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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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3625
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Ernst
Fehr
Andreas
Leibbrandt
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Cooperativeness and Impatience in the Tragedy of the Commons
This paper examines the role of other-regarding and time preferences for cooperation in the field. We study the preferences of fishermen whose main, and often only, source of income stems from using ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (9-10), 1144-1155)
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B4, C9, D8, O1
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3624
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Betsey
Stevenson
Justin
Wolfers
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Happiness Inequality in the United States
This paper examines how the level and dispersion of self-reported happiness has evolved over the period 1972-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has ...
(published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, 37 (s2), S33-S79)
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D3, D63, I3, J1, Y1
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3622
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Daniele
Checchi
Carlo
V.
Fiorio
Marco
Leonardi
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Intergenerational Persistence in Educational Attainment in Italy
In this paper we show that there is a reduction in the correlation coefficient between father and children schooling levels over time in Italy. However, focusing on equality of circumstances, we show ...
(published as 'Intergenerational persistence of educational attainment in Italy' in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118 (1), 229-232)
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J62, I38
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3617
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Guido
Schwerdt
Andrea
Ichino
Oliver
Ruf
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
Josef
Zweimüller
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Does the Color of the Collar Matter? Firm Specific Human Capital and Post-Displacement Outcomes
We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger ...
(published in: Economic Letters, 2010, 108 (2), 137-140)
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J14, J65
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3616
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Georg
Weizsäcker
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Do We Follow Others When We Should? A Simple Test of Rational Expectations
The paper presents a new meta data set covering 13 experiments on the social learning games by Bikhchandani, Hirshleifer, and Welch (1992). The large amount of data makes it possible to estimate the ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 2340-2360)
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C72, C92, D82
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3615
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C.
Katharina
Spieß
Katharina
Wrohlich
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Does Distance Determine Who Attends a University in Germany?
We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who live near a university can avoid moving and the increased living expenses by ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (3), 470-479)
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I2, R1
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3614
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Paul
J.
Devereux
Robert
A.
Hart
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A Good Time to Stay Out? Strikes and the Business Cycle
In this paper, we compile a unique historical dataset that records strike activity in the British engineering industry from 1920 to 1970. These data have the advantage of containing a fairly ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011, 49 (s1), s70–s92,)
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E32, J31
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3613
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Martin
Halla
Friedrich
Schneider
Alexander
F.
Wagner
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Satisfaction with Democracy and Collective Action Problems: The Case of the Environment
Using modern methods for analyzing multi-level data, we find that, by and large, citizens of OECD countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental ...
(revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 155 (1-2), 109-137)
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K32, P16, Q21, Q28
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3612
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Benoit
Dostie
Rajshri
Jayaraman
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Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity
Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy, 2012, 12.1, Article 4.)
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D20, L20, M54, O33
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3611
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Peter
Haan
Michal
Myck
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Multi-Family Households in a Labour Supply Model: A Calibration Method with Application to Poland
The collective model of labour supply opened the household “black box” and allowed for individual treatment of partners in couples. However, the literature on labour supply has so far largely ignored ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2012, 22, 2907 - 2919)
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J22, I38, D13
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12982Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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