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The Effect of Deceptive Advertising on Consumption of the Advertised Good and its Substitutes : The Case of Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Products
Cawley, John - 2013
This paper is the first to estimate the impact of exposure to deceptive advertising on consumption of the advertised … advertising is rampant and products are generally ineffective with potentially serious side effects. We control for the targeting … exposure to deceptive advertising is associated with a lower probability that women, and a higher probability that men, consume …
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Mommies' Girls Get Dresses, Daddies' Boys Get Toys : Gender Preferences in Poland and Their Implications
Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2012
We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish … Household Budgets' Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the effects of gender on family stability, fertility … gender on consumption patterns. We find that a first born daughter is significantly less likely to be living with her father …
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Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and its Influence on Youth Body Composition
Grossman, Michael - 2013
We examine the effects of fast-food restaurant advertising on television on the body composition of adolescents as … from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and data on local fast-food restaurant advertising on television from … Competitive Media Reporting.Exposure to fast-food restaurant advertising on television causes statistically significant increases …
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Countering Public Opposition to Immigration : The Impact of Information Campaigns
Facchini, Giovanni - 2017
Popular sentiment toward immigration is often antagonistic, making the integration of migrants one of the most important yet daunting challenges facing societies in advanced economies. Can information campaigns decrease public opposition to immigration? This paper reports results from a...
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Risk, Institutions and Growth : Why England and Not China?
Greif, Avner - 2011
We analyze the role of risk-sharing institutions in transitions to modern economies. Transitions requires individual-level risk-taking in pursuing productivity-enhancing activities including using and developing new knowledge. Individual-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct...
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Good and Bad Institutions : Is the Debate Over? Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence from the Textile Industry
Bhaumik, Sumon K. - 2011
Using firm-level data from nine developing countries we demonstrate that (a) certain institutions like restrictive labour market regulations that are considered to be bad for economic growth might be beneficial for production efficiency, whereas (b) good business environment which is considered...
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Institutions and Economic Performance : What Can Be Explained?
Commander, Simon John - 2010
Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms. We look at three 'levels' of institutions and associated...
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural...
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Labor Market Policy : A Comparative View on the Costs and Benefits of Labor Market Flexibility
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2010
I review theories and evidence on wage-setting institutions and labor market policies in an international comparative context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies...
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For Benevolence and for Self-Interest : Social and Commercial Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations
Estrin, Saul - 2011
We conceptualise social entrepreneurship as a source of social capital which, when present in the environment, enhances commercial entrepreneurship. We also argue that social entrepreneurship should be recognised as a second form of Baumol's (1990) productive entrepreneurship and that it will...
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