Title:Why do People Choose to be Silent? Simulating Electoral Behaviour
Author(s):BARTHA, Eszter; WOLSZCZAK-DERLACZ, JoannaDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper investigates opinion contagion in collective behaviour, using an extension of
Granovetter’s (1978) and Krassa’s (1988) threshold models. The theoretical background
is the spiral of silence concept developed ...
Title:Why Does the Stock Market Fluctuate?
Author(s):BARSKY, Robert B.; DE LONG, J. BradfordDate:1992Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
Title:Why Is It So Difficult to Uncover the Risk-Return Tradeoff in Stock Returns?
Author(s):LANNE, Markku; SAIKKONEN, PenttiDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The low power of the standard Wald test in a GARCH-in-Mean model with an unnecessary intercept is shown to explain the apparent absence of a risk-return tradeoff in stocks. The importance of this finding is illustrated ...
Title:Why so many local entrepreneurs?
Author(s):MICHELACCI, Claudio; SILVA, OlmoDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We document that the fraction of entrepreneurs working in the region where they were born is significantly higher than the corresponding fraction for dependent workers. This is more pronounced in more developed regions and ...
Title:With Strings Attached: Grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labour market outcomes
Author(s):GARCIA-MORAN, Eva; KUEHN, ZoeDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to any other form of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively. We find that ...
Title:Yts, Employment, and Sample Selection Bias
Author(s):O'HIGGINS, NiallDate:1994Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper, data from the first Youth Cohort Study (YCS) are used to analyse the effectiveness of the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) in England and Wales in terms of its impact, at an individual level, on the employment ...