1.
Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu
Number of pages: 124
Posted: 03 Aug 2022
Last Revised: 03 Aug 2022
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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86,550
2.
Leading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender ‘Really’ Matter?
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 12 Jan 2021
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Working Paper Series
University of Liverpool and University of Reading
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13,814
3.
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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12,558
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
Downloads
10,992
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
Downloads
895
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10,992
5.
How Much Should We Trust the Dictator's GDP Growth Estimates?
Number of pages: 100
Posted: 27 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 03 Feb 2022
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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10,418
6.
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
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9,655
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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9,379
8.
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
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8,630
9.
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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8,302
10.
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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6,939
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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6,356
12.
Did FinTech Lenders Facilitate PPP Fraud?
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 115
Posted: 18 Aug 2021
Last Revised: 17 Aug 2022
Accepted Paper Series
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
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6,344
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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5,112
14.
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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5,024
15.
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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5,002
16.
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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4,524
17.
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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4,104
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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4,067
19.
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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3,972
20.
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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3,919
21.
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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3,900
22.
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
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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3,615
23.
COVID-19 Crises and Tourist Travel Risk Perceptions
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 04 May 2020
Last Revised: 21 Jun 2022
Working Paper Series
College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University, Nankai University and Nankai Business School, Nankai University
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3,429
24.
An Exploratory Insight into the Impact of COVID-19 on the Travel and Tourism Sector: UK Evidence
Bas, T. & Sivaprasad, S. (2022). An exploratory insight into the impact of COVID-19 on the travel and tourism sector: UK evidence. In S. Karabulut (Ed.), Economic and Financial Analysis of Global and National Developments (pp. 355-369). Ekin Yayinevi
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 09 Jun 2020
Last Revised: 14 Jul 2022
Accepted Paper Series
Istanbul Nişantaşı University and University of Westminster
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3,360
25.
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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3,332
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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3,332
26.
Content Moderation Remedies
28 Michigan Technology Law Review 1 (2021), Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 24 Mar 2021
Last Revised: 18 Feb 2022
Working Paper Series
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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3,215
27.
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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3,151
28.
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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166
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3,079
29.
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
Downloads
2,960
30.
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 ParisHEC Paris, Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Bocconi University
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2,917
31.
Globalization and Income Inequality Revisited
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6859
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Working Paper Series
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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2,884
32.
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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2,763
33.
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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2,673
34.
The Resource Curse Play: A Comparative Study of Norway and Venezuela
IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance, Volume 7, Issue 5 Ver. III (Sep. - Oct. 2016)
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 07 Jun 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Delhi, University of Delhi, Students and University of Delhi, Students
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2,540
35.
The Ethiopian Developmental State and Its Challenges
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 23 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
Tampere University
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2,508
36.
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 TechRisk.Law
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2,482
37.
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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2,410
38.
Transparenting Transparency: Initial Empirics and Policy Applications
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 29 Sep 2005
Working Paper Series
Results for Development and World Bank - World Bank Institute (WBI)
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2,339
39.
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: 21 Jun 2022
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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2,326
40.
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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2,306
41.
Why the Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media
Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 865
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 03 Jan 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Cato Institute
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2,306
42.
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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2,267
43.
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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2,262
44.
What About India's MSME Sector: COVID-19 Pandemic and Indian MSME Sector Outlook
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 01 Nov 2020
Last Revised: 16 Mar 2021
Working Paper Series
O. P. Jindal Global University
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2,217
45.
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 European University Institute and University of Zurich
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2,212
46.
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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2,180
47.
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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2,168
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
Downloads
386
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2,168
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
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2,147
49.
Regulating by Robot: Administrative Decision Making in the Machine-Learning Era
Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 105, Pg. 1147, 2017, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-8
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 07 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 20 Jul 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School
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2,122
50.
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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2,106
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