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Intertemporal movie distribution: Versioning when customers can buy both versions

Calzada, Joan; Valletti, Tommaso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study a model of film production, distribution and consumption. The studio can release two goods, a theatrical and a video version, and has to decide on its versioning and sequencing strategy. In contrast with the previous literature, we allow for the possibility that consumers watch both...

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Development Uncorked: Reputation Acquisition in the New Market for Chilean Wines in the UK

Macchiavello, Rocco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper studies learning effects in new markets using a panel of relationships between Chilean wineries and distributors in the UK. Controlling for winery, distributors and time effects, FOB prices increase by at least three percent with every additional year in a relationship while export...

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Hobbies, Skills and Incentives to Work: The Happy Gardener and the Wealthy Golfer

Sällström, Susanna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

model explains the economic origins of culture. It was no accident that the intricate steps of tango emerged in the shabby …

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Culture, Institutions and Democratization

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We construct a model of revolution and transition to democracy under an individualistic and a collectivist culture. The … culture are more likely to end up adopting democracy faster than countries with a collectivist culture. Our instrumental … variable estimation suggests a strong and robust effect of individualistic culture on average polity scores and length of …

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Culture, Languages, and Economics

Ginsburgh, Victor; Weber, Shlomo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

The impact of various facets of cultural diversity on economic outcomes has become a topic of intensive research in economics. This paper focuses on linguistic diversity as one of the important aspects of cultural heterogeneity, and more specifically, The aim of this paper is to formally examine...

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Migration, Friendship Ties, and Cultural Assimilation

Facchini, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora; Steinhardt, Max - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

In this paper we contribute to the analysis of the assimilation process of migrants by analyzing the extent to which friendship with natives can be seen as a measure of cultural assimilation and investigating the formation of social ties in the host country. Using novel information from the...

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Culture: Persistence and Evolution

Giavazzi, Francesco; Petkov, Ivan; Schiantarelli, Fabio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

persistence than previously thought. Finally, we show that persistence is “culture specific" in the sense that the country from …

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Persistent effects of empires: Evidence from the partitions of Poland

Grosfeld, Irena; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We use spatial regression discontinuity analysis to test whether the historical partition of Poland among three empires—Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Prussia—has a persistent effect on political outcomes in contemporary Poland and to examine the channels of this influence. We find that the...

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The Causal Impact of Common Native Language on International Trade: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design

Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper studies the causal effect of sharing a common native language on international trade. Switzerland is a multilingual country that hosts four official language groups of which three are major (French, German, and Italian). These groups of native language speakers are geographically...

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A Cultural Clash View of the EU Crisis

Guiso, Luigi; Herrera, Helios; Morelli, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

If voters of different countries adhere to different and deeply rooted cultural norms, when these countries interact their leaders may find it impossible to agree on effcient policies especially in hard times. Political leaders’actions are bound by a “conformity constraint”that requires...

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