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作者：Heffetz, Ori; Reeves, Daniel B.
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Cornell University
摘要：How high is unemployment? How low is labor force participation? Is obesity more prevalent among men? How large are household expenditures? We study the sources of the relevant official statistics-the Current Population Survey, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and the Consumer Expenditure Survey-and find that the answers depend on whether we look at easy- or at difficult-to-reach respondents, measured by the number of call and visit attempts made by interviewers. A challenge to t...
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作者：Head, Keith; Li, Yao Amber; Minondo, Asier
作者单位：University of British Columbia; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; University of Deusto
摘要：Combining data on locations with career and educational histories of mathematicians, we study how distance and ties affect citation patterns. The ties considered include coauthorship, past colocation, and relationships mediated by advisers and the alma mater. With fixed effects capturing subject similarity and article quality, we find linkages are strongly associated with citation. Controlling for ties generally halves the negative impact of geographic barriers on citations. Ties matter more f...
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作者：Agrawal, David R.; Foremny, Dirk
作者单位：University of Kentucky; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; University of Barcelona
摘要：A Spanish reform granted regions the authority to set income tax rates, resulting in substantial tax differentials. Using administrative data, we find that conditional on moving, taxes have a significant effect on location choice. A 1% increase in the net-of-tax rate for a region relative to others increases the probability of moving to that region by 1.7 percentage points. We estimate an elasticity of the number of top taxpayers with respect to net-of-tax rates of 0.85. The mechanical increas...
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作者：Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud
作者单位：University of Oslo; CY Cergy Paris Universite; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：This paper develops a criterion to assess equalization of opportunity that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. We characterize inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context, equalization of opportunity requires that the extent of the illegitimate advantage enjoyed by the privileged groups falls. Robustness requires that this judgment be supported by the broadest class of individual preferences...
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作者：Abadie, Alberto; Kasy, Maximilian
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Harvard University
摘要：Many settings in empirical economics involve estimation of a large number of parameters. In such settings, methods that combine regularized estimation and data-driven choices of regularization parameters are useful. We provide guidance to applied researchers on the choice between regularized estimators and data-driven selection of regularization parameters. We characterize the risk and relative performance of regularized estimators as a function of the data-generating process and show that dat...
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作者：Jin, Ginger Zhe; Jones, Benjamin; Lu, Susan Feng; Uzzi, Brian
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; National Bureau of Economic Research; Northwestern University; Purdue University System; Purdue University
摘要：Teamwork pervades modern production, yet teamwork can make individual roles difficult to ascertain. The Matthew effect suggests that communities reward eminent team members for great outcomes at the expense of less eminent team members. We study this phenomenon in reverse, investigating credit sharing after damaging events. Our context is article retractions in the sciences. We find that retractions impose little citation penalty on the prior work of eminent coauthors, but less eminent coautho...
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作者：Davies, Ronald B.; Martin, Julien; Parenti, Mathieu; Toubal, Farid
作者单位：University College Dublin; University of Quebec; University of Quebec Montreal; Trinity College Dublin; Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Universite Paris Saclay
摘要：This paper analyzes the transfer pricing of multinational firms. Intrafirm prices may systematically deviate from arm's-length prices for two motives: pricing to market and tax avoidance. Using French firm-level data on arm's-length and intrafirm export prices, we find that the sensitivity of intrafirm prices to foreign taxes is reinforced once we control for pricing-to-market determinants. Most important, we find no evidence of tax avoidance if we disregard tax haven destinations. Tax avoidan...
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作者：Agha, Leila; Molitor, David
作者单位：Dartmouth College; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
摘要：Local opinion leaders may play a key role in easing information frictions associated with technology adoption. This paper analyzes the influence of physician investigators who lead clinical trials for new cancer drugs. By comparing diffusion patterns across 21 new cancer drugs, we separate correlated regional demand for new technology from information spillovers. Patients in the lead investigator's region are initially 36% more likely to receive the new drug, but utilization converges within f...
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作者：Colussi, Tommaso
作者单位：IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：This paper employs a unique data set on articles, authors, and editors of the top general interest journals in economics to investigate the role of social connections in the publication process. Ties between editors and authors are identified based on their academic histories. About 43% of the articles published in these journals are authored by scholars connected to one editor at the time of the publication. Ph.D. students and faculty colleagues of an editor also improve their publication out...
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作者：Dong, Yingying; Shen, Shu
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of California System; University of California Davis
摘要：This paper discusses testable implications of rank invariance or rank similarity, assumptions that are common in program evaluation and in the quantile treatment effect (QTE) literature. We nonparametrically identify, estimate, and test the counterfactual distribution of potential ranks, or features of the distribution. The proposed tests allow treatment to be endogenous, with exogenous treatment following as a special case. The tests essentially do not require any additional assumptions other...
