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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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3278
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Daniel
Rondeau
John
A.
List
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Matching and Challenge Gifts to Charity: Evidence from Laboratory and Natural Field Experiments
This study designs a natural field experiment linked to a controlled laboratory experiment to examine the effectiveness of matching gifts and challenge gifts, two popular strategies used to secure a ...
(published in: Experimental Economics, 2008, 11(3), 253-267)
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C93, H41
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3277
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Giorgio
Brunello
Maria
De Paola
Vincenzo
Scoppa
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Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?
Economists have a poor understanding of the mechanisms underlying reduced-form college peer effects. In this paper we explore a candidate mechanism, the provision of school effort. We show that, when ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48(3), 621-634)
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I21, Z13, J24
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3275
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Christiane
Schwieren
Doris
Weichselbaumer
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Does Competition Enhance Performance or Cheating? A Laboratory Experiment
In this paper we experimentally test whether competing for a desired reward does not only affect individuals’ performance, but also their tendency to cheat. Recent doping scandals in sports as well ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (3), 241-253)
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C91, J24, J31, M52
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3274
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Chris
van Klaveren
Bernard
M. S.
van Praag
Henriette
Maassen van den Brink
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A Public Good Version of the Collective Household Model: An Empirical Approach with an Application to British Household Data
In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for two-earner households. The novelty of this paper is that we estimate a version of the collective household ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (2), 169-191)
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D12, D13, J22
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3273
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John
A.
List
David
Reiley
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Field Experiments in Economics: Palgrave Entry
Field experiments occupy a middle ground between laboratory experiments and naturally occurring field data. The idea is to perform a controlled experiment that captures important characteristics of ...
(published in: Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2008)
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C72
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3272
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Emilia
Del Bono
Andrea
Weber
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Clash of Career and Family: Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement
In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unexpected career interruptions which occur as a consequence of job displacement. Using an event study approach we compare the birth ...
(revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10 (4), 659 - 683)
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J13, J64, J65, J24
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3271
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Rolf
Ketzler
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Publications: German Economic Research Institutes on Track
The request for a strengthening of academic research at the German economic research institutes by the German Science Council more than a decade ago was founded on the crucial insight that sound ...
(published in: Scientometrics, 2009, 80 (1), 233-254)
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A11, I 23, L31
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3268
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Randall
K. Q.
Akee
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Who Leaves and Who Returns? Deciphering Immigrant Self-Selection from a Developing Country
Existing research examining the self-selection of immigrants suffers from a lack of information on the immigrants’ labor force activities in the home country, quotas limiting who is allowed to enter ...
(revised version published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58 (2), 323-344.)
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O15, J31
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3267
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Yuriy
Gorodnichenko
Jorge
Martinez-Vazquez
Klara
Sabirianova
Peter
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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia
Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia’s 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expenditures and reported ...
(published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117(3), 504-554)
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D73, H24, H36, J3, O1, P2
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3265
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Magnus
Lofstrom
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Why Are Hispanic and African-American Dropout Rates So High?
The proportion of students who do not graduate from high school is dramatically higher among the two largest minority groups, Hispanics and African-Americans, compared to non-Hispanic whites. In this ...
(published in: Williams Review, 2007, 2, 91-121)
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I21
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12990Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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