Using unique panel data, we compare cognitive performance and wagering behavior of children (10-11 years) with adults … with adults, and, while girls take more risk than women, boys take less risk than men. We also find that female behavior is …

the variation in adoption costs is explained by child characteristics. In particular, costs lower for older children …, children of African descent, and special needs children. Findings inform policies regarding the transition of children from …

internal debt flows. In a symmetric tax competition equilibrium each country chooses inefficiently low tax rates and … countries, even though it intensifies competition via tax rates. When countries differ in size, the smaller country not only …

This paper examines the heterogeneity in the public financing of long-term care (LTC), and the wide-ranging instruments … financing as ex-ante (occurring prior to when the need arises, such as insurance) and ex-post (occurring after the need arises …, such as public sector and family financing). Then we examine country-specific data to ascertain whether the two types of …

firms to these firms' credit constraints at two contrasting points of the business cycle. We show that relationship lending … alleviates credit constraints during a cyclical downturn but not during a boom period. The positive impact of relationship …

multinational enterprise regarding the cross border distribution of its investment and the choice of its financing behavior. We …