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Behavioral implications of shortlisting procedures
(Springer Berlin-Heidelberg, 2013-10)We consider two-stage “shortlisting procedures” in which the menu of alternatives is first pruned by some process or criterion and then a binary relation is maximized. Given a particular first-stage process, our main result ... -
Blended Identification in Structural VARs
The proposed blended approach combines identification via heteroskedasticity with sign/narrative restrictions, and instrumental variables. Since heteroskedasticity can point identify shocks, its use results in a sharp ... -
Breed wealth: origins, encounter value and the international love of a breed
(Wiley, 2020-03-09)This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Nash, C. Breed wealth: Origins, encounter value and the international love of a breed. Trans Inst Br Geogr. 2020; 00: 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12383, ... -
Buffer-stock Saving and Households' Response to Income Shocks
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Fella, G., Frache, S. and Koeniger, W. (2020), BUFFER‐STOCK SAVING AND HOUSEHOLDS' RESPONSE TO INCOME SHOCKS. International Economic Review. Accepted Author ... -
Can financial incentives reduce the baby gap? Evidence from a reform in maternity leave benefits
In this paper, I assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby gap between highly educated (high-earning) and less-educated (low-earning) women. I exploit a major ... -
Capital structure and financial flexibility: Expectations of future shocks
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Capturing Macroeconomic Tail Risks with Bayesian Vector Autoregressions
Many studies using quantile regressions (QRs) have found that downside risk to output growth varies more than upside risk. We show that Bayesian vector autoregressions (BVARs) with stochastic volatility are able to capture ... -
Categorization and Coordination
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CEO Turnover and Volatility under Long-Term Employment Contracts
(2019-01-01)© 2019 Cambridge University Press. We study the role of the contractual time horizon of CEOs for CEO turnover and corporate policies. Using hand-collected data on 3,954 fixed-term CEO contracts, we show that remaining time ... -
Changes in the quantity and quality of time use during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK: Who is the most affected?
We investigated changes in the quantity and quality of time spent on various activities in response to the COVID-19-induced national lockdowns in the UK. We examined effects both in the first national lockdown (May 2020) ...