We empirically investigate whether employment is affected by foreign direct investment (FDI). Empirical results show that the FDI deregulations promote employment by increasing the job creation rate. In addition to the employment expansion of incumbent firms, the FDI deregulations facilitate the...

Restricting purchases or establishing a minimum (floor) price for low-cost, high-strength alcoholic beverages is an increasingly popular policy used to address problem drinking and alcohol-related harm. We study the consumption and short-term health-at-birth impacts of the 2006 Alice Springs...

Restricting purchases or establishing a minimum (floor) price for low-cost, high-strength alcoholic beverages is an increasingly popular policy used to address problem drinking and alcohol-related harm. We study the consumption and short-term health-at-birth impacts of the 2006 Alice Springs...

How do intellectual property rights influence academic science? We investigate the consequences of the introduction of software patents in the U.S. on the publications of university researchers in the field of computer science. Difference-in-difference estimations reveal that software scientists...