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Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...

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Accelerating Vaccine Innovation for Emerging Infectious Diseases via Parallel Discovery

Barberio, Joseph; Becraft, Jacob; Ben Chaouch, Zied; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We analyze the financial performance of a hypothetical portfolio of 120 mRNA vaccine candidates in the preclinical stage targeting 11 emerging infectious diseases. We calibrate the simulation parameters with input from domain experts in mRNA technology and an extensive literature review. We find...

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The Benefits and Costs of U.S. Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Ferranna, Maddalena; Robinson, Lisa A.; Cadarette, Daniel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

In 2021, the Biden Administration issued mandates requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for U.S. federal employees and contractors and for some healthcare and private sector workers. Although these mandates have been subject to legal challenges and some have been halted or delayed, rigorous appraisal...

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Investment in Preventive Care for Children of Middle Eastern Ancestry During the Trump Administration

Danagoulian, Shooshan; Fleming, Owen; Grossman, Daniel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Individuals of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) ancestry in the US have been targeted by anti-immigrant and counterterrorism policies and have been the focus of vitriolic political rhetoric. Despite this, lack of data identifying MENA individuals has prevented systematic evaluation of the...

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Preference Externalities : An Empirical Study of Who Benefits Whom in Differentiated Product Markets

Waldfogel, Joel - 1999

satisfaction grow in market size. We document this phenomenon across 246 US radio markets. By a mechanism that we term 'preference … externalities', an increase in the size of the market brings forth additional products valued by others with similar tastes. But who … possibly reduced) by the size of the white population. Consequently, small groups receive less variety from the market. Forces …

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Do Digital Platforms Reduce Moral Hazard? The Case of Uber and Taxis

Liu, Meng - 2018

Digital platforms like Uber can enhance market transparency and mitigate moral hazard via ratings of buyers and sellers …

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Identification in Differentiated Products Markets Using Market Level Data

Berry, Steven T. - 2010

We consider nonparametric identification in models of differentiated products markets, using only market level … models widely used in applied work. We allow for product/market-specific unobservables, endogenous product characteristics (e …

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Product Market Regulation and Market Work : A Benchmark Analysis

Fang, Lei - 2007

Recent empirical work finds a negative correlation between product market regulation and aggregate employment. We … examine the effect of product market regulations on hours worked in a benchmark aggregate model of time allocation. We find … that product market regulations affect time devoted to market work in effectively the same fashion as do taxes on labor …

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Using a Hedonic Model of Solar Radiation to Assess the Economic Effect of Climate Change : The Case of Mosel Valley Vineyards

Ashenfelter, Orley - 2006

In this paper we provide a simple, credible method for assessing the effects of climate change on the quality of agricultural land and then apply this method using a rich set of data on the vineyards of the Mosel Valley in Germany. The basic idea is to use a simple model of solar radiation to...

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Do the Young British Artists Rule (or : Has London Stolen the Idea of Postmodern Art from New York?)

Galenson, David W. - 2005

In recent years, some English critics have claimed that Damien Hirst and his fellow young British artists have made London the new center of the advanced art world. As Hirst reaches the age of 40, this paper uses auction results to measure the importance of the YBAs compared to their American...

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