Search Results - "Economica (London)"

What Do We Know About the Effects of Macroprudential Policy? by Galati, Gabriele, Moessner, Richhild

“…The literature on the effectiveness of macroprudential policy tools is still in its infancy and has so far provided only limited guidance for policy decisions…”
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Gravity Estimations with Interval Data: Revisiting the Impact of Free Trade Agreements by Egger, Peter H., Larch, Mario, Yotov, Yoto V.

“…We challenge the common practice of estimating gravity equations with interval or averaged data in order to capture dynamic‐adjustment effects to trade‐policy…”
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Why Can Modern Governments Tax So Much? An Agency Model of Firms as Fiscal Intermediaries by Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen, Kreiner, Claus Thustrup, Saez, Emmanuel

“…We develop an agency model explaining why third-party information reporting by firms makes tax enforcement successful. While third-party reporting would be…”
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Violence Against Women: A Cross‐cultural Analysis for Africa by Alesina, Alberto, Brioschi, Benedetta, La Ferrara, Eliana

“…Using a new dataset, we investigate violence against women in Africa. We focus on cultural factors arising from pre‐colonial customs, and show that these…”
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Phillips Lecture – Why Some Times Are Different: Macroeconomic Policy and the Aftermath of Financial Crises by Romer, Christina D., Romer, David H.

“…Analysis based on a new measure of financial distress for 24 advanced economies in the postwar period shows substantial variation in the aftermath of financial…”
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The Impact of Non‐tariff Barriers on Trade and Welfare by Dhingra, Swati, Freeman, Rebecca, Huang, Hanwei

“…Deep trade agreements (DTAs) are widespread and have taken the world beyond tariff liberalization in goods trade. As the importance of global supply chains and…”
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Gender Discrimination and Evaluators' Gender: Evidence from Italian Academia by De Paola, Maria, Scoppa, Vincenzo

“…Relying on a natural experiment consisting in 130 competitions for promotion to associate and full professor in Italian universities, we analyse whether gender…”
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Friends with Benefits: How Political Connections Help to Sustain Private Enterprise Growth in China by Kung, James Kai-sing, Ma, Chicheng

“…By analysing data from a survey of 511 Chinese private enterprises, we find that their owners respond to government discrimination by developing political…”
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Does Rosie Like Riveting? Male and Female Occupational Choices by Lordan, Grace, Pischke, Jörn‐Steffen

“…Occupational segregation and pay gaps by gender remain large, while many of the constraints traditionally believed to be responsible for these gaps seem to…”
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What if? The macroeconomic and distributional effects for Germany of a stop of energy imports from Russia by Bachmann, Rüdiger, Baqaee, David, Bayer, Christian, Kuhn, Moritz, Löschel, Andreas, Moll, Benjamin, Peichl, Andreas, Pittel, Karen, Schularick, Moritz

“…This paper discusses the economic effects of a potential cut‐off of the German economy from Russian energy imports. We use a multi‐sector open‐economy model…”
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An Index Measuring State Capacity, 1789–2018 by O'Reilly, Colin, Murphy, Ryan H.

“…This paper contributes to the literature on state capacity by developing a method that yields an index of state capacity with far more comprehensive data…”
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Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms by Asadullah, M. Niaz, Wahhaj, Zaki

“…We investigate whether female early marriage is a conduit for the transmission of social norms, specifically norms relating to gender roles and rights within…”
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Jobs, Crime and Votes: A Short‐run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany by Gehrsitz, Markus, Ungerer, Martin

“…Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone. Yet little is known about the impact of…”
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Inequality with Ordinal Data by Cowell, Frank A., Flachaire, Emmanuel

“…The standard theory of inequality measurement assumes that the equalisand is a cardinal quantity, with known cardinalization. However, one often needs to make…”
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Turning a ‘Blind Eye’? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment by Garnero, Andrea, Lucifora, Claudio

“…Turning a ‘blind eye’ to non‐compliance with minimum wage standards is sometimes presented as a pragmatic way to accommodate higher wages while not harming…”
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Deterrent effects of targeted sanctions by mainland China on Taiwan: evidence from 2021–2 sanction events by Han, Fengze, Li, Runliang, Ma, Sen, Cheng, Tzu‐Chang Forrest

“…Abstract We investigate the deterrent effects of a firm‐targeted sanction and a politician‐targeted sanction deployed by mainland China against Taiwan to deter…”
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Firms' margins of adjustment to wage growth: the case of Italian collective bargaining by Devicienti, Francesco, Fanfani, Bernardo

“…Abstract This study analyses firms' adjustment behaviour when facing higher labour costs. The empirical research design considers several outcomes, and…”
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The impact of a minimum wage increase on hours worked: heterogeneous effects by gender and sector by Redmond, Paul, McGuinness, Seamus

“…Abstract A minimum wage increase could lead to adverse employment effects for certain subgroups of minimum wage workers, while leaving others unaffected. This…”
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Trust and accountability in times of crisis by Martinez‐Bravo, Monica, Sanz, Carlos

“…Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic took place against the backdrop of growing political polarization and distrust in institutions. Did deficiencies in government…”
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Staff engagement, co‐workers' complementarity and employee retention: evidence from English NHS hospitals by Moscelli, Giuseppe, Sayli, Melisa, Mello, Marco, Vesperoni, Alberto

“…Abstract Retention of skilled workers is essential for labour‐intensive organizations like hospitals, where an excessive turnover of doctors and nurses can…”
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