Second-best considerations in correcting cognitive
biases.
1. Introduction
Suppose you know someone who is overly confident about his prowess
in some realm of endeavor. Time after time, your friend has
overestimated his ability on exams or his likelihood . . .
Art of the deal: the merger settlement process at the Federal
Trade Commission.
1. Introduction
Two firms, competing with each other in at least one line of
business, face a complicated regulatory regime if they attempt to merge.
Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act of . . .
Long-run economic performance and the labor market.
1. Introduction
This article studies growth when the economy is not using all its
productive resources to establish a bridge among two subdisciplines in
economics: growth theory and unemployment . . .
An experimental study of statistical discrimination by
employers.
1. Introduction
This article reports results from an experiment that was motivated
by the literature on labor market discrimination. Our aim for conducting
this experiment was to investigate . . .
The declining contribution of socioeconomic disparities to the
racial gap in infant mortality rates, 1920-1970.
1. Introduction
Great improvements in physical health are among the 20th
century's most impressive social achievements. In the United
States, life expectancy at birth increased by more than 25 . . .
Child labor and the interaction between the quantity and quality
of children.
1. Introduction
Just as dogs were raised to hunt for their masters before they were
pets, so in early traditional China children were raised as a source
of income ... (Cheung 1972, p. . . .
Public infrastructure and the productive performance of Canadian
manufacturing industries.
1. Introduction
While the international literature on the effects of public
infrastructure on productivity growth reports controversial results, the
Canadian policy makers tend to regard public . . .
The linkage between prices, wages, and labor productivity: a
panel study of manufacturing industries.
1. Introduction
Policy makers and financial analysts cite wage pressures and
productivity gains as leading factors in explaining inflation. This
cost-push explanation of inflation, however, is . . .
Occupational segregation and the gender wage gap in a dynamic
East Asian economy.
1. Introduction
Labor markets in the East Asian "miracle" economies of
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan have undergone profound
changes in recent decades. Their comparative advantage . . .
Speculative bubbles in U.K. house prices: some new
evidence.
1. Introduction
A widely held view among academics and practitioners is that the
time-series behavior of house prices of several major industrialized
countries may have been characterized by . . .
AIDS home- and community-based waivers: effects on use of
services, expenditures, and survival.(antiretroviral drug
therapies)
1. Introduction
The prognosis, survival, and quality of life for persons living
with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) improved dramatically in recent years due to the
development of highly active antiretroviral . . .
Subjective outcomes in economics.(Association Lecture)
1. Introduction
There has been an upsurge in the use and analysis in economics of
subjective outcomes. A long survey article (Frey and Stutzer 2002)
discussed some of the literature, but even . . .
Is there job lock? Evidence from the pre-HIPAA era.(do workers
stay in jobs due to health insurance considerations)
1. Introduction
The fundamental economic issue with job lock is the quality of
matches between workers and jobs. Provision of health insurance through
the place of employment complicates the . . .
Complements integration and foreclosure: the case of joint
consumption.
1. Introduction
In 1995, the Comdata Corporation purchased Trendar, a supplier of
fuel desk point-of-sale (POS) devices specializing in sales to truck
stops. (1) At the time, Comdata was the . . .
Welfare program reentry among postreform leavers.
1. Introduction
It is well known that the U.S. welfare system underwent a dramatic
transformation in 1996. Time limits were placed on benefit receipt, work
requirements were instituted, and an . . .
Vertical integration and exclusivity contracts when consumers
have switching costs.
1. Introduction
This article examines the endogenous formation of vertical
contractual arrangements between producers and retailers when consumers
face switching costs. Previous works on . . .
Employment-based health insurance and the effectiveness of
intrafirm competition between insurance providers.
1. Introduction
Employment-based health insurance is the primary source of health
insurance coverage for the overwhelming majority of U.S. residents. Of
the 70% of the nonelderly U.S. population . . .
Evaluating threshold effects in consumer sentiment.
1. Introduction
The Consumer Sentiment Index published by the University of
Michigan (hereafter the UM index) is one of the two most commonly
monitored measures of consumer sentiment in the . . .
Poverty and other determinants of child labor in
Bangladesh.
1. Introduction
Americans have demonstrated strong disapproval of child labor
through their own history and in current movements to boycott imports
from countries employing child labor. (1) . . .
The effect of public policies and prices on youth
smoking.
1. Introduction
Government regulation of the market for tobacco products can be
justified in a number of ways. Smoking is associated with market
failures such as negative externalities and . . .
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