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We compare predictions from a theoretical model based on the structure of the main outdoor retail market in Jerusalem …
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This paper exploits a quasi-natural experiment to study the effect of social benefits level on take-up rates. We find that households who are eligible for double benefits (twins) have much higher take-up rate - up to double - as compared to a control group of households. Our estimated effect of...
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. Accomplishing a cross-cultural experimental study involving subjects from the West Bank and Jerusalem (Israel) we test for a … level in the positive externality treatment. In Jerusalem no presentation effect is observed. Critically discussing our …
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Jerusalem (Israel), we test for a presentation bias in a two-person cooperation game. In the positive frame of the game, a …-Dis and Chengdu show a substantially higher cooperation level in the positive externality treatment. In Helsinki and Jerusalem …
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The efficient mobility of goods and labour is one of the most important features of a functioning economy. Using data on Israeli closures inside the West Bank, we provide new evidence on the labour market effects of conflict-induced restrictions to mobility. These restrictions operated through a...
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and between the two economies involved. Palestine is currently afflicted with economic stagnation and structural …
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and investments. In the second part of the paper we apply the new decision tree to Palestine. The original GD would not … allow to identify the most binding constraints to economic growth in Palestine. In fact, Demand-Side elements are … fundamental to explain the constraints to Palestinian development. In particular, Palestine suffers from the small dimension of …
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Existing theories of capital, neo-classical as well as Marxist, are anchored in the material sphere of production and consumption. This article offers a new analytical framework for capital as a crystallization of power. The relative nature of power requires accumulation to be measured in...
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Over the past century, Israel has been transformed from an agricultural colony, to a welfare-warfare state, to a globally integrated “market economy” characterised by great income disparities. What lies behind this transformation? Why the shift in emphasis from “war profits” to “peace...
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The purpose of this article is to offer an alternative analytical framework for understanding the long term transformation in Israel. First, we argue against the conventional separation between the “political system” and the “economic system.” This separationist approach has been popular...
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