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The study examines the relationship between types of government and level of public spending. There are two competing perspectives about the consequences of coalition governments on the size of public expenditures. The most common argument is that government spending increases under coalition...
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Using structured machine learning, this paper examines the effect that temporal aggregation has on big data from Google Analytics and Google Trends. Specifically, daily and weekly data from the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CACVB) website from January 2008 to March 2009 via...
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We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that prenatal exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy, and that this effect is larger for black than for white mothers. At childbirth, heat-exposed...
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Estimating peer effects is notoriously difficult because of the reflection problem and the endogeneity of peer group formation. This paper tests for peer effects in obesity in a novel way that addresses these challenges. It addresses the reflection problem by using the alter's genetic risk score...
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This research explores two key behaviors (reward point accrual and redemption) that consist of a loyalty program. The authors focus on assessing the impact of accrual effort level on three types of redemption behavior: speed, unit size, and hedonic preference at the individual level by using...
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Korean Abstract: 전 세계적으로 한국 대중문화에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 한류콘텐츠 확산 트렌드가 변하고 있다. 드라마나 영화가 한류에 대한 인기를 주도하던 시기를 지나 이제 웹툰과 애니메이션 등 여타 장르의...
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We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that prenatal exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy, and that this effect is larger for black than for white mothers. At childbirth, heat-exposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860521