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Title:Estimating the alliance effect : a synthetic control approach Author(s):STOELINGA, Nicole Anna Maria Date:2022Citation:Defence studies, 2022, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 277-294Type:ArticleAbstract:In a time of rising threat, recurring discussions about burden sharing within NATO and twenty years after the start of the “war on terrorism,” I explore a novel idea in the field of alliance and defense spending: the effect ...
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Title:Economics PhD programs in Europe : completion times and job placement Author(s):ABRAHAM, Arpad; DENGLER, Benedikt Hermann; ZIESEMER, Vinzenz JohannesDate:2022Citation:The journal of economic education, 2022, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 325-339Type:ArticleAbstract:Stock, Finegan, and Siegfried establish that completion times in U.S. economics PhD programs have been on the rise, with the median steadily approaching six years. Do European programs experience the same trend? The authors ...
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Title:Segregation by choice? : school choice and segregation in England Author(s):GREAVES, Ellen Jennifer Date:2024Citation:Education economics, 2024, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 1-19Type:ArticleAbstract:School choice can segregate schools by academic ability, income or ethnicity, but is this because of households’ choices, or constraints in access to good schools? We examine whether segregation is by choice, finding that ...
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Title:The unequal spirit of the Protestant Reformation : particularism and wealth distribution in early modern Germany Author(s):SCHAFF, Felix S.F.Date:2024Citation:Journal of economic growth, 2024, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:This paper assesses the impact of the Protestant Reformation on wealth distribution and inequality in confessionally divided Germany, between 1400 and 1800. The Reformation expanded social welfare, but provided it in a ...
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Title:Hybrid platform model : monopolistic competition and a dominant firm Author(s):ANDERSON, Simon; BEDRE DEFOLIE, Özlem Date:2024Citation:The RAND journal of economics, 2024, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:We model a platform controlling the variety and prices of the products it hosts via a percentage fee on sellers and choosing whether to sell its own products (hybrid mode). We derive a mixed market demand system for ...