Browsing ECO Working Papers by Title

Title:Turnout and policy : the role of candidates Author(s):VALASEK, Justin-MattiasDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2012/18Abstract:Turnout is an important determinant of which candidate wins an election. Since candidates know this, it follows that they will consider turnout when choosing their policy platforms. In this paper I formally examine the ...

Title:Turnout and Power Sharing Author(s):HERRERA, Helios; MORELLI, Massimo

Date:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2010/12Abstract:Differences in electoral rules and/or legislative, executive or legal institutions across countries induce different mappings from election outcomes to distributions of power. We explore how these different mappings affect ...

Title:Twin Deficits, Openness and the Business Cycle Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo

; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/20Abstract:In this paper, we study the co-movement of the government budget balance and the trade balance at business cycle frequencies. In a sample of 10 OECD countries we find that the correlation of the two time series is negative, ...

Title:Twin Deficits: Squaring Theory, Evidence and Common Sense Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo

; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2005Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2005/22

Title:Two new Keynesian theories of sticky prices Author(s):FARMER, Roger E. A.Date:1999Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1999/33

Title:Two parametric models of demand, structure of market demand from heterogeneity Author(s):MARET, IsabelleDate:1993Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1993/27

Title:U.S. Dollar and Deutschmark as reserve assets Author(s):MAYER, JorgDate:1990Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1990/23

Title:UK in or UK out? : a common cycle analysis between the UK and the Euro zone Author(s):GARNIER, JulienDate:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPII Working Paper; 2004/17Abstract:We use a structural model estimated by the Kalman filter in order to extract the common cycle for different groups of OECD countries. We try to evaluate to what extent the Euro zone common cycle is affected by the inclusion ...

Title:Uncovered Interest Rate Parity and the Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure: Empirical Results for the U.S. and Europe Author(s):BRUEGGEMANN, Ralf; LUETKEPOHL, Helmut

Date:2005Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO 2005/08

Title:The Under-Estimated Virtues of the Two-Sector AK Model Author(s):FELBERMAYR, Gabriel J.; LICANDRO, OmarDate:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2002/27

Title:Understanding and improving data linkage consent in surveys Author(s):JÄCKLE, Annette; BURTON, Jonathan; COUPER, Mick P.; CROSSLEY, Thomas F.

; WALZENBACH, SandraDate:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Understanding society working paper series; 2021/01Abstract:Linking survey and administrative data offers the possibility of combining the strengths, and mitigating the weaknesses, of both. Such linkage is therefore an extremely promising basis for future empirical research in ...

Title:Understanding competitiveness Author(s):CRESPO, Aranzazu

; SEGURA-CAYUELA, RubenDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2014/20Abstract:Using firm level data, we analyze the factors that drive the evolution of the aggregate Unit Labor Costs – the main European competitiveness indicator – in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The evolution of the aggregate ...

Title:Understanding the Dynamic Effects of Government Spending on Foreign Trade Author(s):MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2004Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2004/27

Title:Understanding the size and profitability of firms : the role of a biological factor Author(s):GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, AldoDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2011/01Abstract: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:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/14Abstract: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:Unemployment compensation and labour market transitions : a critical review Author(s):ATKINSON, Anthony B.; MICKLEWRIGHT, JohnDate:1990Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1990/09

Title:Unemployment insurance and incentives in Hungary Author(s):MICKLEWRIGHT, John; NAGY, GyulaDate:1995Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1995/07

Title:Unemployment through 'learning from experience' Author(s):ALPERN, Steve; SNOWER, Dennis J.Date:1991Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1991/30

Title:Unemployment vs. mismatch of talents : reconsidering unemployment benefits Author(s):MARIMON, Ramon

; ZILIBOTTI, FabrizioDate:1998Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1998/32

Title:Unemployment, search and the gender wage gap : a structural model Author(s):BELZIL, Christian; ZHANG, XuelinDate:1996Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1996/18