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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
9992 Sumon K. Bhaumik
Ali M. Kutan
Sudipa Majumdar
How Successful Are Banking Sector Reforms in Emerging Market Economies? Evidence from Impact of Monetary Policy on Levels and Structures of Firm Debt in India
Many emerging markets have undertaken significant financial sector reforms especially in their banking sectors that have been quite critical for both financial development and real economic activity. ...
(published in: European Journal of Finance, 2018, 24 (12), 1047 - 1062)
E52, G21, G28, G32, O16
9991 Samuele Poy
Simone Schüller
Internet and Voting in the Web 2.0 Era: Evidence from a Local Broadband Policy
This article analyzes the impact of a local broadband expansion policy on electoral turnout and party vote share. We exploit a unique policy intervention involving staged broadband infrastructure ...
(revised version published in: Research Policy, 2020, 49 (1), 103861 )
D72, L82, L86
9990 Michal Kolesár
Christoph Rothe
Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Discrete Running Variable
We consider inference in regression discontinuity designs when the running variable only takes a moderate number of distinct values. In particular, we study the common practice of using confidence ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 2018, 108 (8), 2277 - 2304)
C13, C14, C21, C25
9988 Nikos Askitas
Big Data Is a Big Deal But How Much Data Do We Need?
The more conservative among us believe that "Big Data is a fad that will soon fade out" and they may in fact be partially right. By contrast, others – especially those who dispassionately note that ...
(published in: AStA Wirtschafts - und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 2016, 10, 113 - 125)
C55
9986 Abel Brodeur
Kerry Nield
Has Uber Made It Easier to Get a Ride in the Rain?
In New York City (NYC), it has been a common complaint that it is difficult to find a taxi in the rain. Using all Uber rides in NYC from April to September 2014 and January to June 2015, we show that ...
(published as 'An Empirical Analysis of Taxi, Lyft and Uber Rides: Evidence from Weather Shocks in NYC' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 152, 1-16)
D01, D03, L92, J22
9984 Simen Markussen
Knut Rĝed
Gendered Entrepreneurship Networks
In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, and the gender gap exhibits a remarkable persistence. We examine one particular source of persistence, ...
(revised version published as 'The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship - The Role of Peer Effects' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 134, 356-373)
L26, M13, J16
9983 Giacomo De Giorgi
Anders Frederiksen
Luigi Pistaferri
Consumption Network Effects
In this paper we study the relevance and mechanics of consumption network effects. We use long panel data on the entire Danish population to construct a measure of consumption based on administrative ...
(published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (1), 130-163)
E21, D12, D85
9982 Christian Grund
Christine Harbring
Kirsten Thommes
Group (Re-)formation in Public Good Games: The Tale of the Bad Apple
We analyze how different previous roles as partners or strangers in public good games affect an individual's subsequent cooperation in a partner setting. We systematically vary a group's composition ...
(published in: Journal of Ecconomic Behavior & Organization 145 (2018), 306-319.)
C9, M5
9981 Eric Cardella
Briggs Depew
Testing for the Ratchet Effect: Evidence from a Real-Effort Work Task
The "ratchet effect" refers to a phenomenon where workers whose compensation is based on productivity strategically restrict their output, relative to their capability, because they rationally ...
(published as 'Output restriction and the ratchet effect: Evidence from a real-effort work task' in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 107, 182 - 202)
J30, J40, D70, D01, C92
9980 Stijn Baert
Simon Amez
No Better Moment to Score a Goal than Just Before Half Time? A Soccer Myth Statistically Tested
We test the soccer myth suggesting that a particularly good moment to score a goal is just before half time. To this end, rich data on 1,179 games played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa ...
(revised version published in: Plos One, 2018, 13 (3), e0194255)
L83, J44, Z00
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