Title:Understanding the Size and Profitability of Firms: The Role of a Biological Factor
Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, AldoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We collect information on prenatal testosterone in a large sample of entrepreneurs by measuring the length of their 2th to 4th fingers in face to face interviews. Entrepreneurs with higher exposure to prenatal testosterone ...
Title:Unemployment and Within-Group Wage Inequality: Can Information Explain the Trade-Off?
Author(s):FACCINI, RenatoDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:In Italy, following WWII, speci c hiring procedures were developed that prevented rms from screening workers. More in particular, these institutions char-
acterized the Italian labor market with respect to the US labor ...
Title:Unpriced Quality Number
Author(s):COURTY, PascalDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:A monopolist deliberately charges the same price for differentiated products when high quality products are more likely to be allocated to low type consumers under uniform pricing. The argument can explain the use of ...
Title:Urban Growth, Uninsured Risk and the Rural Origins of Aggregate Volatility
Author(s):POELHEKKE, StevenDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The level of urbanization has increased by over 5 percentage points per decade outside
the developed world since 1960. Rapid urbanization was accompanied by fast economic
growth and job creation in most parts of the ...
Title:The US Trade Deficit, the Decline of the WTO and the Rise of Regionalism
Author(s):AGUR, ItaiDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper argues that the growing US trade deficit has caused the decline of the
WTO and the rise of regional trade agreements. A country in de.cit prefers to retain
market power against countries with a large surplus. ...