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Rail Reform Strategies : The Australian Experience

Owens, Helen - 2021

Widely different approaches to rail reform are evident across countries and within Australia. Reforms have involved …

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The Evolution of Rotation Group Bias : Will the Real Unemployment Rate Please Stand Up?

Krueger, Alan B. - 2014

group bias for households that responded in all eight interviews. An analysis of rotation group bias in Canada and the U ….K. reveal no rotation group bias in Canada and a modest and declining bias in the U.K. There is not a "Heisenberg Principle" of …

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Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility : Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century

Gross, Daniel P. - 2019

Collusion is widely condemned for its negative effects on consumer welfare and market efficiency. In this paper, I show that collusion may also in some cases facilitate the creation of unexpected new sources of value. I bring this possibility into focus through the lens of a historical episode...

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Housing Dynamics Over the Business Cycle

Kydland, Finn - 2012

dynamics are documented here to be specific to the U.S. and Canada. In other developed economies residential investment is …

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Can Oil Prices Forecast Exchange Rates?

Ferraro, Domenico - 2012

This paper investigates whether oil prices have a reliable and stable out-of-sample relationship with the Canadian/U.S dollar nominal exchange rate. Despite state-of-the-art methodologies, we find little systematic relation between oil prices and the exchange rate at the monthly and quarterly...

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Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Ets)

Carpenter, Christopher S. - 2014

little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using …

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A Comparison of Micro and Macro Expenditure Measures Across Countries Using Differing Survey Methods

Barrett, Garry F. - 2013

Australia, Canada, the UK and US. Cross-country and time series variation in survey methodology and experience is used to assess … remained fairly stable in Canada and Australia; in the UK and US coverage rates declined sharply. Survey response rates and top … relative to national account is examined. Coverage rates are highest in Canada and the UK. Over the past three decades coverage …

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The Changing Role of Government in Financing Health Care : An International Perspective

Stabile, Mark - 2013

This paper explores the changing role of government involvement in health care financing policy outside the United States. It provides a review of the economics literature in this area to understand the implications of recent policy changes on efficiency, costs and quality. Our review reveals...

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Immigration, Human Capital Formation and Endogenous Economic Growth

Ehrlich, Isaac - 2015

Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill composition of migrants in major destination countries, including the US, has been rising over the last 4 decades. Moreover, the population share of skilled migrants has been approaching...

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The Wealthy Hand-to-Mouth

Kaplan, Greg - 2014

accounts). We use survey data on household portfolios for the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and …

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