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The Distribution Dynamics of Income in Central and Eastern Europe relative to the EU: A Nonparametric Analysis
(2013-11-01)
After more than two decades of transition and integration, countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) still exhibit income levels that are significantly lower than the European Union (EU) average. This paper examines ...
Essays on Banking
(2013)
Does monetary policy act as a constraint on the quantity of bank credit? Does it affect banks’ risk-taking? Do markets monitor banks’ risk-taking behavior? These questions have important implications on our understanding ...
Being Entrepreneurial in Your Storytelling: An Institutional Tale
(2013-11)
Stories help us make sense of the world around us and our role in it, including defining ‘success’. Stories reflect society and culture at large, but are also very context-specific; they involve particular individuals and ...
Lessons Learned from Tax vs. Expenditure Based Fiscal Consolidation in the European Transition Economies
(2013-09-01)
European Union member countries are currently exposed to negative implications of the economic and debt crisis. Questions associated with disputable implications of fiscal incentives seem to be contrary to the crucial need ...
Class Action Litigation after Dukes: In Search of a Remedy for Gender Discrimination
(2013-11)
In this Article we argue for substantial reforms to our system of combating workplace gender discrimination in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes. To help counter discrimination victims’ ...
Specialization, gravity, and European trade in final goods
(2013-07-01)
By combining and extending the previous literature, we develop and test a gravity specification that views bilateral gravity equations rooted in a Heckscher-Ohlin framework as statistical relationships constrained on ...
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 ...
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 ...