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R&D restructuring during the Great Recession and young firms (2022)
Journal Article
Garcia-Vega, M. (2022). R&D restructuring during the Great Recession and young firms. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 81, Article 102819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2021.102819

In this paper, I examine whether the Great Recession of the late 2000s (henceforth abbreviated as GR) had an effect on the organization of R&D in young versus older firms. Using a difference-in-difference approach and propensity score reweighting est... Read More about R&D restructuring during the Great Recession and young firms.

Differential price responses for tobacco consumption: implications for tax incidence (2022)
Journal Article
Cruces, G., Falcone, G., & Puig, J. (2022). Differential price responses for tobacco consumption: implications for tax incidence. Tobacco Control, 31(Suppl 2), s95-s100. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056846

Increasing tobacco taxes is considered the most effective an cost-effective policy to reduce tobacco consumption. However, a common objection to tobacco taxes is that they tend to rely disproportionately on the poorest individuals since less affluent... Read More about Differential price responses for tobacco consumption: implications for tax incidence.

An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games (2021)
Journal Article
Montero, M., & Possajennikov, A. (2021). An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games. Games, 13(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/g13010005

This paper presents a simple adaptive model of demand adjustment in cooperative games and analyzes this model in weighted majority games. In the model, a randomly chosen player sets her demand to the highest possible value subject to the demands of o... Read More about An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games.

Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving (2021)
Book Chapter
Lohse, J., & Sharf, K. (2021). Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving. In H. Peter, & G. L. Huber (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139201

While insights into optimal fundraising strategies inform the debate on whether fundraising is valuable to non-profits seeking to maximize their charitable income, they do not speak to questions related to production efficiency or the optimal size an... Read More about Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving.

Early Childhood Health During Conflict: The Legacy of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda* (2021)
Journal Article
Bridges, S., & Scott, D. (2021). Early Childhood Health During Conflict: The Legacy of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda*. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 84(4), 694-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12480

This paper finds evidence of severe health deficits among young children who were exposed to the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency in Northern Uganda (1987–2007). We employ a difference-in-differences approach to estimate a 0.74 standard deviation de... Read More about Early Childhood Health During Conflict: The Legacy of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda*.

Default Effects of Credit Card Minimum Payments (2021)
Journal Article
Sakaguchi, H., Stewart, N., Gathergood, J., Adams, P., Guttman-Kenney, B., Hayes, L., & Hunt, S. (2022). Default Effects of Credit Card Minimum Payments. Journal of Marketing Research, 59(4), 775-796. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222437211070589

Credit card minimum payments are designed to ensure that individuals pay down their debt over time, and scheduling minimum automatic repayments helps to avoid forgetting to repay. Yet minimum payments have additional, unintended psychological default... Read More about Default Effects of Credit Card Minimum Payments.

Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance (2021)
Journal Article
Bicchieri, C., Dimant, E., Gächter, S., & Nosenzo, D. (2022). Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance. Games and Economic Behavior, 132, 59-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2021.11.012

We study how compliance with norms of pro-social behavior is influenced by peers' compliance in a dynamic and non-strategic experimental setting. We show that social proximity among peers is a crucial determinant of the effect. Without social proximi... Read More about Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance.

Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns (2021)
Journal Article
Facchini, G., Margalit, Y., & Nakata, H. (2022). Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns. European Economic Review, 141, Article 103959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103959

Is opposition to immigration deeply entrenched or is it open to updating in the face of new information? We explore this question by examining how attitudes of native citizens shift following exposure to information that points to potential upsides o... Read More about Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns.

Estimation of large dimensional time varying VARs using copulas (2021)
Journal Article
Tsionas, M. G., Izzeldin, M., & Trapani, L. (2022). Estimation of large dimensional time varying VARs using copulas. European Economic Review, 141, Article 103952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103952

This paper provides a simple, yet reliable, alternative to the (Bayesian) estimation of large multivariate VARs with time variation in the conditional mean equations and/or in the covariance structure. The original multivariate, n-dimensional model i... Read More about Estimation of large dimensional time varying VARs using copulas.

Contagion in networks: Stability and efficiency (2021)
Journal Article
Bougheas, S. (2022). Contagion in networks: Stability and efficiency. Mathematical Social Sciences, 115, 64-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2021.10.006

We study the formation of networks in environments where agents derive benefits from their neighbours (immediate links) but suffer losses through contagion when any agent on a path that connects them is hit by a shock. We first consider networks with... Read More about Contagion in networks: Stability and efficiency.