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作者：Bisschop, Paul; Kastoryano, Stephen; van der Klaauw, Bas
作者单位：University of Mannheim; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
摘要：This paper studies the effects of legal street prostitution zones on registered and perceived crime. We exploit a unique setting in the Netherlands where these tippelzones were opened in nine cities under different regulation systems. Our difference-in-difference analysis of 25 Dutch cities between 1994-2011 shows that opening a tippelzone decreases registered sexual abuse and rape by about 30-40 percent in the first two years. For cities which enforced licensing in tippelzones, we also find r...
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作者：Houde, Sebastien; Aldy, Joseph E.
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Harvard University; Resources for the Future; National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Strategic & International Studies
摘要：Through an evaluation of the 2009 Recovery Act's State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program, this paper examines consumers' response to energy efficiency rebates. The analysis shows that 70 percent of consumers claiming a rebate were inframarginal and an additional 15 percent 20 percent of consumers simply delayed their purchases by a few weeks. Consumers responded to rebates by upgrading to higher quality, but less energy-efficient models. Overall the impact of the program on long-term e...
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作者：Mattoo, Aaditya; Mishra, Prachi; Subramanian, Arvind
作者单位：The World Bank; Reserve Bank of India
摘要：This paper estimates the effect of China's exchange rate changes on exports of developing countries in third markets. The degree of competition between China and its developing country competitors in specific products and destinations plays a key role in the identification strategy. The strategy exploits variation across exporters, importers, products and time-afforded both by disaggregated trade data and bilateral exchange rates-to estimate this competitor country effect. There is robust evid...
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作者：Ramnath, Shanthi P.; Tong, Patricia K.
作者单位：United States Department of the Treasury
摘要：Low-income households not required to file often fail to receive benefits provided through the tax code. In 2008, the US government made people with at least $3,000 in earnings eligible for a stimulus payment if they filed a tax return. Using eligibility for this credit as an instrument for filing, we find with administrative data that filing reduces the probability of living in poverty in future years, which is a result of increases in EITC claiming, workforce attachment, and earnings. These ...
