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Naivety about hidden information: An experimental investigation (2021)
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Montero, M., & Sheth, J. D. (2021). Naivety about hidden information: An experimental investigation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 192, 92-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.09.032

The unraveling prediction of disclosure theory relies on the idea that strategic forces lead firms (information senders) to voluntarily disclose information about the quality of their products provided the information disclosed is verifiable and the... Read More about Naivety about hidden information: An experimental investigation.

Policy Effects of International Taxation on Firm Dynamics and Capital Structure (2021)
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Spencer, A. H. (2022). Policy Effects of International Taxation on Firm Dynamics and Capital Structure. Review of Economic Studies, 89(4), 2149-2200. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab071

This article develops a quantitative open economy framework with dynamics, firm heterogeneity and financial frictions to study the impact of corporate tax reforms targeted at multinationals. The model quantifies their impact on firm selection, produc... Read More about Policy Effects of International Taxation on Firm Dynamics and Capital Structure.

The Geography of Knowledge and R&D-led Growth (2021)
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Aloi, M., Poyago-Theotoky, J., & Tournemaine, F. (2022). The Geography of Knowledge and R&D-led Growth. Journal of Economic Geography, 22(6), 1149–1190. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbab019

We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography, market structure, growth and regional inequality. We provide conditions for existence and uniqueness of a spatial equilibrium, and f... Read More about The Geography of Knowledge and R&D-led Growth.

Externalities in knowledge production: evidence from a randomized field experiment (2021)
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Hinnosaar, M., Hinnosaar, T., Kummer, M. E., & Slivko, O. (2022). Externalities in knowledge production: evidence from a randomized field experiment. Experimental Economics, 25(2), 706-733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-021-09730-x

Are there positive or negative externalities in knowledge production? We analyze whether current contributions to knowledge production increase or decrease the future growth of knowledge. To assess this, we use a randomized field experiment that adde... Read More about Externalities in knowledge production: evidence from a randomized field experiment.

Implementation in Pakistan of the US Integrated Cargo Container Control program: Trade‐facilitating or not? (2021)
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Ali, S., Kneller, R., & Milner, C. (2021). Implementation in Pakistan of the US Integrated Cargo Container Control program: Trade‐facilitating or not?. Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue Canadienne d'Économique, 54(3), 1136-1167. https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12533

Using novel firm-level data, we examine the trade effect of the changed security arrangements for Pakistan's exports to the US following 9/11. The pre-shipment scanning facility introduced by the Integrated Cargo Container Control (IC3) program, foll... Read More about Implementation in Pakistan of the US Integrated Cargo Container Control program: Trade‐facilitating or not?.

Cash Crops, Print Technologies, and the Politicization of Ethnicity in Africa (2021)
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Pengl, Y. I., Roessler, P., & Rueda, V. (2022). Cash Crops, Print Technologies, and the Politicization of Ethnicity in Africa. American Political Science Review, 116(1), 181-199. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421000782

What are the origins of the ethnic landscapes in contemporary states? Drawing on a preregistered research design, we test the influence of dual socioeconomic revolutions that spread throughout Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - ex... Read More about Cash Crops, Print Technologies, and the Politicization of Ethnicity in Africa.

Original sin in corporate finance: New evidence from Asian bond issuers in onshore and offshore markets (2021)
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Mizen, P., Packer, F., Remolona, E., & Tsoukas, S. (2021). Original sin in corporate finance: New evidence from Asian bond issuers in onshore and offshore markets. Journal of International Money and Finance, 119, Article 102489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2021.102489

In this paper, we focus on the surprising phenomenon in which firms face difficulty issuing in domestic currency even in the home market, especially in emerging markets. Could this be due to "original sin" which has been familiar to sovereign bond is... Read More about Original sin in corporate finance: New evidence from Asian bond issuers in onshore and offshore markets.

Individual-level loss aversion in riskless and risky choices (2021)
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Gächter, S., Johnson, E. J., & Herrmann, A. (2022). Individual-level loss aversion in riskless and risky choices. Theory and Decision, 92(3-4), 599-624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-021-09839-8

Loss aversion can occur in riskless and risky choices. We present novel evidence on both in a non-student sample (660 randomly selected customers of a car manufacturer). We measure loss aversion in riskless choice in endowment effect experiments with... Read More about Individual-level loss aversion in riskless and risky choices.

Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe (2021)
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Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X.-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., González, R., …Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(35), Article e2023846118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023846118

Humans are social animals, but not everyone will be mindful of others to the same extent. Individual differences have been found, but would social mindfulness also be shaped by one’s location in the world? Expecting cross-national differences to exis... Read More about Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe.

Confidence snowballing and relative performance feedback (2021)
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Murad, Z., & Starmer, C. (2021). Confidence snowballing and relative performance feedback. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 190, 550-572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.08.006

We investigate whether uninformative relative performance feedback can create biases in confidence leading it to 'snowball'. We study elicited confidence about own performance, relative to other group members, in three stages. As subjects move across... Read More about Confidence snowballing and relative performance feedback.