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The Macroeconomist as Scientist and Engineer
Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2006
This essay offers a brief history of macroeconomics, together with an evaluation of what has been learned over the past several decades. It is based on the premise that the field has evolved through the efforts of two types of macroeconomist%u2014 those who understand the field as a type of...
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Marshall'S Economies
Henderson, J. Vernon - 2021
This paper estimates the nature and magnitude of the local externalities from own industry scale, as envisioned by Marshall. Census panel data on individual plants in high-tech and machinery industries across up to 487 countries are utilized, to quantify the direct effects of local external...
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Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage : Old Idea, New Evidence
Costinot, Arnaud - 2012
replied: 'Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage'. Truth, however, in Samuelson's reply refers to the fact that Ricardo …'s theory of comparative advantage is mathematically correct, not that it is empirically valid. The goal of this paper is to … output predicted by Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage. Despite all of the real-world considerations from which this …
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The New Comparative Economics
Djankov, Simeon; Glaeser, Edward L.; Lopez de Silanes, … - 2003
In recent years, comparative economics experienced a revival, with a new focus on comparing capitalist economies. The …
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Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets
Burnside, A. Craig - 2011
Some booms in housing prices are followed by busts. Others are not. It is generally difficult to find observable fundamentals that are useful for predicting whether a boom will turn into a bust or not. We develop a model consistent with these observations. Agents have heterogeneous expectations...
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Economics, History, and Causation
Morck, Randall - 2011
Economics and history both strive to understand causation: economics using instrumental variables econometrics and …
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Covariances Versus Characteristics in General Equilibrium
Lin, Xiaoji - 2011
We question a deep-ingrained doctrine in asset pricing: If an empirical characteristic-return relation is consistent with investor "rationality," the relation must be "explained" by a risk factor model. The investment approach changes the big picture of asset pricing. Factors formed on...
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An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy
Mankiw, N. Gregory - 2011
This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is a two-period general equilibrium model in which prices are sticky in the short run and flexible in the long run. Policy is evaluated by how well it raises the...
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Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers
Burkart, Mike - 2011
We study the role of legal investor protection for the efficiency of the market for corporate control. Stronger legal investor protection limits the ease with which an acquirer, once in control, can extract private benefits at the expense of non-controlling investors. This, in turn, increases...
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Incomplete Contracts and the Internal Organization of Firms
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
of factors highlighted in the theory are shown to be important in accounting for delegation, such as heterogeneity and …
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