The Long-Run Effects of Recessions on Education and Income
This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1980-1982 recession on education and income. Using confidential Census data, I estimate...............
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Unilateral and Multilateral Sanctions: A Network Approach
The extensive literature on efficacy of sanctions has been mainly focused on a dyadic interaction between sender and target. In contrast, this paper examines......
What are We Talking About when We Discuss Digital Protectionism?
Victor Hugo once wrote that “No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.” In 2006, law professor Tim Wu put forward an idea about the.........
Urban Population and Amenities: The Neoclassical Model of Location
We develop a neoclassical general-equilibrium model to explain cross-metro variation in population, density, and land supply. We provide new methods to estimate....
Migration Networks and Location Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Mass Migration
This paper examines the effects of birth town migration networks on location decisions. We study over one million long-run location decisions made during........
Governance Spillovers of Labour Provisions in Free Trade Agreements
Most people know that governments such as the US, EU, and Canada use labour rights provisions in trade agreements to improve labour rights. They believe...
Repression, Civil Conflict, And Leadership Tenure: A Case Study of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is a repressive regime, which Nursultan Nazarbayev has ruled since 1991 (CIA: 2017). Some analysts believe his approach to repression explains his...
The Effect of Social Connectedness on Crime: Evidence from the Great Migration
This paper estimates the effect of social connectedness on crime across U.S. cities from 1960- 2009. Migration networks among African Americans from the South........
Network Formation with Multigraphs and Strategic Complementarities
Economic agents are typically connected to others in multiple network relationships, and the architecture of one network could be shaped by connections in other.......
Repression, Civil Conflict, and Leadership Tenure: A Case Study of Honduras
In many of our case studies, governments use repression to maintain power and to prevent others from obtaining power. But in Honduras, repression need......
Taming the Tiger: Peaceful and Violent Protest and the Repressive Responses of Government
Herein, we examine the kinds of protest that leaders see as threatening to their ability to retain political power. Then, we focus on how leaders respond to..
Pollution or Crime: The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Criminal Activity
Many cities in Latin America, Asia and Europe have imposed restrictions on the use of motor vehicles in an effort to reduce traffic congestion or improve........
Redefining Protectionism: The New Challenge in the Digital Age
Twenty-first century protectionism is a slippery concept. With the introduction of digital trade, it is important for scholars and policymakers to rethink how.........
Information Please: A Comprehensive Approach to Digital Trade Provisions in NAFTA 2.0
Working Paper by Susan Ariel Aaronson that covers "A Comprehensive Approach to Digital Trade Provisions in NAFTA 2.0".
Information Please: A Comprehensive Approach to Digital Trade Provisions in NAFTA 2.0
Susan Ariel Aaronson is a senior fellow with the Global Economy Program. She is an expert in international trade, digital trade, corruption, good governance.....
Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils
Theories of how nonunion employee representation impacts firm performance, affects market equilibria, and generates externalities.....
Could Austerity Collapse the Economy of Puerto Rico?
Working Paper by Paul Carrillo, Anthony Yezer, & Jozefina Kalaj (George Washington University)
State Ownership and Transparency in Foreign Direct Investment: Loose-Lipped Leviathan?
Working Paper on "State Ownership and Transparency in Foreign Direct Investment".
Businesspeople in Elected Office: Identifying Private Benefits from Firm-Level Returns
Working Paper by David Szakonyi on "Identifying Private Benefits from Firm-Level Returns".
Bolder Divestment Not Better Performance Contracts are the Solution for India’s Public Sector
This paper analyses the performance of India’s Public Sector Undertakings (PSU’s) using measures of labor and overall efficiency and productivity indicators as......
State Ownership and Transparency in Foreign Direct Investment: Loose-Lipped Leviathan?
We contribute to literature on state-owned multinationals by examining an understudied element of MNE strategy - transparency. Drawing insight from accounting,.....
Capital Flows and Sovereign Debt Markets: Evidence from Index Rebalancings
Working Paper by Tomas Williams and Lorenzo Pandolfi on "Capital Flows and Sovereign Debt Markets".
Capital Inflows, Sovereign Debt and Bank Lending: Micro-Evidence from an Emerging Market
Working Paper by Tomas Williams on "Capital Inflows, Sovereign Debt and Bank Lending".
Capital Flows and Sovereign Debt Markets: Evidence from Index Rebalancings
In this paper we analyze how government bond prices and liquidity are affected by capital flows to the sovereign debt market. Additionally, we explore............
Capital Flows and Sovereign Debt Markets: Evidence from Index Rebalancings
by Tomas Williams (George Washington University) and Lorenzo Pandolfi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)