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Agency and communication in IMF conditional lending: theory and empirical evidence
Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2009
We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...
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The role of salience in performance schemes: Evidence from a field experiment
Englmaier, Florian; Roider, Andreas; Sunde, Uwe - 2012
in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282221
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Visual Inference and Graphical Representation in Regression Discontinuity Designs
Korting, Christina; Lieberman, Carl; Matsudaira, Jordan; … - 2021
Despite the widespread use of graphs in empirical research, little is known about readers' ability to process the statistical information they are meant to convey ("visual inference"). We study visual inference within the context of regression discontinuity (RD) designs by measuring how...
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National Well-being Policy and a Weighted Approach to Human Feelings
O'Donnell, Gus; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015
Governments are becoming interested in the concept of human well-being and how truly to assess it. As an alternative to traditional economic measures, some nations have begun to collect information on citizens' happiness, life satisfaction, and other psychological scores. Yet how could such data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401666
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The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Job Loss Induced Mental Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2022
-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of the Medicaid expansion on anxiety and depression associated with job loss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177791
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The Impact of Mental Health Support for the Chronically Ill on Hospital Utilisation: Evidence from the UK
Gruber, Jonathan; Lordan, Grace; Pilling, Stephen; … - 2022
Individuals with common mental disorders (CMDs) such as depression and anxiety frequently have co-occurring long …
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Do Early Episodes of Depression and Anxiety Make Homelessness More Likely?
Moschion, Julie; van Ours, Jan C. - 2022
and anxiety amongst disadvantaged Australians. Using data from the Australian Journeys Home survey, we investigate whether … whether early experiences of homelessness increase the likelihood of early onset of depression or anxiety. We perform our … of depression makes a transition to homelessness more likely for both men and women. In contrast, anxiety disorders have …
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Long COVID in the United States
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
is strongly associated with negative affect (anxiety, depression, worry and a lack of interest in things). The effect is …
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How Does Terrorism Affect Individuals' Wellbeing?
Bryson, Alex; MacKerron, George - 2018
individuals' momentary happiness and anxiety. We show the impact of TRIs varies with the nature of the incident, the individual …' momentary happiness and anxiety levels, but the effect is short-lived and is largely confined to incidents that lead to the …
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The KfW/ZEW start-up panel: design and research potential
Fryges, Helmut; Gottschalk, Sandra; Kohn, Karsten - 2009
So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using one-time surveys, but continuously over a number of years. Therefore, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), KfW Bankengruppe and Creditreform set up a panel study of...
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