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Later-life mortality and the repeal of federal prohibition 晚年死亡率与废除联邦禁令
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105192
David S. Jacks , Krishna Pendakur , Hitoshi Shigeoka , Anthony Wray
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Norm-based feedback on household waste: Large-scale field experiments in two Swedish municipalities 基于规范的家庭垃圾反馈:瑞典两个城市的大规模实地实验
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105191
Claes Ek , Magnus Söderberg
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The political economy of coastal development 沿海开发的政治经济学
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105178
Pierre Magontier , Albert Solé-Ollé , Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal
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Optional (non-)filing and effective taxation 选择性(非)申报和有效征税
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105187
Tobias Hauck , Luisa Wallossek
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Spillovers in fields of study: Siblings, cousins, and neighbors 学习领域的溢出效应:兄弟姐妹、表兄弟姐妹和邻居
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105193
Stanislav Avdeev , Nadine Ketel , Hessel Oosterbeek , Bas van der Klaauw
{"title":"Spillovers in fields of study: Siblings, cousins, and neighbors","authors":"Stanislav Avdeev ,&nbsp;Nadine Ketel ,&nbsp;Hessel Oosterbeek ,&nbsp;Bas van der Klaauw","doi":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105193","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105193","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We use admission lotteries for higher education studies in the Netherlands to investigate whether someone’s field of study influences the study choices of their younger peers. We find that younger siblings and cousins are strongly affected. Also younger neighbors are affected but to a smaller extent. These findings indicate that a substantial part of the correlations in study choices between family members can be attributed to spillover effects and are not due to shared environments. Our findings concur with those of recent studies based on admission thresholds, which find sibling spillovers on college or college-major choices. This indicates that the results from previous studies can be extrapolated to students away from admission thresholds, and from siblings to cousins and neighbors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48436,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Economics","volume":"238 ","pages":"Article 105193"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272724001294/pdfft?md5=3d1c0dc735bece1629c5230b358e9f12&pid=1-s2.0-S0047272724001294-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141886001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Organizational capacity and profit shifting 组织能力和利润转移
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105179
Katarzyna Bilicka , Daniela Scur
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Spillover effects of specialized high schools 特殊高中的溢出效应
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105170
Christine Mulhern , Shelby McNeill , Fatih Unlu , Brian Phillips , Julie A. Edmunds , Eric Grebing
{"title":"Spillover effects of specialized high schools","authors":"Christine Mulhern ,&nbsp;Shelby McNeill ,&nbsp;Fatih Unlu ,&nbsp;Brian Phillips ,&nbsp;Julie A. Edmunds ,&nbsp;Eric Grebing","doi":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105170","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105170","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Specialized high schools are an increasingly popular way to prepare young adults for postsecondary experiences and expand school choice. While much literature examines charter school spillover effects and the effects of specialized schools on the students who attend them, little is known about the spillover effects of specialized high schools on traditional public schools (TPS). Using an event study design, we show that one type of specialized high school, North Carolina’s Cooperative Innovative High Schools, initially attracted students who were higher achieving and more likely to be white than TPS students, but these specialized schools became more representative of the district population over time. On average, the opening of specialized schools had a mix of null and positive spillover effects on TPS student achievement. While there is some evidence of negative spillovers from the first schools that opened, the effects become more positive over time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48436,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Economics","volume":"238 ","pages":"Article 105170"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272724001063/pdfft?md5=e4252ee086a160da53acfb9603f39742&pid=1-s2.0-S0047272724001063-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141886148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The effects of physician vertical integration on referral patterns, patient welfare, and market dynamics 医生垂直整合对转诊模式、患者福利和市场动态的影响。
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105175
Christopher M. Whaley , Xiaoxi Zhao
{"title":"The effects of physician vertical integration on referral patterns, patient welfare, and market dynamics","authors":"Christopher M. Whaley ,&nbsp;Xiaoxi Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105175","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The growth of physician vertical integration raises concerns about distorted referral patterns, higher spending, and market foreclosure. Using 100% Medicare data, we combine reduced-form analysis with a discrete choice model to estimate the effects of physician vertical integration on patients’ provider choices and welfare for two common “downstream” surgical procedures. Physician–hospital integration results in an approximately 10% increase in referrals to higher-priced facilities instead of lower-priced providers. Our counterfactual analysis implies that if all primary care physicians become integrated, total Medicare spending will increase by $315 million.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48436,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Economics","volume":"238 ","pages":"Article 105175"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The McMansion effect: Positional externalities in U.S. suburbs 麦克曼豪宅效应:美国郊区的位置外部性
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105174
Clément S. Bellet
{"title":"The McMansion effect: Positional externalities in U.S. suburbs","authors":"Clément S. Bellet","doi":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines how the construction of very large homes — or “McMansions” — in U.S. suburbs affects homeowners’ satisfaction and housing behavior. Combining three decades of survey data with geolocated information on three million suburban houses, I find that homeowners exposed to newly constructed, large houses report lower satisfaction with their own homes, while their neighborhood satisfaction remains unaffected. This effect is contingent on the visual salience of McMansions, as indicated by their proximity to roads. Homeowners exposed to new-built McMansions are more likely to expand their own homes and take on more debt.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48436,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Economics","volume":"238 ","pages":"Article 105174"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272724001105/pdfft?md5=67cb109caeb8e7815f7d49062f78885a&pid=1-s2.0-S0047272724001105-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141886003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality 集体行动的协调选择:财富利益偏差与不平等
IF 4.8 1区 经济学
Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105172
Luca Corazzini , Christopher S. Cotton , Enrico Longo , Tommaso Reggiani
{"title":"Coordinated selection of collective action: Wealthy-interest bias and inequality","authors":"Luca Corazzini ,&nbsp;Christopher S. Cotton ,&nbsp;Enrico Longo ,&nbsp;Tommaso Reggiani","doi":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105172","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105172","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We extend a collective action problem to study policy and project selection by heterogeneous groups who prefer to work together on a joint initiative but may disagree on which initiative is best. Our framework, adapted from a model of multiple threshold public goods, presents groups with several mutually exclusive projects, any of which require sufficient support from the group to succeed. Individuals strictly prefer to contribute where and how much they believe others expect of them to ensure joint project success. Groups tend to coordinate on the public good preferred by the wealthiest member, demonstrating a wealthy-interest bias even without corruption, politics, and information asymmetries. At the same time, groups divide costs in highly progressive ways, with the wealthy voluntarily funding a disproportionate share, helping offset the inherent inequality from endowment and selection differences. We discuss applications for policy selection, charitable giving, and taxes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48436,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Economics","volume":"238 ","pages":"Article 105172"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272724001087/pdfft?md5=a0042b52539c43b6e15397445d6312bf&pid=1-s2.0-S0047272724001087-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141732083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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