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作者:Li, Shanjun; Zhu, Xianglei; Ma, Yiding; Zhang, Fan; Zhou, Hui
作者单位:Cornell University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Resources for the Future; Cornell University; The World Bank; Cornell University
摘要:Governments in many countries have offered various incentives to promote the diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs). This study examines the effectiveness of various policy measures that underlie the rapid development of the EV market in China, by far the world's largest such market. The analysis is based on detailed data on EV sales, local and central government incentive programs, and charging stations in 150 cities from 2015 to 2018. The empirical framework addresses the potential endogeneity...
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作者:Decker, Paul; Kelly, Kevin
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作者:Elacqua, Gregory; Hincapie, Diana; Hincapie, Isabel; Montalva, Veronica
作者单位:Inter-American Development Bank; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; The World Bank
摘要:Extensive sorting of high-performing teachers into the most advantaged schools contributes to the wide socioeconomic achievement gaps in many countries. The Chilean Pedagogical Excellence Assignment (AEP) pays bonuses to high-performing teachers that are larger if they work at a disadvantaged school. Using a sharp regression discontinuity based on the program's eligibility rules, we estimate how the award affects where high-performing teachers choose to work. The bonus, equivalent to 16 percen...
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作者:Tekin, Erdal
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作者:Dusek, Libor; Pardo, Nicolas; Traxler, Christian
作者单位:Charles University Prague; Hertie School; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Max Planck Society
摘要:This paper studies the enforcement of fines, and, in particular, the effects of simplification and salience nudges on timely payments. In a randomized controlled trial, we add cover letters to 80,000 payment notifications for speeding. The letters increase the salience of the payment deadline, the late penalty, or both. Emphasizing only the deadline is not effective. Stressing the late penalty significantly and persistently increases payment rates. The effect is largest if both parameters are ...
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作者:Chen, Alice J.; Munnich, Elizabeth L.; Parente, Stephen T.; Richards, Michael R.
作者单位:University of Southern California; University of Louisville; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Baylor University
摘要:Medicare is a roughly $700 billion public program, with physician payments representing one of its largest expenditures. Medicare's prices are also administratively set, which leaves the structure of payment changes subject to a political process that may introduce idiosyncratic features and even perverse incentives. At the same time, physician responses to changes in Medicare reimbursements are likely to vary according to the policy's duration, scope, and size. We study a setting where broad ...
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作者:Cancian, Maria; Meyer, Daniel R.; Wood, Robert G.
作者单位:Georgetown University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Mathematica
摘要:Most children in the United States will spend at least part of their childhood living apart from one of their parents; the child support system is designed to ensure that they nonetheless receive financial support. While the system is largely effective when noncustodial parents have substantial regular earnings, many noncustodial parents, including a disproportionate share of those whose children live in poverty, have limited earnings and ability to pay child support. The system's response to ...