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Party Ideology and Vocational Education Spending: Empirical Evidence from Germany 政党意识形态与职业教育支出:来自德国的经验证据
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-08-21 DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifaa006
I. Bischoff, Julia Hauschildt
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引用次数: 1
Did Lockdown Work? An Economist’s Cross-Country Comparison 封锁奏效了吗?一位经济学家的跨国比较
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-08-02 DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifab003
C. Bjørnskov
{"title":"Did Lockdown Work? An Economist’s Cross-Country Comparison","authors":"C. Bjørnskov","doi":"10.1093/cesifo/ifab003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifab003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract I explore the association between the severity of lockdown policies in the first half of 2020 and mortality rates. Using two indices from the Blavatnik Centre’s COVID-19 policy measures and comparing weekly mortality rates from 24 European countries in the first halves of 2017–2020, addressing policy endogeneity in two different ways, and taking timing into account, I find no clear association between lockdown policies and mortality development.","PeriodicalId":51748,"journal":{"name":"Cesifo Economic Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/cesifo/ifab003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45994950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 38
Populism and Social Polarization in European Democracies 民粹主义与欧洲民主国家的社会两极分化
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifab006
V. Ginsburgh, S. Perelman, P. Pestieau
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引用次数: 9
COVID-19: guaranteed Loans and Zombie Firms COVID-19:担保贷款和僵尸公司
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3619744
Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek, Florian Keller
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引用次数: 20
Inflation and Output Volatility: Evidence from International Historical Data 通货膨胀与产出波动：来自国际历史数据的证据
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifaa002
B. Ćorić
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引用次数: 0
Should Contact Bans Have Been Lifted More in Germany?: A Quantitative Prediction of Its Effects. 德国是否应更多地取消接触禁令？对其影响的定量预测。
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Epub Date: 2020-07-03 DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifaa004
Jean Roch Donsimoni, René Glawion, Bodo Plachter, Klaus Wälde, Constantin Weiser
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引用次数: 0
Reassessment of the Fiscal Multiplier in Developing Countries: Regime-Switching Model 发展中国家财政乘数的重新评估：制度转换模型
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/CESIFO/IFAB009
Michal Hlaváček, Ilgar Ismayilov, A. Zeynalov
{"title":"Reassessment of the Fiscal Multiplier in Developing Countries: Regime-Switching Model","authors":"Michal Hlaváček, Ilgar Ismayilov, A. Zeynalov","doi":"10.1093/CESIFO/IFAB009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CESIFO/IFAB009","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The existing literature on fiscal policy has mainly employed linear models that found a small fiscal multiplier in developing economies. These findings challenge the importance and effectiveness of fiscal policy for these countries. However, linear models are not capable of distinguishing the size of a fiscal multiplier in the different phases of economic cycles. Responding to previous studies that confirm the regime dependency of a fiscal multiplier, we develop a non-linear panel threshold vector autoregression model to measure the size of the fiscal multiplier for developing countries. Our findings confirm asymmetry in the response of GDP to government expenditure shock during periods of recovery and downturn. Our main result shows that the response of GDP to government expenditure shock during a recovery period in developing countries is double that for developed ones. Our results also confirm a significantly larger fiscal multiplier during recovery than in an economic downturn. (JEL codes: E32, E62, G15, and C54)","PeriodicalId":51748,"journal":{"name":"Cesifo Economic Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43956197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Tradeoff between Default Risk and Efficiency Loss 违约风险与效率损失之间的权衡
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifz013
Jin Hyung Lee
{"title":"Tradeoff between Default Risk and Efficiency Loss","authors":"Jin Hyung Lee","doi":"10.1093/cesifo/ifz013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifz013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The study characterizes an equilibrium bid function with three bidders in an average bid auction (ABA), where a winning bid is the one closest to an average of all submitted bids, when a cost overrun can occur, and an insolvent winner is penalized. First of all, every bidder bids an identical amount in the absence of the penalty. Meanwhile, when the penalty is charged high enough to prevent all bidders from breaching the contract due to cost overruns, either some bidders bid identically and the rest follow a strictly increasing bidding strategy, or all bidders place an identical bid. Based on the characterization, the ABA is compared to the first price reverse auction (FPA) in terms of a buyer’s benefit. The ABA could be more beneficial to the buyer without any penalty in spite of an insolvent winner’s default. If nobody defaults on his bid due to the high penalty, however, the FPA is good to the buyer. This result partly explains the rationale for the ABA in Italy. (JEL codes: C78, D82)","PeriodicalId":51748,"journal":{"name":"Cesifo Economic Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/cesifo/ifz013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48685298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Training Participation and the Role of Reciprocal Attitudes 培训参与与互惠态度的作用
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-27 DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifz022
Arjan Non
{"title":"Training Participation and the Role of Reciprocal Attitudes","authors":"Arjan Non","doi":"10.1093/cesifo/ifz022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifz022","url":null,"abstract":"Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), I examine the relation between workers’ reciprocal attitudes, as measured in 2005 and 2010, and participation in work-related training courses in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Theory predicts that employers find it more profitable to invest in human capital of workers who have positively reciprocal attitudes, because they are more likely to return their employer’s kindness with higher effort and/or loyalty. The findings are mixed, depending on the survey year. I find that positively reciprocal workers are more likely to participate in employer-financed training in 2007, in particular when training is general. Also consistent with theoretical expectations, I do not find a relation between workers’ reciprocal attitudes and participation in training that is not financed by the employer. However, workers’ reciprocal attitudes are not related to training participation in 2013. A possible explanation is that employers use training to induce reciprocal feelings in a slack labour market only.","PeriodicalId":51748,"journal":{"name":"Cesifo Economic Studies","volume":"88 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138504610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Gender, Social Value Orientation, and Tax Compliance 性别、社会价值取向与纳税遵从性
IF 1.3 4区 经济学
Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-25 DOI: 10.1093/CESIFO/IFZ016
John W D’Attoma, Clara Volintiru, Antoine Malézieux
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引用次数: 2
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