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We study the negative correlation between natural resource-abundance and long-term income focusing on the savings-investment channel. We first present empirical evidence on this channel and then develop an OverLapping-Generations (OLG) model to study the issue. In this model, savings adjust...
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The literature suggests that the household invests in the human capital of a child member not only for altruistic reasons but also as insurance against future income shocks. Hence, the allocation of the child's time between school and work is a function of the risk preference of the household...
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Uncertainty faced by individual firms appears to be heterogeneous. In this paper, I construct new empirical measures of … firm-level uncertainty using data from the I/B/E/S and Compustat. These new measures reveal persistent differences in the … degree of uncertainty facing individual firms not reflected by existing measures. Consistent with existing measures, I find …
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Can a temporary negative shock generate long-lasting effects on economic activities? To show causal evidence, we utilize data from Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) and explore the economic impact of the unexpected escalation of an island dispute between China and Japan in 2012. Our...
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In the literature investigating the impact of uncertainty on short-run and long-run investment, most authors have used …
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