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Title:Deposit Insurance and Risk Taking Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; LEONELLO, AgneseDate:2011Citation:Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2011, 27, 3, 464-478Type:ArticleAbstract:We review the theory of deposit insurance, highlighting the underlying assumptions that were not satisfied during the recent financial crisis and that may have led to serious policy mistakes. In theoretical models, deposit ...
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Title:Detecting big structural breaks in large factor models Author(s):CHEN, Liang; DOLADO, Juan J.; GONZALO, JesúsDate:2014Citation:Journal of econometrics, 2014, No. 180, pp. 30-48Type:ArticleAbstract:Time invariance of factor loadings is a standard assumption in the analysis of large factor models. Yet, this assumption may be restrictive unless parameter shifts are mild (i.e., local to zero). In this paper we develop ...
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Title:Determinants of Short-Term Debt: a note Author(s):LUSINYAN, Lusine; BUCH, ClaudiaDate:2003Citation:Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2003, 13, 2, 157-170Type:Article
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Title:The development of egalitarianism, altruism, spite and parochialism in childhood and adolescence? Author(s):FEHR, Ernst; GLÄTZLE-RÜTZLER, Daniela; SUTTER, MatthiasDate:2013Citation:European Economic Review, 2013, Vol. 64, pp. 369-383Type:ArticleAbstract:We study how the distribution of other-regarding preferences develops with age. Based on a set of allocation choices, we classify each of 717 subjects, aged 8 to 17 years, as either egalitarian, altruistic, or spiteful. ... -
Title:Direct Foreign-Investment in the United-States Author(s):MARTIN, StephenDate:1991Citation:Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1991, 16, 3, 283-293Type:Article
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Title:Disaggregated Wage Curves in the United States: Evidence From Panel Data of Young Workers Author(s):TURUNEN, JarkkoDate:1998Citation:Applied Economics, 1998, 30, 12, 1665-1677Type:ArticleAbstract:The paper presents wage curve results disaggregated over time, by individual characteristics, occupations, industries and regions in the United States, using a panel data set of young workers. The results suggest that ...
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Title:Discussion of “Did easy money in the Dollar Bloc fuel the Oil price run-up?” Author(s):CORSETTI, GiancarloDate:2011Citation:International Journal of Central Banking, 2011, 7, 1, pp. 161-166Type:Article
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Title:Disentangling demand and supply shocks in the crude oil market : how to check sign restrictions in structural VARs Author(s):LUETKEPOHL, Helmut; NETŠUNAJEV, AlekseiDate:2014Citation:Journal of applied econometrics, 2014, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 479-496Type:ArticleAbstract:Sign restrictions have become increasingly popular for identifying shocks in structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) models. So far there are no techniques for validating the shocks identified via such restrictions. Although ...
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Title:Disequilibrium Dynamics With Naive Agents in the Overlapping Generations Model With Money Author(s):SACCO, Pier LuigiDate:1993Citation:Mathematical Social Sciences, 1993, 26, 2, 139-155Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper studies the disequilibrium dynamics of the overlapping generations model with money under the assumption that agents are not aware of the strategic opportunities left open by nonequilibrium trade. The standard ...
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Title:Distributive Production Sets and Equilibria with Increasing Returns Author(s):DEHEZ, Pierre; DREZE, JeanDate:1988Citation:Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1988, 17, 02-mar, 231-248Type:Article
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Title:Do Conditional Benefits Reduce Equilibrium Unemployment? Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2006Citation:Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2006, 8, 4, 603-610Type:ArticleAbstract:Although unconditional unemployment benefits destroy jobs in competitive and noncompetitive labor markets, conditional benefits can spur job growth in noncompetitive labor markets. Unconditional benefits reduce the penalty ...
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Title:Do expectations matter? : the great moderation revisited Author(s):CANOVA, Fabio; GAMBETTI, LucaDate:2010Citation:American economic journal : macroeconomics, 2010, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 183-205Type:ArticleAbstract:We examine the role of expectations in the Great Moderation episode. We derive theoretical restrictions in a New-Keynesian model and test them using measures of expectations obtained from survey data, the Greenbook and ...
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Title:Do institutions and culture matter for business cycles? Author(s):ALTUG, Sumru G.; CANOVA, FabioDate:2014Citation:Open economies review, 2014, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 93-122Type:ArticleAbstract:We examine the relationship between cyclical fluctuations and macroeconomic, institutional, and cultural indicators for 46 countries from Europe and the Mediterranean basin. In the Mediterranean cycles are different: the ...
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Title:Do labor market institutions matter for business cycles? Author(s):GNOCCHI, Stefano; LAGERBORG, Andresa; PAPPA, EviDate:2015Citation:Journal of economic dynamics and control, 2015, Vol. 51, pp. 299-317Type:ArticleAbstract:Using panel data of 19 OECD countries observed over 40 years and data on specific labor market reform episodes we conclude that labor market institutions matter for business cycle fluctuations. Spearman partial rank ...
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Title:Do Sunspots Matter under Complete Ignorance? Author(s):GIORDANI, Paolo; COZZI, GuidoDate:2006Citation:Research in Economics, 2006, 60, 3, 148-154Type:ArticleAbstract:In a two-period, sunspot, pure-exchange economy we analyse the case in which agents do not assign subjective probabilistic beliefs to the ‘sunspot activity’. Two generations, each of which is made up of identical agents, ...
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Title:Does child care availability play a role in maternal employment and children’s development? : evidence from Italy Author(s):BRILLI, Ylenia; DEL BOCA, Daniela; PRONZATO, Chiara D.Date:2016Citation:Review of economics of the household, 2016, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 27-51Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper investigates the effects of public child care availability in Italy in mothers’ working status and children’s scholastic achievements. We use a newly available dataset containing individual standardized test ...
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Title:Does Growth Vary Over the Business Cycle? Some Evidence From the G7 Countries Author(s):KONTOLEMIS, Zenon G.Date:1997Citation:Economica, 1997, 64, 255, 441-460Type:ArticleAbstract:In this paper we analyse the dynamics of business cycles in the G7 countries. Our aim is to answer the question of whether growth varies (in an absolute sense) over the business cycle, and hence to examine whether the ...
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Title:Does Longevity Cause Growth? A Theoretical Critique Author(s):HAZAN, Moshe; ZOABI, HosnyDate:2006Citation:Journal of Economic Growth, 2006, 11, 4, 363-376Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that greater longevity may have contributed less than previously thought for the significant accumulation of human capital during the transition from stagnation to growth. ...
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Title:Does money matter in shaping domestic business cycles? : an international investigation Author(s):CANOVA, Fabio; MENZ, TobiasDate:2011Citation:Journal of money, credit and banking, 2011, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 577-607Type:ArticleAbstract:We study the contribution of money to business-cycle fluctuations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the euro area using a small-scale structural monetary business cycle model. Constrained likelihood-based ...
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Title:Does Noise Undermine the First-Mover Advantage? An Evolutionary Analysis of Bagwell's Example Author(s):SCHLAG, Karl H.; OECHSSLER, JörgDate:2000Citation:International Game Theory Review, 2001, 2, 1, 83-96Type:ArticleAbstract:Bagwell (1995) considered a simple Stackelberg-type game in which one player benefits from the other's ability to observe his move, assuming they play the unique subgame perfect equilibrium. He showed that introducing noise ...