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The Use of Replacement Workers in Union Contract Negotiations : The U.S. Experience, 1980-1989
Cramton, Peter; Tracy, Joseph S. - 2021
It is argued in many circles that a structural change occurred in U.S. collective bargaining in the 1980s. We investigate the extent to which the hiring of replacement workers can account for this change. For a sample of over 300 major strikes since 1980, we estimate the likelihood of...
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Strikes and the Law in the U.S., 1881-1894 : New Evidence on the Origins of American Exceptionalism
Currie, Janet; Ferrie, Joseph P. - 2021
The origins of American exceptionalism þ the apolitical nature of American labor unions compared to their European counterparts þ have puzzled labor historians. Recently, the hypothesis has been advanced that organized labor abandoned attempts to win reform through legislation because the...
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Default Options and Insurance Demand
Robinson, Peter John; Botzen, W.J.W; Kunreuther, Howard; … - 2022
choices between alternatives. We study whether defaults can be used to increase insurance coverage against low …-probability/high-impact risks, like floods, and whether past flood insurance purchases and flooding experience moderate the effect of defaults. Our … study uses a naturally occurring difference in experience, comparing the surveyed flood insurance choices of 1 …
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Policy Watch : Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States
Kunreuther, Howard - 2012
This paper examines the role that insurance has played in dealing with terrorism before and after September 11, 2001 …, by focusing on the distinctive challenges associated with terrorism as a catastrophic risk. The Terrorism Risk Insurance … Act of 2002 (TRIA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in November 2002, establishing a national terrorism insurance program …
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The Real Exchange Rate and Fiscal Policy During the Gold Standard Periodevidence from the United States and Great Britain
Kaminsky, Graciela - 2010
We study the determinants of the dollar/pound real exchange rate from 1879 to 1914 focusing on the role of fiscal policy. We present a simple dynamic model of the real exchange rate to frame our analysis. The econometric results are based upon the decomposition of the sources of the innovation...
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Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States
Banks, James W. - 2011
In this paper we examine the link between retrospectively reported measures of childhood health and the prevalence of various major and minor diseases at older ages. Our analysis is based on comparable retrospective questionnaires placed in the Health and Retirement Study and the English...
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International Trade and Finance Under the Two Hegemons : Complementaries in the United Kingdom 1870-1913 and the United States 1920-30
Taylor, Alan M. - 2007
Do international trade and finance flow together? In theory, trade and finance can be substitutes or complements, so the matter must be resolved empirically. We study trade and financial flows from the United Kingdom from 1870 to 1913 and the United States in the interwar years. Trade and...
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The Great Inflation in the United States and the United Kingdom : Reconciling Policy Decisions and Data Outcomes
DiCecio, Riccardo - 2010
We argue that the Great Inflation experienced by both the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1970s has an explanation valid for both countries. The explanation does not appeal to common shocks or to exchange rate linkages, but to the common doctrine underlying the systematic monetary...
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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Piketty, Thomas - 2010
This paper provides estimates of federal tax rates by income groups in the United States since 1960, with special emphasis on very top income groups. We include individual and corporate income taxes, payroll taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The progressivity of the U.S. federal tax system at...
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Dividends, Capital Gains, and the Corporate Veil : Evidence from Britain, Canada, and the United States
Poterba, James M. - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of increased cash dividend payout, and of quot;forced realizations~ of capital gains in corporate control transactions, on the level of aggregate consumption. The results support the proposition that investors respond differently to cash receipts from firms...
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