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Historical Natural Experiments : Bridging Economics and Economic History
Cantoni, Davide - 2020
The analysis of historical natural experiments has profoundly impacted economics research across fields. We trace the …
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A New Mechanism to Alleviate the Crises of Confidence in Science-With An Application to the Public Goods Game
Butera, Luigi - 2020
Creation of empirical knowledge in economics has taken a dramatic turn in the past few decades. One feature of the new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479325
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Program Evaluation and Research Designs
DiNardo, John - 2010
This chapter provides a selective review of some contemporary approaches to program evaluation. One motivation for our review is the recent emergence and increasing use of a particular kind of "program" in applied microeconomic research, the so-called Regression Discontinuity (RD) Design of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462637
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Cognitive Economics
Kimball, Miles S. - 2015
Cognitive Economics is the economics of what is in people's minds. It is a vibrant area of research (much of it within … Behavioral Economics, Labor Economics and the Economics of Education) that brings into play novel types of data--especially novel … Welfare Economics. A key theme of Cognitive Economics is finite cognition (often misleadingly called "bounded rationality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457832
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On the Generalizability of Experimental Results in Economics : With A Response To Camerer
Al-Ubaydli, Omar - 2013
study provides an overview of experimental methods in economics, with a special focus on developing an economic theory of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458996
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Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing : Who and How?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2012
Presenting data on all full-length articles published in the three top general economics journals for one year in each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460025
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On the Generalizability of Experimental Results in Economics
Al-Ubaydli, Omar - 2012
study provides an overview of experimental methods in economics, with a special focus on developing an economic theory of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460702
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When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Services
Blank, Rebecca M. - 1999
The privatization of social services is being increasingly discussed. The social services market is characterized by multiple market failures, including informational asymmetries, agency problems, externalities, and distributional concerns. Consumers may care as much or more about quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471699
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Is the Japanese Distribution System Really Inefficient?
Ito, Takatoshi - 1990
This paper investigates the efficiency of the Japanese distribution system, measured by the distribution margin. Most of the discussions on the Japanese distribution system have so far relied on institutional descriptions and anecdotal evidence, failing to substantiate the case. The present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475729
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Social Finance
Kuchler, Theresa - 2020
We review an empirical literature that studies the role of social interactions in driving economic and financial decision making. We first summarize recent work that documents an important role of social interactions in explaining household decisions in housing and mortgage markets. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482193