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Revitalising the Silk Road : Evidence from Railway Infrastructure Investments in Northwest China
Yu, Lamont; Tran, Trang; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2022
China’s Belt and Road Initiative was introduced in 2013 to revitalise the Silk Road and promote economic development … northwest China which connects China’s northwestern provinces along this Silk Road land route. We use a recently developed … geographical demarcation in China that is of vast economic significance, not all counties benefited from the opening of the HSR …
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Green Infrastructure and Air Pollution : Evidence from Highways Connecting Two Megacities in China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang Thu; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2022
Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades … China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution. We use high-frequency and high spatial resolution data to track …
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2021
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325091
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Labor Market Discrimination and Capital Investment : The Effects of Fan Discrimination on Stadium Investment
Bodvarsson, Orn B. - 2009
We investigate the possibility that labor market discrimination affects economic outcomes in the complementary capital market. Previous research contains ample theoretical justification, and empirical evidence, that discrimination affects wages and employment in labor markets. However, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154491
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Effects of a Red Card on Goal-Scoring in World Cup Football Matches
Cerveny, Jakub - 2016
We examine the effect of the sending-off of a player on the goal-scoring rates in FIFA World Cup matches in tournaments from 1998 to 2014. We use a hazard rate framework in which the effect of a red card is modeled as a shift in the goal-scoring rate. A red card may harm the team that receives a...
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Family Violence and Football : The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Violent Behavior
Card, David - 2010
We study the link between family violence and the emotional cues associated with wins and losses by local professional football teams. We hypothesize that the risk of violence is affected by the 'gain-loss' utility of game outcomes around a rationally expected reference point. Our empirical...
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An Economic Model of the Evolution of the Gender Performance Ratio in Individual Sports
Dupuy, Arnaud - 2010
This paper shows that the gender world record ratio in four disciplines, i.e. marathon, triple jump, pole vault and 800 meters, follows an S-shape over time. It is argued that this pattern is initiated by a sudden drop in the social barrier for women to participate in these disciplines. This...
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Fatigue and Team Performance in Soccer : Evidence from the FIFA World Cup and the Uefa European Championship
Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2013
We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of players and the optimal organization of national and international championships, empirical evidence is lacking. We use data on all the matches played by national teams in all the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077327
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Seemingly Irrelevant Events Affect Economic Perceptions and Expectations : The FIFA World Cup 2006 as a Natural Experiment
Dohmen, Thomas J.; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2021
Prominent economic theories have emphasized the role of commonly held perceptions and expectations for determining macroeconomic outcomes. A key empirical question is how such collectively held beliefs are formed. We use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. We provide direct evidence...
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Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Dolan, Paul - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
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