SSRN CESifo Working Paper Series

1.

Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 618

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Jan 2002

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Edward Castronova

Indiana University

Downloads 48,448

2.

On Virtual Economies

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 752

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Oct 2002

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Edward Castronova

Indiana University

Downloads 11,456

3.

The Effect of Internet Piracy on CD Sales: Cross-Section Evidence

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1122

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Mar 2004

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Martin Peitz and Patrick Waelbroeck

University of Mannheim - Department of Economics and Telecom ParisTech

Downloads 8,916

4.

The Price of 'Man' and 'Woman': A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 957

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jun 2003

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Edward Castronova

Indiana University

Downloads 5,048

5.

Motivation Crowding Theory: A Survey of Empirical Evidence

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 26; CESifo Working Paper Series No. 245

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Apr 2000

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Bruno S. Frey and Reto Jegen

CREMA and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,037

6.

The Regulatory Response to the Financial Crisis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2257

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Mar 2008

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Charles Goodhart

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Financial Markets Group

Downloads 3,373

7.

Theory of the Avatar

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 863

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Mar 2003

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Edward Castronova

Indiana University

Downloads 3,157

8.

On the Causes of Brexit

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6056

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Oct 2016

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Agust Arnorsson and Gylfi Zoega

University of Iceland and University of Iceland

Downloads 2,410

9.

Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments

Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Paper No. 10; CESifo Working Paper Series No. 183

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jan 2000

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Ernst Fehr and Simon Gächter

University of Zurich - Department of Economics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,406

10.

Piracy of Digital Products: A Critical Review of the Economics Literature

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1071

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Nov 2003

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Martin Peitz and Patrick Waelbroeck

University of Mannheim - Department of Economics and Telecom ParisTech

Downloads 2,294

11.

Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions: The Facts as a Guide for International Economics

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1823

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Oct 2006

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Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen and Charles van Marrewijk

University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Utrecht University - Utrecht University School of Economics and Utrecht University - Utrecht University School of Economics

Downloads 2,002

12.

Bubbles and Crashes in a Behavioural Finance Model

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1194, Riksbank Working Paper No. 164/Riksbank Research Paper Series No. 7

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Jun 2004

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Paul De Grauwe and Marianna Grimaldi

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Monetary Policy Division Sveriges Riksbank

Downloads 1,897

13.

The Greek Crisis: Causes and Consequences

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3663

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Dec 2011

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Antonio I. Garcia Pascual and Piero Ghezzi

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department and Barclays Capital

Downloads 1,866

14.

Computers and Student Learning: Bivariate and Multivariate Evidence on the Availability and Use of Computers at Home and at School

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1321

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Nov 2004

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Ludger Woessmann and Thomas Fuchs

Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Downloads 1,769

15.

What can Economists Learn from Happiness Research?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 503; Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 80

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 May 2001

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Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer

CREMA and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

Downloads 1,761

16.

Testing Contract Theory: A Survey of Some Recent Work

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 738

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Sep 2002

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Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanie

Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,746

17.

Contract Enforcement, Institutions and Social Capital: The Maghribi Traders Reappraised

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2254

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Mar 2008

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Jeremy Edwards and Sheilagh Ogilvie

University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,635

18.

Genes, Economics, and Happiness

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2946

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Feb 2010

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Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve, Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler and Bruno S. Frey

University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences and CREMA

Downloads 1,624

19.

EU Enlargement: Economic Implications for Countries and Industries

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 585

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Nov 2001

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Arjan Lejour, Ruud A. De Mooij and Richard Nahuis

CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis (Deceased)

Downloads 1,586

20.

Behavioral Political Economy: A Survey

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4988

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Oct 2014

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Jan Schnellenbach and Christian Schubert

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Institute for Economics, Chair for Microeconomics and University of Kassel

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,585

21.

Psychological Foundations of Incentives

IZA Discussion Paper No. 507; CESifo Working Paper Series No. 714; Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 95

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Dec 2001

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Ernst Fehr and Armin Falk

University of Zurich - Department of Economics and IZA Institute of Labor Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,533

22.

Why Pay More? Corporate Tax Avoidance Through Transfer Pricing in OECD Countries

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 324

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Feb 2001

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Eric J. Bartelsman and Roel M. W. J. Beetsma

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Research Institute in Economics & Econometrics (RESAM)

Downloads 1,531

23.

The Emergence of the Global Fintech Market: Economic and Technological Determinants

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6131

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2016

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Christian Haddad and Lars Hornuf

Univ. Lille, SKEMA Business School, EA4112 - LSMRC and University of Trier

Downloads 1,527

24.

Financial Intermediation and the Creation of Macroeconomic Risks

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 695

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 May 2002

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Hans Gersbach

ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Reseaarch

Downloads 1,510

25.

What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? A Re-Examination Using PISA Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1287; CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1235

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Aug 2004

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Ludger Woessmann and Thomas Fuchs

Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Downloads 1,438

26.

