165-182. -- Barros C.P. (2006), Evaluating Sport Events at …. Lang (2008), Overinvestment in Team Sports Leagues: A Contest Theory Model, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 55 (3 …-239. -- Torgler B. (2004), The Economics of the FIFA Football World Cup, Kyklos, 57 (2), 287-300. -- Vrooman J. (2007), Theory of the …

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The economics of sports betting

Rodríguez Rivero, P.D. (ed.); Humphreys, Brad R. (ed.); … - 2017

Contents: 1. Consumer spending on spectator sports, physical activity, and sports betting: evidence from Canada. / Brad Humphreys, Jane Ruseski and Jie Yang -- 2. Should gambling markets be privatized? An examination of state lotteries in the United States. / Kent Grote and Victor A. Matheson --...

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