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The macroeconomics of aid: overview (2017)
Journal Article
Addison, T., Morrissey, O., & Tarp, F. (in press). The macroeconomics of aid: overview. Journal of Development Studies, 53(7), https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1303669

This Special Issue explores macroeconomic effects of aid from various perspectives through a blend of studies, both conceptual and empirical in nature. The overall aim is to enhance the understanding of the macroeconomic dimensions of aid in the poli... Read More about The macroeconomics of aid: overview.

Tests for an end-of-sample bubble in financial time series (2017)
Journal Article
Astill, S., Harvey, D. I., Leybourne, S. J., & Taylor, R. (in press). Tests for an end-of-sample bubble in financial time series. Econometric Reviews, 36(6-9), https://doi.org/10.1080/07474938.2017.1307490

In this paper we examine the issue of detecting explosive behaviour in economic and financial time series when an explosive episode is both ongoing at the end of the sample, and of finite length. We propose a testing strategy based on the sub-samplin... Read More about Tests for an end-of-sample bubble in financial time series.

Showdown in Schönau: a contest case study (2017)
Book Chapter
Dijkstra, B. R., & Graichen, P. R. (in press). Showdown in Schönau: a contest case study. In W. Buchholz, & D. T. Rübbelke (Eds.), The theory of externalities and public goods: essays in memory of Richard C. Cornes (299-326). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49442-5_15

This chapter analyzes a referendum campaign as a case study of a contest. The referendum, held in 1996 in the small German town of Schönau, led to the replacement of the conventional electricity supplier by a firm founded by the local environmentalis... Read More about Showdown in Schönau: a contest case study.

Evolution of consistent conjectures in semi-aggregative representation of games, with applications to public good games and contests (2017)
Book Chapter
Possajennikov, A. (2017). Evolution of consistent conjectures in semi-aggregative representation of games, with applications to public good games and contests. In W. Buchholz, & D. Ruebbelke (Eds.), The theory of externalities and public goods: essays in memory of Richard C. Cornes (85-105). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49442-5_5

In a semi-aggregative representation of a game, the payoff of a player depends on a player's own strategy and on a personalized aggregate of all players' strategies. Suppose that each player has a conjecture about the reaction of the personalized agg... Read More about Evolution of consistent conjectures in semi-aggregative representation of games, with applications to public good games and contests.

Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system (2017)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Berlinski, S., & Cabrales, A. (2017). Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system. Journal of European Economic Association, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx001

This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for example... Read More about Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system.

Job and worker turnover in German establishments (2017)
Journal Article
Bellmann, L., Gerner, H.-D., & Upward, R. (2018). Job and worker turnover in German establishments. Manchester School, 86(4), 417-445. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12187

We use a simple non-parametric regression approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993--2014. Although it is often claimed that firms in Europe... Read More about Job and worker turnover in German establishments.

Growth and inequality in public good provision (2017)
Journal Article
Gaechter, S., Mengel, F., Tsakas, E., & Vostroknutov, A. (2017). Growth and inequality in public good provision. Journal of Public Economics, 150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.03.002

In a novel experimental design we study public good games with dynamic interdependencies, where each agent’s wealth at the end of period t serves as her endowment in t + 1. In this setting growth and inequality arise endogenously allowing us to addre... Read More about Growth and inequality in public good provision.

Product and labor market entry costs, underemployment and international trade (2017)
Book Chapter
Bougheas, S., & Riezman, R. (2017). Product and labor market entry costs, underemployment and international trade. In B. J. Christensen, & C. Kowalczyk (Eds.), Globalization: strategies and effects (19-45). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49502-5_2

We develop a small, open economy, two-sector model with heterogeneous agents and endogenous participation in a labor matching market. There are two types of agents: workers and entrepreneurs. Both populations are heterogeneous. Workers are distinguis... Read More about Product and labor market entry costs, underemployment and international trade.

From mine to coast: transport infrastructure and the direction of trade in developing countries (2017)
Journal Article
Bonfatti, R., & Poelhekke, S. (2017). From mine to coast: transport infrastructure and the direction of trade in developing countries. Journal of Development Economics, 127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.03.004

Mine-related transport infrastructure typically connects mines directly to the coast, a pat- tern that is most clearly seen in Africa. We estimate the effect of such infrastructure on the pattern of bilateral trade flows. We find that a standard devi... Read More about From mine to coast: transport infrastructure and the direction of trade in developing countries.

Producer services and trade liberalization (2017)
Book Chapter
Breinlich, H. (2017). Producer services and trade liberalization. In D. Richardson, N. Castree, M. M. Goodchild, A. Kobayashi, W. Liu, & R. A. Marston (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Geography. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0460

Trade liberalization and recent advances in communication and information technologies increasingly permit the trade of producer services across borders. This entry discusses research on the nature and importance of such trade, and on the consequence... Read More about Producer services and trade liberalization.