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    Title: Partisan Public Investment and Debt: The Case for Fiscal Restrictions  Author(s): BETTSMA, Roel M.W.J.; VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The political distortions in public investment projects are investigated within a bipartisan framework. The role of scrapping and modifying projects of previous governments receives special attention. The ruling party ...
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    Title: Path Forecast Evaluation  Author(s): JORDÀ, Òscar; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: A path forecast refers to the sequence of forecasts 1 to H periods into the future. A summary of the range of possible paths the predicted variable may follow for a given confidence level requires construction of simultaneous ...
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    Title: Path Forecast Evaluation  Author(s): JORDÀ, Òscar; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: A path forecast refers to the sequence of forecasts 1 to H periods into the future. A summary of the range of possible paths the predicted variable may follow for a given confidence level requires construction of simultaneous ...
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    Title: Peer Effects and Peer Avoidance: Epidemic Diffusion in Coevolving Networks  Author(s): FOSCO, Constanza; MARSILI, Matteo; VEGA-REDONDO, Fernando Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We study the long-run-emergency of behavioral patterns in dynamic complex networks. Individuals display two kinds of behavior: G("good") or B ("bad"). We assume that agents have an innate tendency towards G, but can also ...
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    Title: Peer Effects and Peer Avoidance: The Diffusion of Behavior in Coevolving Networks  Author(s): FOSCO, Constanza; MARSILI, Matteo; VEGA-REDONDO, Fernando Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: We study the long-run emergence of behavioral patterns in dynamic complex networks. Individuals can display two kinds of behavior: G(good) or B (bad). We assume that the exposure of a G agent to bad behavior on the part ...
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    Title: Peer Effects in Free School Meals: Information or stigma?  Author(s): JAMES, Jonathan Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper investigates peer effects in the take up of a welfare programme, free school meals, using the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) which collects data on every child attending school in England. To explore ...
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    Title: Pension Risk, Retirement Saving and Insurance  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; JAPPELLI, Tullio; PADULA, Mario Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Using a representative sample of Italian investors, we estimate the risk associated with pension benefits by eliciting for each individual the subjective distribution of the replacement rate as a summary indicator of ...
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    Title: Pensions and Children  Author(s): CORSETTI, Giancarlo Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Contribution to book
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    Title: Performance Funding in Federal Agencies: A Case Study of a Federal Job Training Program  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; MARSCHKE, Gerald Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Our case study highlights important details that enter into developing performance contingent budgeting schemes—details that do not emerge in more general discussions of the subject—and shows how the handling of these ...
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    Title: The Performance of Empirical Likelihood and its Generalizations  Author(s): SPADY, Richard; IMBENS, Guido W. K. Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Contribution to book
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    Title: The Performance of Panel Unit Root and Stationarity Tests: Results from a Large Scale Simulation Study  Author(s): HLOUSKOVA, Jaroslava; WAGNER, Martin Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO 2005/05
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    Title: The Performance of the European Central Bank  Author(s): ARTIS, Michael J. Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The European Monetary Union has been in operation since 1 January 1999. The paper offers an interim assessment of the operations of the European Central Bank (ECB) during this period. It describes how the ECB defined its ...
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    Title: Periodic Model Changes in Oligopoly.  Author(s): MARTIN, Stephen Date: 1990 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO
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    Title: Personal Influence: Social context and political competition  Author(s): GALEOTTI, Andrea; MATTOZZI, Andrea Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper studies the effect of social learning on political outcomes in a model of informative campaign advertising. Voters' communication network affects parties' incentives to disclose political information, voters' ...
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    Title: Phillips curves, monetarists and stagflation :a study on the cyclical Phillips curve-patterns in West Germany and the United Kingdom  Author(s): ELBERTSE, Evert Date: 1982 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses
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    Title: Policy Mix and Debt Sustainability: Evidence from Fiscal Policy Rules  Author(s): CLAEYS, Peter Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO
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    Title: Policy Mix and Debt Sustainability: Evidence from Fiscal Policy Rules  Author(s): CLAEYS, Peter Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This paper characterizes rules-based fiscal policy setting for G-3 and large EMS countries. We set up a simple fiscal policy rule and then infer on the policymakers’ reaction coefficients by testing with GMM. Our results ...
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    Title: Policy transmission in DSGE and VAR models  Author(s): MÜLLER, Gernot J. Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses
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    Title: Policy Uncertainty and Investment in Low-Carbon Technology  Author(s): ALBRIZIO, Silvia; COSTA, Hélia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: In the context of an emission trading scheme (ETS), we study how uncertainty over the environmental policy affectsfirms' investment in low-carbon technologies. We develop a three period sequential model that combines the ...
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    Title: Policymakers' Votes and Predictability of Monetary Policy  Author(s): SIRCHENKO, Andrei Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: University of California San Diego Economics Working Paper Series Abstract: The National Bank of Poland does not publish the Monetary Policy Council's voting records before the subsequent policy meeting. Using the real-time data, this paper shows that a prompter release of the voting records could ...