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Estimating the Impact of Gubernatorial Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2007

Using panel data from US states over the period 1941-2002, I measure the impact of gubernatorial partisanship on a wide range of different policy settings and economic outcomes. Across 32 measures, there are surprisingly few differences in policy settings, social outcomes and economic outcomes...

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What’s the Difference Between a Donkey and an Elephant? Using Panel Data from US States to Estimate the Impact of Partisanship on Policy Settings and Economic Outcomes

Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005

Using panel data from US states, I measure the impact of partisanship on a wide range of different policy settings and economic outcomes. Across 32 measures, there are surprisingly few differences in policy settings, social outcomes and economic outcomes under Democrats and Republicans. In terms...

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Investment, Reprocurement and Franchise Contract Length in the British Railway Industry

Affuso, Luisa; Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

incentives for investment in rolling stock, following the privatization of British Rail. Theoretical predictions are tested … incentives for delayed investment. Investing just before the end of the franchise enhances the incumbent’s probability of having …

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The new empirical economics of management

Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Scur, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across … recent work on management practices. Our preliminary results suggest that about a quarter of cross-country and within …-country TFP gaps can be accounted for by management practices. Management seems to matter both qualitatively and quantitatively …

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