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Generalized propensity scores for multiple continuous treatment variables

Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2013

This paper illustrates that the generalized propensity score method can easily be applied with multiple continuous endogenous treatment variables. Consistency proofs carry over straightforwardly to this general case, and the approach is shown to work well in finite samples with various...

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Income taxes, sorting, and the costs of housing : evidence from municipal boundaries in Switzerland

Basten, Christoph; Ehrlich, Maximilian von; Lassmann, Andrea - 2014

This paper provides novel evidence on the role of income taxes for residential rents and spatial sorting. Drawing on comprehensive apartment-level data, we identify the effects of tax differentials across municipal boundaries in Switzerland. The boundary discontinuity design (BDD) corrects for...

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Financial development and inequality in the global economy

Ehrlich, Maximilian von; Seidel, Tobias - 2016

development for inequality in the global economy. If there are many small firms, better access to external funds reduces wage … inequality and unemployment. In contrast, if there are many highproductive firms (those that export), financial development may … have opposite effects - especially if trade costs are low. In sum, the implications of financial development for inequality …

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