A Test of the Law of Demand in a Virtual World: Exploring the Petri Dish Approach to Social Science

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2355

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jul 2008

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Edward Castronova

Indiana University

Downloads 1,432

27.

Natural Resources and Economic Growth: What is the Connection?

CESifo Working Paper No. 530

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Aug 2001

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Thorvaldur Gylfason

University of Iceland - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Downloads 1,430

28.

The Role of the State in Economic Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1256; IGIER Working Paper No. 265

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Jul 2004

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Guido Tabellini

University of Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,425

29.

Money at the Docks of Tax Havens: A Guide

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3587

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Sep 2011

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Shafik Hebous

International Monetary Fund

Downloads 1,418

30.

The Case for a Progressive Tax: From Basic Research to Policy Recommendations

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3548

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Aug 2011

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Peter A. Diamond and Emmanuel Saez

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,395

31.

Property Rights, Finance and Entrepreneurship

Conference Paper, The Nobel Symposium in Economics - The Economics of Transition, Stockholm, September 1999, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 212

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Dec 1999

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Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher M. Woodruff

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)

Downloads 1,383

32.

Measurement of Value Added Tax Evasion in Selected EU Countries on the Basis of National Accounts Data

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 431

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Apr 2001

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Chang Woon Nam, Rüdiger Parsche and Barbara Schaden

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute), Ifo Institute, Germany and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute

Downloads 1,382

33.

Financial Contagion and the European Debt Crisis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3554

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Sep 2011

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Sebastian Missio and Sebastian Watzka

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Downloads 1,376

34.

Culture and Institutions: Economic Development in the Regions of Europe

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1492, IGIER Working Paper No. 292

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 09 Jul 2005

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Guido Tabellini

University of Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER)

Downloads 1,374

35.

Behavioral Economics as Applied to Firms: A Primer

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2937

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Feb 2010

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Mark Armstrong and Steffen Huck

University College London - Department of Economics and University College London - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,361

36.

Convertible Securities and Venture Capital Finance

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 217

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Jun 2001

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Klaus M. Schmidt

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,349

37.

Integration vs. Outsourcing in Industry Equilibrium

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 460

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Jun 2001

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Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman

Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,322

38.

Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: On Revealed Comparative Advantage and Merger Waves

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1602

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Dec 2005

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Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen and Charles van Marrewijk

University of Groningen - Department of Economics, Utrecht University - Utrecht University School of Economics and Utrecht University - Utrecht University School of Economics

Downloads 1,315

39.

Privatisation and Institutions: A cross Country Analysis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 375

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jan 2001

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Bernardo Bortolotti, Domenico Siniscalco and Marcella Fantini

Bocconi University, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy and National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA)

Downloads 1,303

40.

Central Bank Independence: An Update of Theory and Evidence

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 255

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Feb 2001

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Helge Berger, Jakob de Haan and Sylvester C. W. Eijffinger

Free University Berlin - Department of Economics, University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business and Tilburg University (CentER) - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,298

41.

How Equal are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the US

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1162

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Apr 2004

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Ludger Woessmann

Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Downloads 1,292

42.

Democracy and Income Inequality: An Empirical Analysis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 411; World Bank Research Working Paper No. 2561

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Jan 2001

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Branko Milanovic, Mark Gradstein and Yvonne Ying

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and World Bank - Research Department

Downloads 1,247

43.

Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Data and Explanations

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 881

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 31 Mar 2003

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Anthony B. Atkinson

University of Oxford - Nuffield College

Downloads 1,234

44.

Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3125

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 17 Jul 2010

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Rick van der Ploeg

University of Oxford

Downloads 1,232

45.

Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity - Evidence and Economic Applications

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 403; University of Zurich, IEER Working Paper No. 75

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Feb 2001

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Ernst Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt

University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,205

46.

A Theory of Reciprocity

Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Paper No. 6; CESifo Working Paper Series No.457

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2000

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Armin Falk and Urs Fischbacher

IZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,198

47.

Overconfidence in Investment Decisions: An Experimental Approach

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 626

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Jan 2002

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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich, Werner Guth and Boris Maciejovsky

Touro College Berlin, Max Planck Institute of Economics and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Economics

Downloads 1,186

48.

Tax Policy in the European Union

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 758

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 21 Oct 2002

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Sijbren Cnossen

University of Maastricht - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,171

49.

Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1987, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2886

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 May 2007

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Sascha O. Becker and Ludger Woessmann

University of Warwick and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Downloads 1,158

50.

Econometrics: A Bird's Eye View

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1870, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2458

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 30 Nov 2006

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John Geweke, Joel L. Horowitz and M. Hashem Pesaran

University of Technology Sydney - Economics Discipline Group, Northwestern University and USC Dornsife Institute for New Economic Thinking

Downloads 1,142

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