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The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Investigation (2021)
Journal Article
Facchini, G., Silva, P., & Willmann, G. (2021). The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Investigation. Economic Journal, 131(640), 3207-3240. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab044

We develop a political economy model to study the decision of representative democracies to join a preferential trading agreement (PTA), distinguishing between free trade areas (FTA) and customs unions (CU). Our theoretical analysis shows that bilate... Read More about The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Investigation.

The safest time to fly: pandemic response in the era of Fox News (2021)
Journal Article
Ananyev, M., Poyker, M., & Tian, Y. (2021). The safest time to fly: pandemic response in the era of Fox News. Journal of Population Economics, 34(3), 775-802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00847-0

We document a causal effect of the conservative Fox News Channel in the USA on physical distancing during COVID-19 pandemic. We measure county-level mobility covering all US states and District of Columbia produced by GPS pings to 15–17 million smart... Read More about The safest time to fly: pandemic response in the era of Fox News.

Sex and the mission: the conflicting effects of early Christian missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (2020)
Journal Article
Cagé, J., & Rueda, V. (2020). Sex and the mission: the conflicting effects of early Christian missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Demographic Economics, 86(3), 213-257. https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2019.16

This article investigates the long-term impact of historical missionary activity on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. On the one hand, missionaries were the first to invest in modern medicine in the region. On the other hand, Christianity influenced sexual... Read More about Sex and the mission: the conflicting effects of early Christian missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pareto-Efficient Solutions for Shared Public Good Provision: Nash Bargaining versus Exchange-Matching-Lindahl (2020)
Journal Article
Dijkstra, B. R., & Nentjes, A. (2020). Pareto-Efficient Solutions for Shared Public Good Provision: Nash Bargaining versus Exchange-Matching-Lindahl. Resource and Energy Economics, 61, Article 101179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2020.101179

We compare two cooperation mechanisms for consumer/producers of a public good: the Nash Bargaining Solution (NBS) and the Exchange-Matching-Lindahl (EML) solution, where each agent specifies her demand for and supply of the public good according to h... Read More about Pareto-Efficient Solutions for Shared Public Good Provision: Nash Bargaining versus Exchange-Matching-Lindahl.

Trade liberalization, input intermediaries and firm productivity: Evidence from China (2020)
Journal Article
Defever, F., Imbruno, M., & Kneller, R. (2020). Trade liberalization, input intermediaries and firm productivity: Evidence from China. Journal of International Economics, 126, Article 103329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103329

We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on fi... Read More about Trade liberalization, input intermediaries and firm productivity: Evidence from China.

Does transparency come at the cost of charitable services? Evidence from investigating British charities (2020)
Journal Article
Dang, C. T., & Owens, T. (2020). Does transparency come at the cost of charitable services? Evidence from investigating British charities. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 172, 314-343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.02.020

Recent high-profile scandals related to misuse of funding and donations have raised the demand for scrutiny over financial transparency and operational activities of non-profit organizations in developed countries. Our analysis challenges the common... Read More about Does transparency come at the cost of charitable services? Evidence from investigating British charities.

Incentives and Careers in Academia: Theory and Empirical Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Checchi, D., De Fraja, G., & Verzillo, S. (2020). Incentives and Careers in Academia: Theory and Empirical Analysis. Review of Economics and Statistics, 103(4), 1-46. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00916

We study career concerns in Italian academia. We mould our empirical analysis on the standard model of contests, formalised in the multi-unit all-pay auction. The number of posts, the number of applicants, and the relative importance of the criteria... Read More about Incentives and Careers in Academia: Theory and Empirical Analysis.