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Do Natural Resource Revenues Hinder Financial Development? The Role of Political Institutions
Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Hodler, Roland - 2011
We theoretically and empirically examine the relationship between natural resource revenues and financial development. In the theoretical part, we present a politico-economic model in which contract enforcement is low and decreasing in resource revenues when political institutions are poor, but...
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The effect of transparency on subjective evaluations: Evidence from competitive figure skating
Fang, Ximeng; Ho, Chui Yee - 2024
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Study on Awareness Policies for Dissemination of Family Internet Rules by Libertarian-Paternalism
Saito, Nagayuki - 2018
In order to discuss the future direction of policy making for protecting children online, this paper discusses the effectiveness of protection policies based on libertarian paternalism from the standpoint of behavioral economics by referring to the efforts of the Kariya authorities, Aichi...
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Changes in Compulsory Schooling and the Causal Effect of Education on Health
Kemptner, Daniel; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2010
In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of years of schooling on health and health-related behavior in West Germany. We apply an instrumental variables approach using changes in compulsory schooling laws which took place from 1949 to 1969 as natural experiments. These law changed...
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Direct and Indirect Determinants of Obesity: The Case of Indonesia
Römling, Cornelia; Qaim, Matin - 2011
Overweight and obesity are becoming serious issues in many developing countries. Since undernutrition is not completely … Indonesia using longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family and Life Survey, covering the period between 1993 and 2007. Obesity … contribute to increasing obesity. Education, income, and marital status are significant determinants that influence nutritional …
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The Effect of Early Universal Daycare on Child Weight Problems
Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014
As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child's long term development. Based on the German national...
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Does Suburbanization Cause Obesity?
Nejad, Maryam Naghsh; Ross, Amanda - 2014
In this paper, we examine the effect of suburbanization on obesity rates. Our study is an improvement over the existing … effect of highways on obesity rates within an MSA, particularly the suburbs versus the central city. To estimate the … relationship between obesity and highways, we will use county-level data on obesity rates from the Behavioral Risk Factor …
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A hedonic approach to estimate the price evolution of FTTH service: evidence from EU
Aravantinos, Elias; Petre, Konstantin; Katsianis, Dimitris - 2022
The price paid today for broadband bundling, is determined by a number of factors, such as broadband speed, premium content, inclusive call allowances, any value-added services, and it is important that people understand their usage requirements so they can identify the one that suits their need...
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The Economic Costs of Structural Separation, Line of Business Restrictions, and Common Carrier Regulation of Online Platforms and Marketplaces: A Quantitative Evaluation
Dippon, Christian M.; Hoelle, Matthew D. - 2022
Online platforms and marketplaces are services that bring consumers and producers together via the internet by providing consumers direct and instantaneous access to an extensive array of global goods and services and by enabling producers to reach consumers largely untethered by size and...
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Regulating Algorithmic Learning in Digital Platform Ecosystems through Data Sharing and Data Siloing: Consequences for Innovation and Welfare
Krämer, Jan; Shekhar, Shiva; Hofmann, Janina - 2022
firms. Using a game-theoretic model, we investigate the impacts of both types of regulation. Our results bear important …
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