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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006

Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...

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The forgotten lender: the role of multilateral lenders in sovereign debt and default

Bru Muñoz, María

as lower interest rates and seniority. By including these creditors in a traditional DSGE model of sovereign default, I …

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Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change

Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2003

time-invariant explanation for skill-biased changes in wages and employment in the Russian economy. The increased skill …

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Quality Uncertainty And Adverse Selection In Sponsored Search Markets

Animesh, Animesh; Ramachandran, Vandana; Viswanathan, Siva - University of Maryland; University of Maryland; … - 2005

of sellersof search goods as compared to sellers of experience and credence goods,and that there is significant adverse …

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Know How, Know Whom, Know Where: A Global Analysis of Investor Experience and Startup Performance

Álvarez-Garrido, Elisa - 2010

-dependence theory and the relational view of the firm, I argue that the positive effect of investor experience on startup performance is … stronger when the startup faces a more uncertain environment. The first essay predicts a greater effect of investor experience …, investors have fewer incentives to make a contribution. The second essay examines the effect of investor experience on different …

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Architecture Supporting Computational Trust Formation

Yew, Chern Har - 2011

Trust is a concept that has been used in computing to support better decision making. For example, trust can be used in access control. Trust can also be used to support service selection. Although certain elements of trust such as reputation has gained widespread acceptance, a general model of...

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The Role of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Intuition

Pohl, Jens - 2011

influence the human environment in which the entrepreneur operates. Foremost among these human attributes is the experience … experience, but forces us to learn by failure as we apply past methods to new situations. In particular, the paper discusses the … difficulties that the human dependence on experience poses to the entrepreneur in terms of the innate human aversion to change, the …

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Determining perception-based impacts of noxious facilities on wage rates and property values

Nieves, L.A.; Clark, D.E. - 2008

on estimating the impacts on wages and property values that could result from people's perceptions of the risks … by which negative public perceptions result in economic impacts reflected in wages and property values. On the basis of …

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Impact of 2001 Building Technology, State and Community Programs on United States Employment and Wage Income

Scott, Michael J; Hostick, Donna J; Elliott, Douglas B - 2008

The Department of Energy Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS) is interested in assessing the potential economic impacts of its portfolio of programs on national employment and income. A special purpose version of the IMPLAN input-output model called ImBuild is used...

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Geothermal : Economic Impacts of Geothermal Development in Whatcom County, Washington.

Lesser, Jonathan A. - 2009

This report estimates the local economic impacts that could be anticipated from the development of a 100 megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant in eastern Whatcom County, Washington, near Mt. Baker, as shown in Figure 1. The study was commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration to quantify...

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