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Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Transition Economies: The Case of the Republic of Macedonia
(2011-04-01)
This paper investigates the relative costs and benefits associated with introducing a different exchange rate regime in the Republic of Macedonia. In this finding, all econometrics results, using different methodologies ...
The Japanese Public Policies on Tax, Wages, and Standard Work Hours - Evidence from Micro Data.
(2013)
This dissertation theoretically and empirically examines several topics relating to the Japanese labor market. Chapter II explores how the 2004 tax reform in Japan affected the income distribution of married women. Quantile ...
Large‐scale science education intervention research we can use
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-03)
This article develops an argument that the type of intervention research most useful for improving science teaching and learning and leading to scalable interventions includes both research to develop and gather evidence ...
Pegging the future West African single currency in regard to internal/external competitiveness: a counterfactual analysis
(2010-02-01)
This paper compares different nominal anchors in the case of a fixed exchange rate regime for the future single regional currency of the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS). We study the anchor choice ...
The role of monetary policy in the New Keynesian Model: Evidence from Vietnam
(2014-02-01)
This paper reproduces a version of the New Keynesian model developed by Ireland (2004) and then uses the Vietnamese data from January 1995 to December 2012 to estimate the model’s parameters. The empirical results show ...
Default Settings in Defined Contribution Plans – a Comparative Approach to Fiduciary Obligation and the Role of Markets
(2012-01)
Both the United States and Australia have increased the use of default settings in defined contribution (DC) plans such as 401(k)s. However, policy makers in the two countries have taken different approaches to important ...
The Price Sensitivity Of Medicare Beneficiaries: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.The AEI Press, 2013-01)
We use 4 years of data from the retiree health benefits program of the University of Michigan to estimate the effect of price on the health plan choices of Medicare beneficiaries. During the period of our analysis, changes ...
Methodologies of Analyzing Inter-Regional Income Inequality and Their Applications to Russia
(2010-04-01)
This paper provides an overview of methodologies used to analyze inter-regional income inequality,and a critical survey of empirical studies that deal with Russian regions. It discusses implications of the growth theory ...
The Role of the Business Cycle in Exchange Rate Pass-Through: The Case of Finland
(2014-06-01)
In this paper we investigate whether exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) responds nonlinearly to economic activity along the business cycle. Using quarterly data spanning the period 1975:1 to 2011:1, we explore the existence ...
MODELING INSTITUTIONS, START-UPS AND PRODUCTIVITY DURING TRANSITION
(2010-02-01)
Central and Eastern European and the Baltic countries, which opted for a fast and profound transformation of their institutions including business climates, rapidly narrowed the productivity gap with advanced economies. ...