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61“...SUMMARY Strong institutions attract talent to productive activities, whereas weak ones raise the appeal of redistribution. We find a strong positive...”
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62by Angeles, Luis Published in Kyklos (Basel) (01.08.2019)“...Summary Two views exist regarding the nature of the banking business. The dominant view defines banks as financial intermediaries – institutions in the...”
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63“...Summary Although gay men have reported experiencing labor market discrimination, re‐ search studies on a potentially discriminatory wage gap have reported...”
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64by Aguiar‐Conraria, Luís Magalhães, Pedro C Veiga, Francisco J Published in Kyklos (Basel) (01.08.2019)“...Summary Government transparency has been discussed both as a way to decrease informational asymmetries between officeholders and citizens and as part of what...”
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65“...SUMMARY The regional allocation of aid within recipient countries has been largely ignored. We use geocoded data on the location of aid projects financed by...”
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66“...Summary Incentivizing subordinates is a crucial task of anyone in a decision‐making role. However, little is known about the mechanisms behind selection of...”
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67“...Summary Income is one of the most important and well–studied determinants of subjective well–being (SWB), and empirical evidence indicates that there is a...”
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68“...Summary Theoretical arguments and previous country‐level evidence indicate that immigrants are more fluid than natives in responding to changing skill...”
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69“...Summary We propose that words can be an object of systematic study in the field of economics and outline an approach to the study of word choice in behavioral...”
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70by van Dalen, Harry Published in Kyklos (Basel) (01.08.2019)“...What role do personal values play in the practice of economists? By means of a survey among economists working inside and outside academia in the Netherlands,...”
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71“...Summary How does foreign aid affect recipient countries' political institutions? Two competing hypotheses offer contradictory predictions. The first sees aid,...”
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72“...Summary Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia, Britain and Germany to broaden the...”
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73“...Summary This paper is motivated by growing interest in noncognitive skills and the fact that many, if not most, economic and social actions require agents to...”
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74by Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck Barslund, Mikkel Vanhuysse, Pieter Published in Kyklos (Basel) (01.05.2019)“...Summary We explore whether EU membership has led to faster economic growth. Using different estimation strategies, different time periods, different country...”
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75“...Summary We use a novel data set within an instrumental variables framework to test whether the presence and language of constitutional environmental rights...”
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76by Feldmann, Horst Published in Kyklos (Basel) (01.02.2019)“...Summary This paper empirically studies the human capital effects of grammatical rules that permit speakers to drop a personal pronoun when used as a subject of...”
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77by Nikolaou, Dimitrios Published in Kyklos (Basel) (01.02.2019)“...Summary This paper estimates the effects of risky behaviors (e.g., smoking, alcohol, marijuana, risky sex) on subjective well‐being. To identify these effects...”
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78by Miles, William Published in Kyklos (Basel) (01.02.2019)“...Summary Many countries which experienced rising home prices (often described as bubbles) over the 2000s decade also ran large trade deficits. Some early...”
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79“...Summary A substantial literature exists on the effects of military expenditures on economic growth, yet no study has analyzed the effects of military...”
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80“...Summary We present results from a unique combination of survey and register data regarding access to financial capital conducted among immigrants who are...”