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Social norms: Enforcement, breakdown & polarization (2024)
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Balafoutas, L., Dimant, E., Gächter, S., & Krupka, E. (2024). Social norms: Enforcement, breakdown & polarization. European Economic Review, 170, Article 104885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104885

The collection of scientific contributions in this special issue explores the role of social norms in guiding collective behavior and the complexities of enforcing these norms in polarized contexts. It examines how norms, while fostering social cohes... Read More about Social norms: Enforcement, breakdown & polarization.

Shock persistence, uncertainty, and news-driven business cycles (2024)
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Lee, K., Shields, K., & Turnip, G. (2024). Shock persistence, uncertainty, and news-driven business cycles. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 29, Article e43. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100524000555

This paper distinguishes news about short-lived events from news about changes in longer term prospects using surveys of expectations. Employing a multivariate GARCH-in-Mean model for the US, the paper illustrates how the different types of news infl... Read More about Shock persistence, uncertainty, and news-driven business cycles.

Using double-debiased machine learning to estimate the impact of Covid-19 vaccination on mortality and staff absences in elderly care homes (2024)
Journal Article
Girma, S., & Paton, D. (2024). Using double-debiased machine learning to estimate the impact of Covid-19 vaccination on mortality and staff absences in elderly care homes. European Economic Review, 170, Article 104882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104882

Machine learning approaches provide an alternative to traditional fixed effects estimators in causal inference. In particular, double-debiased machine learning (DDML) can control for confounders without making subjective judgements about appropriate... Read More about Using double-debiased machine learning to estimate the impact of Covid-19 vaccination on mortality and staff absences in elderly care homes.

Shadow banking, macroprudential regulation and redistributional effects (2024)
Journal Article
Rubio, M. (2024). Shadow banking, macroprudential regulation and redistributional effects. European Journal of Finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2024.2401590

This paper studies the implications of increasing the size of the shadow banking sector for economic activity, financial stability, and welfare. I consider a DSGE model in which lending can come from two different sources; a formal bank or private le... Read More about Shadow banking, macroprudential regulation and redistributional effects.

Cognitive impairment and exploitation: connecting fragments of a bigger picture through data (2024)
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Abubakar, A. M., Seymour, R. G., Gardner, A., Lambert, I., Fyson, R., & Wright, N. (2024). Cognitive impairment and exploitation: connecting fragments of a bigger picture through data. Journal of Public Health, 46(4), 498-505. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae266

Background
Exploitation poses a significant public health concern. This paper highlights ‘jigsaw pieces’ of statistical evidence, indicating cognitive impairment as a pre- or co-existing factor in exploitation.

Methods
We reviewed English Safegu... Read More about Cognitive impairment and exploitation: connecting fragments of a bigger picture through data.

Cognitive Impairment as A Vulnerability for Exploitation: A Scoping Review (2024)
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Lambert, I., Wright, N., Gardner, A., Fyson, R., Abubakar, A., & Clawson, R. (2024). Cognitive Impairment as A Vulnerability for Exploitation: A Scoping Review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241282993

Exploitation is a form of abuse that occurs when one person unfairly manipulates another for profit or personal gain. Various individual and social characteristics have the potential to increase an individual’s risk of being exploited. Cognitive impa... Read More about Cognitive Impairment as A Vulnerability for Exploitation: A Scoping Review.

Crop Diversification, Household Welfare and Conflict: Afghanistan 2011–2017 (2024)
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Ahmadzai, H., & Morrissey, O. (2024). Crop Diversification, Household Welfare and Conflict: Afghanistan 2011–2017. Journal of Development Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2404576

We use three waves (2011–2012 to 2016–2017) of nationally representative repeated cross section surveys to study the impact of crop diversification (number of crops grown) on household welfare, measured by real adult equivalent consumption and food e... Read More about Crop Diversification, Household Welfare and Conflict: Afghanistan 2011–2017.

The effect of health facility ownership on perceived healthcare quality: evidence from Ghana (2024)
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Bawuah, A., Appleton, S., & Li, Y. (2024). The effect of health facility ownership on perceived healthcare quality: evidence from Ghana. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 24(4), 571-593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-024-09385-0

Whether private healthcare providers should be encouraged over public providers remains unclear. On the one hand, because private providers are profit-driven, they are more motivated to compete for demand by enhancing quality if demand is elastic. Ho... Read More about The effect of health facility ownership on perceived healthcare quality: evidence from Ghana.

To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence (2024)
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Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Hauk, E. (2024). To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 227, Article 106712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106712

This article explores the complex interplay between deforestation policies and foreign influence, using a game theoretical model to analyze geopolitical factors influencing forest conservation decisions in countries with significant rainforests. The... Read More about To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence.

The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me (2024)
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Ferguson, E., Bowen, S., Mills, R., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Lawrence, C., Maharaj, R., Starmer, C., Barr, A., Williams, T., Croucher, M., & Brailsford, S. R. (in press). The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me. Vox Sanguinis, https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13731

Background and Objectives
Homophily represents the extent to which people feel others are like them and encourages the uptake of activities they feel people like them do. Currently, there are no data on blood donor homophily with respect to (i) peop... Read More about The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me.