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Title: Vintage Capital Author(s): BOUCEKKINE, Raouf; DE LA CROIX, David; LICANDRO, Omar Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Vintage Capital And the Dynamics of the AK Model Author(s): BOUCEKKINE, Raouf; LICANDRO, Omar; PUCH, Luis A.; DEL RIO, Fernando Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: The Volatility Costs of Procyclical Lending Standards: An Assessment Using a DSGE Model Author(s): GRUSS, Bertrand; SGHERRI, Silvia Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The ongoing financial turmoil has triggered a lively debate on ways of containing systemic risk and lessening the likelihood of future boom-and-bust episodes in credit markets. Particularly, it has been argued that banking ...

Title: Volatility, Financial Development and the Natural Resource Curse Author(s): VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick; POELHEKKE, Steven Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Cross-country evidence is presented on resource dependence and the link between volatility and growth. First, growth depends negatively on volatility of unanticipated output growth independent of initial income per capita, ...

Title: Voting and Decisions in the ECB Author(s): BRUECKNER, Matthias Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Voting on Policies in Committees: A Welfare Analysis Author(s): BRUECKNER, Matthias Date: 1998 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Voting, Lobbying, and the Decentralization Theorem Author(s): LOCKWOOD, Ben Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper revisits the fiscal "decentralization theorem", by relaxing the role of the assumption that governments are benevolent, while retaining the assumption of policy uniformity. If instead, decisions are made by ...

Title: The Wage-Price Spiral in Greece: An Application of the LSE Methodology in Systems of Nonstationary Variables Author(s): SIDERIS, Dimitrios Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Walrasian Equilibrium without Survival: Existence, Efficiency, and Remedial Policy Author(s): COLES, Jeffrey L.; HAMMOND, Peter J. Date: 1991 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Estimating the Effects of Education on Democracy Author(s): COVIELLO, Decio; BOBBA, Matteo Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: American Development Bank Working Paper Abstract: Is there any relation between education and democracy? Once we correct for weak instruments and identify education as 'weakly exogenous' we find new evidence that education systematically predicts democracy. Our results ...

Title: The Welfare State, Redistribution and the Economy, Reciprocal Altruism, Consumer Rivalry and Second Best Author(s): VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Working Paper

Title: What Causes Currency Crises: Sunspots, Contagion or Fundamentals? Author(s): FRATZSCHER, Marcel Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: What Determines Entrepreneurial Clusters? Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SCHIVARDI, Fabiano Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We contrast two potential explanations of the substantial differences in entrepreneurial activity observed across geographical areas: entry costs and external effects. We extend the Lucas model of entrepreneurship to allow ...

Title: What Do CEOs Do? Author(s): BANDIERA, Oriana; GUISO, Luigi; PRAT, Andrea; SADUN, Raffaella Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We develop a methodology to collect and analyze data on CEO’s time use. The idea sketched out in a simple theoretical set-up is that CEO time is a scarce resource and its allocation can help us identify the firm’s priorities ...

Title: What Does European Institutional Integration Tell Us About Trade Integration? Author(s): AGUR, Itai; MONGELLI, Paolo; DORRUCCI, Ettore Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: ECB Occasional Paper

Title: What Drives Women Out of Entrepreneurship? The Joint Role of Testosterone and Culture Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, Aldo Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The ratio of second to fourth digit (2D4D) has been shown to correlate negatively with entrepreneurial skills and financial success. We document that in a sample of entrepreneurs women have a lower 2D4D ratio than men, in ...

Title: What Should Central Banks do about Real Estate Prices? Author(s): ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Wharton Financial Institutions Center Abstract: Many central banks use inflation targeting as the basis for their monetary policy. The underlying notion of this approach is that there are no long term benefits in terms of reduced unemployment from having inflation. ...

Title: Who is Against Free Migration?: Lobbying, the Non-Traded Sector and the Choice between the Customs Union and the Common Market Author(s): SCHWELLNUS, Cyrille Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO 2005/06

Title: Why are the Data at Odds with Theory? Growth and (Re-)Distributive Policies in Integrated Economies Author(s): REHME, Gunther Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Why did earnings inequality increase in Ireland: 1987-1994? Author(s): O'DONNELL, Nuala Date: 1998 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

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