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. Britain's control of the seas meant that it was much less affected than other nations, such as France and the United States …. Explicit welfare calculations are provided for four countries, Britain, France, Sweden and the United States. Welfare losses … France, and between 1.7-1.8% per annum in Britain. On the other hand, the conflict helped pave the way for the more liberal …
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using data on police reports of family violence on Sundays during the professional football season. Controlling for location …
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This paper introduces a new internationally comparable data set that permits an empirical investigation of the effects of patent law on innovation. The data have been constructed from the catalogues of two 19th century world fairs: the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London, 1851, and the...
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To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using officially reported air pollution index (API) from 2000 to 2009, we show that these measures improved the API of Beijing during and after the Games, but 60% of the effect faded away by...
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This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of football players in Europe …. We construct a panel dataset of top earnings tax rates, football player careers, and club performances in the first … number of tax and institutional changes: (a) the 1995 Bosman ruling which liberalized the European football market, (b) top …
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national football teams' victories in sub- Saharan Africa. Combining individual survey data with information on official …
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the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various …
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An influential strand of research has tested for the effects of immigration on natives' wages and employment using exogenous refugee supply shocks as natural experiments. Several studies have reached conflicting conclusions about the effects of noted refugee waves such as the Mariel Boatlift in...
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We take a first pass at quantifying the magnitudes of debt relief achieved through default and restructuring in two distinct samples: 1979-2010, focusing on credit events in emerging markets, and 1920-1939, documenting the official debt hangover in advanced economies that was created by World...
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We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 11 European countries, implemented mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the European Social Survey, conducted in various years between 2002...
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