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Relational Warm Glow and Giving in Social Groups

Scharf, Kimberley; Smith, Sarah - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of …

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Central Banks: Powerful, Political and Unaccountable?

Buiter, Willem H. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

the preservation of the central bank’s legitimacy requires that a clear line be drawn between the central bank’s provision …

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The Need for Institutional Changes in the Global Financial System: An Analytical Framework

Claessens, Stijn; Underhill, Geoffrey R D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

international financial decision-making, also as it relates to the legitimacy of the international system in the eyes of the public …

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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...

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Distributional Impact of Commodity Price Shocks: Australia over a Century

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

. Using a GARCH model, we find that Australia experienced more volatility than many commodity exporting poor countries between …

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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia is NOT a Paradox

Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In 'Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia,' Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

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Does the Separation of Regulatory Powers Reduce the Threat of Capture? Evidence from the US Maritime Bureaucracy

Uribe, Marín; Luis, Pedro; Sicotte, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Recent economic theories have investigated the susceptibility of diverse public bureaucratic structures to capture by private industry. In particular, Laffont and Martimort (1999) propose that the separation of regulatory powers will reduce the threat of capture. We analyse investor reaction to...

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Third Party Monitoring and Golden Parachutes

Iossa, Elisabetta; Legros, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

When today’s actions can affect tomorrow's value of an asset and when the principal does not have access to hard information, either about productive activity or monitoring activity, two incentive problems must be simultaneously solved: first, the ‘ex-ante’ moral hazard problem of inducing...

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Law Enforcement under Incomplete Law: Theory and Evidence from Financial Market Regulation

Pistor, Katharina; Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

the history of financial market regulation. …

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Footloose Monopolies: Regulating a "National Champion"

Calzolari, Giacomo; Scarpa, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We analyze the design of optimal regulation of a domestic monopolist that also competes in an unregulated foreign … market. We show how foreign activities by the regulated firm affect domestic regulation, consumers’ surplus and firm …

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