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Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose : Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development

Karlan, Dean S. - 2014

Many basic economic theories with perfectly functioning markets do not predict the existence of the vast number of microenterprises readily observed across the world. We put forward a model that illuminates why financial and managerial capital constraints may impede experimentation, and thus...

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University-Industry Spillovers, Government Funding, and Industrial Consulting

Jensen, Richard A. - 2015

This paper presents a theoretical model of faculty consulting in the context of government and industry funding for research within the university, which then frames an empirical analysis of the funding and consulting of 458 individual faculty inventors from 8 major US universities. In the...

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Tax Policy, Venture Capital, and Entrepreneurship

Keuschnigg, Christian - 2006

The paper studies the effects of tax policy on venture capital activity. Entrepreneurs pursue a single high risk project each but have no own resources. Financiers provide equity finance. They must structure the entrepreneur's profit share and base salary to assure their incentives for full...

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Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success

Altonji, Joseph G. - 2014

We analyze the early labor market outcomes of U.S. college graduates from the classes of 1974 to 2011, as a function of the economic conditions into which they graduated. We have three main findings. First, poor labor market conditions substantially disrupt early careers. A large recession at...

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Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security and Program Data

Amarante, Verónica - 2011

births in Uruguay, we estimate that participation in a generous cash transfer program led to a sizeable 15% reduction in the …

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Distance and Political Boundaries : Estimating Border Effects Under Inequality Constraints

Borraz, Fernando - 2012

selection bias, and propose a new methodology based on quantile regressions. Using a novel data set from Uruguay, we apply our …

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Smokers’ Rational Lexicographic Preferences for Cigarette Package Warnings : A Discrete Choice Experiment with Eye Tracking

Harris, Jeffrey E. - 2018

We asked 97 cigarette smokers to make a series of 12 binary choices between experimental cigarette packages with varying warnings and background colors. Each smoker had to decide which of the two packages contained cigarettes less risky for his health. We tested whether the smokers, confronted...

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Tobacco Control Campaign in Uruguay : Impact on Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy

Harris, Jeffrey E. - 2014

Background. In 2005, Uruguay instituted a nationwide tobacco control campaign that has resulted in a substantial … Uruguay during 2007-2012, supplemented by data on cigarette prices and various governmental policies.Methods. We estimated … birth weight by an estimated 163 grams.Conclusion. Uruguay's nationwide tobacco control campaign led to a substantial …

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Sovereign Default, Debt Restructuring, and Recovery Rates : Was the Argentinean “Haircut” Excessive?

Edwards, Sebastian - 2015

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Greece. The results suggest that the haircut imposed by Argentina in its 2005 restructuring (75 …

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The Effect of Unions on Employment : Evidence from an Unnatural Experiment in Uruguay

Cassoni, Adriana; Allen, Steven G.; Labadie, Gaston J. - 2021

This study examines the impact of unions on wages and employment using data from Uruguay in a period where unions were …

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