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Population and Regulation
Mulligan, Casey B.; Shleifer, Andrei - 2021
We present a model of efficient regulation along the lines of Demsetz (1967). In this model, setting up and running regulatory institutions takes a fixed cost, and therefore jurisdictions with larger populations affected by a given regulation are more likely to have them. Consistent with the...
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Old Europe Ages : Reforms and Reform Backlashes
Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2010
focuses on three large Continental European countries: France, Germany, and Italy. These countries have large pay …
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Data Gaps and the Policy Response to the Novel Coronavirus
Stock, James H. - 2020
This note lays out the basic Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemiological model of contagion, with a target audience of economists who want a framework for understanding the effects of social distancing and containment policies on the evolution of contagion and interactions with the...
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What Calls to Arms? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Badarinza, Cristian - 2014
The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mort- gages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country...
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Innovativity : A Comparison Across Seven European Countries
Mohnen, Pierre; Mairesse, Jacques; Dagenais, Marcel - 2021
: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy for the year 1992. Based on the estimation of a …
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls
Ammermueller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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Saving and Cohabitation : The Economic Consequences of Living with One'S Parents in Italy and the Netherlands
Alessie, Rob; Brugiavini, Agar; Weber, Guglielmo - 2021
from Italy and the Netherlands. It presents a two-period gametheoretical model where the child has to decide whether to …. We find strong positive effects of the child income share on the saving rate in Italy, where we calculate saving as the … also find some significant effects of the child income share on household saving rate in the Netherlands, where saving is …
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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction
Steier, Lloyd - 2013
, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …
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The Size and Composition of Wealth Holdings in the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands
Kapteyn, Arie; Panis, Constantijn - 2021
This paper analyzes retirement saving and portfolio choice in the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands. While … worth and gross wealth should be highest in Italy, that Dutch households should hold the lowest wealth levels at retirement …
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The Limits and Consequences of Population Policy : Evidence from China's Wan Xi Shao Campaign
Singer Babiarz, Kimberly - 2018
Prior to the famous One Child Policy, China's total fertility rate declined by more than 50% during the 1970s - one of the most rapid sustained fertility declines documented in modern history. Coinciding with this transition was China's first national population policy, Wan Xi Shao, also known...
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