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Nineteenth Century US Black and White Physical Activity and Nutritional Trends among the Working Class

Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2012

Much has been written about 19th century African American and white statures and body mass index values. However, little is known about their physical activity and calories required to sustain height and weight. This paper considers two alternative measures for biological conditions that address...

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Nineteenth Century US Black and White Physical Activity and Nutritional Trends Among the Working Class

Carson, Scott Alan - 2021

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Exit Dynamics of Start-up Firms: Does Profit Matter?

Golombek, Rolf; Raknerud, Arvid - CESifo - 2015

We estimate by means of indirect inference a structural economic model where firms’ exit and investment decisions are the solution to a discrete-continuous dynamic programming problem. In the model the exit probability depends on the current capital stock and a measure of short-run...

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Investment Policy for Time-Inconsistent Discounters

Harstad, Bård - CESifo - 2013

the current principal prefers her future self to save more, she can increase current investments complementary to future … savings and decrease investments in the strategic substitutes, for example. To characterize the principal’s choices they are … benefits from subsidizing investments in “green” capital (complementary to future savings) and tax investments in substitute …

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Estimating Fluctuations in Oil and Gas Investment

Dahl, Roy Endré; Osmundsen, Petter - CESifo - 2014

Governments in extraction countries are anxious to estimate expected investment in development projects, since they represent an essential element of the macro economy. The overall level of activity is also crucial to oil companies, since the macro picture affects cost levels, the supplies...

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Price-Dependent Profit Sharing as an Escape from the Bertrand Paradox

Foros, Oystein; Hagen, Kare P.; Kind, Hans Jarle - CESifo - 2007

firms undertake investments which benefit the industry in aggregate. The model is consistent with observations from the …

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Optimal Energy Investment and R&D Strategies to Stabilise Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric Concentrations

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele; … - CESifo - 2007

The stabilisation of GHG atmospheric concentrations at levels expected to prevent dangerous climate change has become an important, global, long-term objective. It is therefore crucial to identify a cost-effective way to achieve this objective. In this paper we use WITCH, a hybrid...

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The Limits of Trust in Economic Transactions - Investigations of Perfect Reputation Systems

Bolton, Gary E.; Ockenfels, Axel - CESifo - 2008

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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive

Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - CESifo - 2008

In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...

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Beyond Non-Satiation: Needs and Requirements

Pettini, Anna - CESifo - 2014

The hypothesis of non-satiation of rational choice theory is very seldom posed under scrutiny, maybe because it is taken as an anthropologic reality. Looking closer to that, we discover that it is taken for granted only in economic theory, and that it has become a reality as a result of a...

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