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This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the model developed in Galor and Moav, Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth (2002), in which agents vary genetically in their preference for quality and quantity of children. The simulation produces a pattern of income and population...
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emerging markets. The paper measures the risk of short-term exposure by estimating, at the firm level, the effect on investment … not find that this reduction in net worth translates into a drop in investment. …
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our setting, partially-entrenched managers set the rms' payout and nancing policies to maximize the presentvalue of their … rents. Shareholders can remove managers, but only at a cost. Our analysisdemonstrates that entrenched managers issue less …
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their investment decisions. Moreover, financial con-straints become more severe in times of restrictive monetary policy. …
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In 1867, the "Compromise" between Austria and Hungary laid the foundation of a single currency system with a common central bank. As in today's euroland, each part of the monarchy remained sovereign in fiscal matters. Moreover, the borrowing needs of both parts of the monarchy were quite large,...
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The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the interaction between hedging, financing, and investment … differs for firms with different growth opportunities. We empirically find that high-growth firms increase their investment …, but not their leverage, by hedging. However, we also find that firms with few investment opportunities use derivatives to …
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towards banks contracts the amount and maturity of corporate debt and leads firms to slow investment and forego growth …
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We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate the effects of prolonged parental leave on children's...
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Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and...
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In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unex- pected career interruptions which occur as a consequence of job displace- ment. Using an event study approach we compare the birth rates of dis- placed women with those of women una®ected by job loss after establish- ing the...
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