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Urbanization in China and how urban housing demand can be met
Gottschalch, Sören - 2013
population. This paper contributes to the discussion with illuminating the main drivers of urbanization: (i) migration and (ii …
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Here lives a wealthy man: Price rigidity and predictability in luxury housing markets
Levy, Daniel C.; Snir, Avichai - 2018
We use novel and unique data to study the effect of price changes in the market for luxury and middle class homes. We find that luxury home sales respond less to price changes than the middle-class home sales; in the market for luxury homes, past prices affect current prices; luxury home prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057423
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The Relation between Financial and Housing Wealth of Dutch Households
Hochguertel, Stefan; van Soest, Arthur - 1998
We analyze households' joint investment decisions for financial wealth and homes. We use a bivariate censored regression model with endogenous switching. Fixed costs or transaction costs are captured by an unobserved nonzero censoring threshold. The model allows for spill-over effects of a...
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Housing for India's low-income urban households: A demand perspective
Roy, Debarpita - 2020
Housing, particularly for low income urban households, is a long-standing challenge in India. In 2012, 96 per cent of the all India urban housing shortage of 18.78 million was confined to low-income economic groups. This study empirically examines three facets of urban India's housing demand...
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Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2005
’s decision on claiming unjustified subsidies (e. g. by underreporting income) exists so far. Employing Austrian survey data we … show that the basic attitude towards avoiding taxes (tax morale) and claiming unjustified subsidies (benefit morale) have … economic approach, by alternative theories or simply by more opportunities to cheat on the state by unjustified subsidies in …
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Education and crime over the life cycle
Fella, Giulio; Gallipoli, Giovanni - 2008
policies. Furthermore, the cost-effectiveness of high school subsidies increases significantly if they are targeted at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280784
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Are religions for sale? Evidence from the Swedish church revolt over same-sex marriage
Bengtsson, Niklas - 2017
Religious leaders sometimes condemn progressive social norms. In this paper, I revisit David Hume's hypothesis that secular states can "bribe" churches into adopting less strict religious doctrines. The hypothesis is difficult to test due to reverse causality: more liberal theologies may attract...
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Patents versus subsidies: A laboratory experiment
Darai, Donja; Großer, Jens; Trhal, Nadja - 2009
This paper studies the effects of patents and subsidies on R&D investment decisions. The theoretical framework is a two …-stage game consisting of an investment and a market stage. In equilibrium, both patents and subsidies induce the same amount of R … theoretical predictions. Patents and subsidies increase investment in R&D and the observed amounts of investment in the patent and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315562
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Network formation with local complements and global substitutes: The case of R&D networks
Hsieh, Chih-sheng; König, Michael D.; Liu, Xiaodong - 2017
, mergers and acquisitions and subsidies in the context of R&D collaboration networks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663176
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Does the Decoupling Reform Affect Agricultural Employment in Sweden? Evidence from an Exogenous Change
Nordin, Martin - 2013
This study uses aggregated municipality data, for the years 2001 to 2009, to explore whether direct payments to farmers affect agricultural employment in Swedish municipalities. The decoupling reform in 2005 included a new grassland support payment accompanied by management obligations that had...
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