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stimulus to austerity in Europe was quite abrupt. The difference in fiscal stance helps explain the difference in the post …
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empirical model of economic growth, this essay shows that this transition has contributed substantially to East Asia's so … countries had social, economic, and political institutions and policies that allowed them to realize the growth potential … created by the transition. The empirical analyses indicate that population growth has a purely transitional effect on economic …
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We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions trumps' everything else. Once institutions are...
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, Colombia and Mexico -- and three East Asian countries--Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. It identifies a number of potential …
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This paper extends my research applying statistical decision theory to treatment choice with sample data, using maximum regret to evaluate the performance of treatment rules. The specific new contribution is to study as-if optimization using estimates of illness probabilities in clinical choice...
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Although non-experimental studies find robust neighborhood effects on adults, such findings have been challenged by results from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) residential mobility experiment. Using a within-study comparison design, this paper compares experimental and non-experimental...
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additively and interacts with treatment variables. We present identification and estimation methods for parameters of interest in …
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This paper studies the impact of adult prosecution on recidivism and employment trajectories for adolescent, first-time felony defendants. We use extensive linked Criminal Justice Admin- istrative Record System and socio-economic data from Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit). Using the discrete age...
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real GDP growth in the years prior to and following a crisis. The adjustment shows a much sharper V-type in the crisis … bank balance sheet. We find no evidence for a direct impact of a currency crisis on long-run growth …
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following stock market liberalizations, the growth rate of the typical firm's capital stock exceeds its pre-liberalization mean … that a 1-percentage point increase in a firm's expected future sales growth predicts a 4.1-percentage point increase in its …
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