1.
Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 26 Mar 2020
Last Revised: 11 Jun 2020
Working Paper Series
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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83,441
2.
Libertarian Paternalism is Not an Oxymoron
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 09 May 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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11,617
3.
Leading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender ‘Really’ Matter?
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 12 Jan 2021
Last Revised: 12 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Liverpool and University of Reading
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10,782
4.
Competition and Crisis in Mortgage Securitization
Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 88, p.213, (2013)
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 10 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 22 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Competition and Crisis in Mortgage Securitization
Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 88, p.213, (2013)
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 10 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 22 Sep 2013
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10,615
Competition and Crisis in Mortgage Securitization
Canadian Law & Economics Association Conference, September 2011
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 02 Oct 2011
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2012
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839
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10,615
5.
The Benefits and Costs of Using Social Distancing to Flatten the Curve for COVID-19
Forthcoming Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 27 Mar 2020
Last Revised: 22 Aug 2021
Accepted Paper Series
University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming and University of Wyoming
Downloads
9,020
6.
Abortion and Crime: Unwanted Children and Out-of-Wedlock Births
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 16 May 2001
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center and Crime Prevention Research Center
There are 2 versions of this paper
Abortion and Crime: Unwanted Children and Out-of-Wedlock Births
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 16 May 2001
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8,154
Abortion and Crime: Unwanted Children and Out-of-Wedlock Births
Economic Inquiry, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 304-324, April 2007
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 09 Mar 2007
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21
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8,154
7.
Origin of the Theory of Agency: An Account By One of the Theory's Originators
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 10 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Pittsburgh
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7,248
8.
Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism
Mukherjee, Anita. 2020. "Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism", American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 13 Nov 2014
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Wisconsin School of Business
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6,792
9.
Foreign Direct Investment in India: A Critical Analysis of FDI from 1991-2005
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 21 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
Centre for Civil Society
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6,383
10.
How Much Should We Trust the Dictator's GDP Growth Estimates?
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 27 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 07 Jul 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
There are 2 versions of this paper
How Much Should We Trust the Dictator's GDP Growth Estimates?
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 27 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 07 Jul 2021
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5,701
How Much Should We Trust the Dictator's GDP Growth Estimates?
University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-78
Number of pages: 87
Posted: 12 Jul 2021
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78
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5,701
11.
China’s Social Credit Systems and Public Opinion: Explaining High Levels of Approval
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 22 Aug 2018
Last Revised: 25 Dec 2018
Working Paper Series
Freie Universität, Berlin
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5,016
12.
The Failure of Good Intentions: The WorldCom Fraud and the Collapse of American Telecommunications After Deregulation
Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 207-267, 2003
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 01 Oct 2002
Last Revised: 22 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Criterion Economics, Inc.
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4,892
13.
How to Restructure Venezuelan Debt (¿Cómo restructurar la deuda venezolana?)
Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-52
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Last Revised: 22 Aug 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Center for Contract and Economic Organization and University of Virginia School of Law
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4,885
14.
Unemployment and the Eurozone Crisis: The State of Social Welfare in the Balkans
South-East Europe Review, Vol. 4, pp. 425-431, 2012
Posted: 04 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Prishtina and University of Messina
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3,488
15.
Early Evidence on Social Distancing in Response to COVID-19 in the United States
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 06 Apr 2020
Last Revised: 22 Aug 2021
Working Paper Series
UNC Greensboro
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3,425
16.
The Common Law and Economic Growth: Hayek Might Be Right
University of Virginia Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 00-8
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Jan 2000
Working Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Common Law and Economic Growth: Hayek Might Be Right
University of Virginia Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 00-8
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Jan 2000
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3,082
The Common Law and Economic Growth: Hayek Might Be Right
Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 503-525, June 2001
Posted: 12 Nov 2001
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3,082
17.
The New Comparative Economics
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 21 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, SKEMA Business School, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
There are 3 versions of this paper
The New Comparative Economics
NBER Working Paper No. w9608
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 05 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 17 Jun 2003
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131
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2,985
18.
A Theoretical Role for Government in the Financial Markets
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 02 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 08 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
University of North Florida
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2,949
19.
Hard Law & Soft Law in International Taxation
Wisconsin International Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer 2007, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1049
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 01 Jun 2007
Accepted Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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2,735
20.
Nudge and the Manipulation of Choice. A Framework for the Responsible Use of Nudge Approach to Behaviour Change in Public Policy
Hansen, Pelle G. and Jespersen, Andreas M., Nudge and the Manipulation of Choice: A Framework for the Responsible Use of the Nudge Approach to Behaviour Change in Public Policy, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 2013 (1), p.3-28
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 05 Feb 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Roskilde University - Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies and Roskilde University - Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies
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2,663
21.
Sectoral Effects of Social Distancing
HEC Paris Research Paper No. FIN-2020-1371
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 15 Apr 2020
Last Revised: 07 Jul 2020
Working Paper Series
HEC Paris, Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Bocconi University
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2,555
22.
The Leaky Leviathan: Why the Government Condemns and Condones Unlawful Disclosures of Information
Harvard Law Review, Vol. 127, pp. 512-635, 2013
Number of pages: 124
Posted: 25 Feb 2013
Last Revised: 24 Sep 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia University - Law School
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2,483
23.
