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Three Misallocations
(2014)
I study three forms of misallocation that distort production and lower aggregate economic output. Imperfect markets and imperfect governance are hallmarks of a developing country. I assess whether the misallocation caused ...
Where is the Hospitality in Your Library?
(2014-04-30)
In the library and information fields, we spend countless hours focusing on making our world a more self-service environment. While many patrons much prefer to work independently and easily find resources on their own, we ...
Competition and Optimization in Electricity Systems
(2014)
Electricity prices are characterized by high volatility and severe price spikes. At the root of these phenomena is the strategic behavior of market participants. A good understanding of the market competition is key to ...
Ailing Mothers, Healthy Daughters? Contagion in the Central European Banking Sector
(2014-01-01)
Foreign-dominated banking sectors, such as those prevalent in Central and Eastern Europe, are susceptible to two major sources of systemic risk: (i) linkages between local banks and (ii) linkages between a foreign mother ...
Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Europe
(2014-02-01)
There is no gender difference between success in establishing a business once both males and females have the same preference to self-employment and attempts towards establishing a new business. However, the gender gap ...
Measuring and analyzing the non-monetary approach of multidimensional poverty by the basic needs in Togo
(2014-08-01)
This paper aims at measuring and analyzing the non-monetary aspect of multidimensional poverty by the basic needs according to the characteristics of household head. This is the first study in this matter in Togo and using ...
On the Evolution of Collective Enforcement Institutions: Communities and Courts
(2014-02)
We analyze the capacities of communities (or social networks) and courts to secure cooperation among heterogeneous, impersonal transactors. We find that communities and courts are complementary in that they tend to support ...
The Liquidity Premium of Near-Money Assets
(2014-06)
Treasury bills and other near-money assets provide owners with liquidity service benefits that are reflected in prices in the form of a liquidity premium. I relate time variation in this liquidity premium to changes in the ...
Business Information: Help and Resources are Closer than they Appear
(2014-04-25)
Libraries everywhere are faced with many challenges: shrinking physical spaces, decreasing budgets and increasing demand, just to name a few. Over the last few years, the State of Michigan has placed more of an emphasis ...
Why Guarantee Employment? Three Essays on the World’s Largest Public-Works Program.
(2014)
The Indian government started implementing the world’s largest public-works program, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), in 2006. With a legal guarantee of 100 days of public employment per year for all ...