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This paper considers functions of contracting other than the protection of relationship-specific investments and the provision of marginal incentives, and applies the theory to explain variation in the form of compensation of over-the-road truck drivers in the U.S. Specifically, we argue that...
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We show that the negative impact of financial crises on trade is magnified for destinations with longer time-to-ship. A simple model where exporters react to an increase in the probability of default of importers by increasing their export price and decreasing their export volumes to...
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We collect extensive data on worldwide trade by transportation mode and use this to provide detailed comparisons of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with output versus international transportation of traded goods. International transport is responsible for 33 percent of world-wide...
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experiments within surveys, rather than just relying on observational survey data. We then outline the most commonly used …
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welfare. An appropriately weighted survey-based distribution of an acceptable measure of economic welfare need not be less …
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Measurement errors are often a large source of bias in survey data. Lack of knowledge of the determinants of such … respondent's degree of cooperation with the survey overall. We provide evidence on how survey design choices affect reporting … errors. Our findings help survey users to gauge the reliability of their data and to devise estimation strategies that can …
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This paper illustrates the design and use of open-ended survey questions as a way of eliciting people's first …
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We evaluate how nonresponse affects conclusions drawn from survey data and consider how researchers can reliably test … and correct for nonresponse bias. To do so, we examine a survey on labor market conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic … that used randomly assigned financial incentives to encourage participation. We link the survey data to administrative data …
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Women may under-report intimate partner violence (IPV) in surveys due to a variety of social and psychological factors. To understand if anonymized interviewing can allay this concern, we conduct a measurement experiment in rural Liberia and Malawi in which women were asked IPV questions via...
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of bilateral exports, a panel of data from 2006 through 2017, and an annual Gallup survey which asks people in up to 157 …
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