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You Drink, You Drive, You Die? The Dynamics of Youth Risk Taking in Response to a Change in the Legal Drinking Age

Boes, Stefan; Stillman, Steven - 2017

This paper exploits the reduction in the legal drinking age in New Zealand from 20 to 18 to study the dynamics of youth …, we undertake three complimentary analyses to examine the dynamics of alcohol-related and total vehicular accidents among …

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Positivistic models of long-run labor allocation dynamics

Stijepic, Denis - In: Journal of Economic Structures 6 (2017) 19, pp. 1-30

studying the long-run dynamics of the economic structure. We summarize the empirical/theoretical literature consensus by … (transitional and limit) structural dynamics in developed and developing countries. The advantage of this system theoretical …

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Optimism, pessimism and life satisfaction: An empirical investigation

Piper, Alan T. - 2019

This empirical investigation into life satisfaction, using nationally representative German panel data, finds a substantial association with an individual's thoughts about the future, whether they are optimistic or pessimistic about it. Furthermore, including individuals' optimism and pessimism...

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Neighborhood dynamics and the distribution of opportunity

Aliprantis, Dionissi; Carroll, Daniel R. - In: Quantitative Economics 9 (2018) 1, pp. 247-303

ensure equality of opportunity due to neighborhood dynamics. We examine the consequences of allowing for mobility, equalizing …

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Under what conditions do rules-based and capability-based management modes dominate?

Michel, Lukas; Anzengruber, Johanna; Wölfle, Marco; … - In: Risks 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-16

management systems, little attention has yet been paid to shifting management modes to accommodate the dynamics of the external …-based view as a basis for competitive advantage, we posit that differences in the stability of an organization's environment and … mainly focus on either the dynamics of the external environment or management control, we have developed a theoretical model …

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Considerations Regarding the Current Dimensions of Human Traffick in Romania

Caunic, Irina; Tulica, Mircea - In: CES Working Papers 4 (2012) 2, pp. 130-140

This research is focused on realizing a better understanding of the aspects and the conditions that facilitate human traffick in a full transition society, such as the Romanian society. To highlight the characteristics of human trafficking and the actual dimensions of this phenomenon in Romania,...

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Bargaining with Intertemporal Maximin Payoffs

Martinet, Vincent; Gajardo, Pedro; De Lara, Michel - 2019

We frame sustainability problems as bargaining problems among stakeholders who have to agree on a common development path. For infinite alternatives, the set of feasible payoffs is unknown, limiting the possibility to apply classical bargaining theory and mechanisms. We define a framework...

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Evolutionary game theory: A renaissance

Newton, Jonathan - In: Games 9 (2018) 2, pp. 1-67

Economic agents are not always rational or farsighted and can make decisions according to simple behavioral rules that vary according to situation and can be studied using the tools of evolutionary game theory. Furthermore, such behavioral rules are themselves subject to evolutionary forces....

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Short run and long run in trade models: A note

Rodrigues, Mauro - In: EconomiA 14 (2013) 2, pp. 2-10

This paper aims to capture key features of the Ricardo–Viner (RV) and Heckscher–Ohlin (HO) theories in a single dynamic general equilibrium framework. We use a simple 2-sector 2-factor model with adjustment costs associated with the movement of capital across sectors. We analyze the...

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A cross-country comparison of dynamics in the large firm wage premium

Colonnelli, Emanuele; Tåg, Joacim; Webb, Michael; … - 2018

We provide stylized facts on the existence and dynamics over time of the large firm wage premium for four countries. We …

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