Toward Fair and Sustainable Capitalism: A Comprehensive Proposal to Help American Workers, Restore Fair Gainsharing between Employees and Shareholders, and Increase American Competitiveness by Reorienting Our Corporate Governance System Toward Sustainable Long-Term Growth and Encouraging Investments in America’s Future
U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-39, Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Paper No. 1018
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 11 Oct 2019
Working Paper Series
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2,428
24.
Sovereign Credit Risk in the Euro Zone
World Economics, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 17 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 09 Jan 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University
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2,223
25.
Market, Hierarchy, and Trust: The Knowledge Economy and the Future of Capitalism
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 25 Oct 1999
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Management and Organization Department
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2,222
26.
Next Generation Law: Data Driven Governance and Accountability Based Regulatory Systems in the West, and Social Credit Regimes in China
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 30 Jul 2018
Last Revised: 15 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
The Pennsylvania State University (University Park) – Penn State Law
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2,199
27.
Tax Systems in the World: An Empirical Investigation into the Importance of Tax Bases, Collection Costs, and Political Regime
Carleton Economic Working Paper No. 01-03, International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 13, 2006
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 17 Aug 2001
Last Revised: 18 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Carleton University - School of Public Policy and Administration
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2,192
28.
The Great Depression(s) of 1929-1933 and 2007-2009? Parallels, Differences and Policy Lessons
Hungarian Academy of Science MTA-ELTE Crisis History Working Paper No. 2
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 31 May 2015
Last Revised: 04 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Vienna - Department of Economic and Social History and University of Vienna
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2,191
29.
The Ethiopian Developmental State and Its Challenges
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 23 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
Tampere University
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2,178
30.
The Three Goals of Taxation
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 12 Sep 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Michigan Law School
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2,170
31.
Understanding the Heterogeneity of Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes: The Role of Poor Quality of Air and Lockdown Decisions
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 10 Apr 2020
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Rome Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata - Department of Economics and Finance, University of Turin - Department of Economics and Statistics and UCL Institute for Global Health
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2,167
32.
Distributed Security: A New Model of Law Enforcement
John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 14 Nov 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of Dayton - School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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2,058
33.
Introduction to Tax Policy Theory
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 14 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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2,053
34.
Can Soft Law Bodies be Effective? Soft Systemic Risk Oversight Bodies and the Special Case of the European Systemic Risk Board
University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 36/2011
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 13 Sep 2010
Last Revised: 28 Jun 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law and University of Zurich
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2,045
35.
Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 18 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Department of Political Science and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 18 Jul 2015
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2,032
Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland
American Journal of Political Science, 2015, Forthcoming, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 14-38
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 01 Oct 2014
Last Revised: 06 Dec 2015
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357
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2,032
36.
Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures
IMF Working Paper No. 98/63
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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1,991
37.
The Negative Effects of Minimum Wage Laws
Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 701, June 21, 2012
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 02 Mar 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Applied Economic Strategies, LLC
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1,983
38.
The Euro Area Crisis: Politics Over Economics
MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5091-14
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 11 Jun 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Euro Area Crisis: Politics Over Economics
MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5091-14
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 11 Jun 2014
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1,981
The Euro Area Crisis: Politics Over Economics
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10033
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Downloads
4
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1,981
39.
Social Cohesion vs COVID-19
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 18 Mar 2020
Working Paper Series
Ateneo de Manila University and Ateneo De Manila University - Ateneo School of Government
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1,971
40.
COVID-19 Crises and Tourist Travel Risk Perceptions
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 04 May 2020
Working Paper Series
College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University, Nankai University and Nankai Business School, Nankai University
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1,959
41.
The Play's the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds
Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 59, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 18 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
Texas Tech University School of Law
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1,952
42.
Transparenting Transparency: Initial Empirics and Policy Applications
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 29 Sep 2005
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and World Bank - World Bank Institute (WBI)
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1,951
43.
Taxation, Political Accountability, and Foreign Aid: Lessons from Somaliland
Journal of Development Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 08 Jun 2010
Last Revised: 31 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt Center for Study of Democratic Institutions
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1,934
44.
Financial Reporting Incentives for Conservative Accounting: The Influence of Legal and Political Institutions
Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol. 42 (October 2006), pp. 107-48.
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 19 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 06 Sep 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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1,892
45.
Palestine Country Profile: The Road Ahead for Palestine: Fiscal Policy and Performance
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 26 Feb 2008
Working Paper Series
Birzeit University and Birzeit University - Faculty of Commerce and Economics
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1,874
46.
Law, Politics, and Finance
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 25 May 2001
Working Paper Series
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, World Bank and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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1,865
47.
Sovereignty, Taxation, and Social Contract
Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vol. 18, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1063
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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1,858
48.
Sham Constitutions
101 California Law Review 863 (2013), Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-09-03, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-55
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 23 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 01 Jul 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
1,840
49.
Shedding Light on the Shadow Economy: A Global Database and the Interaction with the Official One
CESifo Working Paper No. 7981
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Working Paper Series
George Washington University - Department of Economics and Johannes Kepler University Linz - Department of Economics
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1,784
50.
Paris Agreement and Consensus to Address Climate Challenge
ASIL INSIGHT, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 03 Jan 2016
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
BurlesonInstitute.org
Downloads
1,780
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