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Cross-category, trans-Pacific spillovers of policy uncertainty and financial market volatility
Thiem, Christopher - 2018
-category spillovers of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and financial market volatility between the US and Japan. Our model includes … volatility index are typically more affected by EPU spillovers than the US VXO. Our results also reveal that, compared to within …-country spillovers, cross-country spillovers of EPU are relatively small and less volatile. Finally, we show that the direction of net …
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Cross-category spillovers of economic policy uncertainty
Thiem, Christopher - 2018
policy categories are strong net transmitters of uncertainty spillovers (e.g. fiscal policy), while others show only a low … further reveals that the intensity and direction of spillovers change significantly over time. The total connectedness index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800304
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Heterogeneous effects of high school peers on educational outcomes
Mendolia, Silvia; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Walker, Ian - 2016
We investigate the relationship between peers' abilities and educational outcomes at the end of high school using data from the rich Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) matched to the National Pupil Database of children in state schools in England. In particular, we focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444947
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The gender gap in STEM: (Female) teenagers' ICT skills and subsequent career paths
Hertweck, Friederike; Lehner, Judith - 2023
Skills shortage in the fields of Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) poses a significant challenge for industries globally. This study examines the interrelationship between high school students' gender, their proficiency in Information and Communication Technology (ICT),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014325934
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International effects of euro area versus US policy uncertainty: A FAVAR approach
Belke, Ansgar; Osowski, Thomas - 2017
Building on the growing evidence on the importance of large data sets for empirical macroeconomic modeling, we estimate a large-scale FAVAR model for 18 OECD member countries. We quantify the global effects of economic policy uncertainty shocks and check whether the signs, the magnitude, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011642100
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Why Do Households Forego High Returns from Technology Adoption - Evidence from Improved Cook Stoves in Burkina Faso
Bensch, Gunther; Grimm, Michael; Peters, Jörg - 2014
Around 3 billion people in developing countries rely on woodfuels for their daily cooking needs with profound negative implications for their workload, health, and budget as well as the environment. Improved cookstove (ICS) technologies in many cases appear to be an obvious solution. Despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420985
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Why Do Households Forego High Returns from Technology Adoption - Evidence from Improved Cook Stoves in Burkina Faso
Bensch, Gunther; Grimm, Michael; Peters, Jörg - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
Around 3 billion people in developing countries rely on woodfuels for their daily cooking needs with profound negative implications for their workload, health, and budget as well as the environment. Improved cookstove (ICS) technologies in many cases appear to be an obvious solution. Despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904079
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Commitment Problems and War in International Bargaining
Amann, Erwin; Leonhardt, Nadine - 2013
In the context of international bargaining, standard models predict that a shift in military power can cause preventive war because it changes the relative bargaining position between states. We find that shifts in military power are not the only cause of war under commitment problems and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292375
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Democratic Peace – A Principal-Agent Approach
Leonhardt, Nadine - 2013
of democracies‘ signaling advantage which may turn out to be more realistic than the concept of audience costs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327833
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Decision-making within the household: The role of autonomy and differences in preferences
Alem, Yonas; Hassen, Sied; Köhlin, Gunnar - 2020
We use a field experiment to identify how differences in preferences and autonomy in decision-making result in low willingness-to-pay (WTP) for technologies that can benefit all members of the household. We create income earning opportunities to empower households and elicit their WTP for fuel,...
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