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Distributional effects of CAP subsidies : micro evidence from the EU

Ciaian, Pavel; Kancs, D'Artis; Gómez y Paloma, Sergio - 2010

In this paper we estimate the income distributional effects of the common agricultural policy (CAP) for farmers and … Heckman selection bias and the GMM estimators to estimate income distributional effects of CAP subsidies. The results do not … confirm the theoretical hypothesis that landowners benefit a large share of the CAP subsidies. According to our estimates …

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Social interactions and labor market outcomes in cities

Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2008

We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...

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Under-connected and over-connected networks

Buechel, Berno (contributor); Hellmann, Tim (contributor) - 2008

. We approach this gap by analyzing the role of positive and negative externalities of link formation. We find general …

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The metamorphosis of the communist party : form entity to system and from system towards an entity

Csanádi, Mária - 2009

A complex analytical framework, the Interactive Party state model (IPS), is offered for revealing the structural and dynamic background of opposite processes: first, the development of the communist party as a political entity into a politically monopolized regime and then to a social system;...

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Conflict networks

Franke, Jörg; Öztürk, Tahir - 2009

Conflict parties are frequently involved into more than one conflict at a given time. In this paper the interrelated structure of conflictive relations is modeled as a conflict network where opponents are embedded in a local structure of bilateral conflicts. Conflict parties invest in specific...

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Social networks

Martí, Joan de; Zenou, Yves - 2009

We survey the literature on social networks by putting together the economics, sociological and physics/applied mathematics approaches, showing their similarities and differences. We expose, in particular, the two main ways of modeling network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics...

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An economic model of friendship : homophily, minorities and segregation

Currarini, Sergio; Jackson, Matt O.; Pin, Paolo - 2007

We develop a model of friendship formation that sheds light on segregation patterns observed in social and economic networks. Individuals come in different types and have type-dependent benefits from friendships; we examine the properties of a steady-state equilibrium of a matching process of...

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Bilateral information sharing in oligopoly

Currarini, Sergio; Feri, Francesco - 2007

We study the problem of information sharing in oligopoly, when sharing decisions are taken before the realization of private signals. Using the general model developed by Raith (1996), we show that if firms are allowed to make bilateral exclusive sharing agreements, then some degree of...

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Organizational Synergy, Dissonance and Spinoffs

Shrivastava, Mili; Ramamohan Rao, T. V. S. - 2010

Spinoff firms are exceptional performers across industries. The causes for the emergence of spinoff firms are widely investigated in the literature. However, the role of teams for spinoffs has received little scholarly attention. On one hand, talented individuals may find it necessary to team up...

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Social networks and unraveling in labor markets

Fainmesser, Itay - 2010

This paper studies the phenomenon of early hiring in entry-level labor markets (e.g. the market for gastroenterology fellowships and the market for judicial clerks) in the presence of social networks. We offer a two-stage model in which workers in training institutions reveal information on...

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