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Weighting Sub-Populations in Longevity Inequality Research: A Practical Approach
(2017-08)The weights allowing calculation of life expectancy for a whole population as a weighted average of group-specific life expectancies are proposed. They are characterized by a minimum distance from the actual population ... -
What happens after an investment spike - investment events and firm performance
(2018-10)Our study aims at investigating the relationship between investment spikes andsubsequent productivity development at the firm level. We propose a novel identification scheme for the effects of an investment spike, using ... -
What makes a successful scientist in a central bank? Evidence from the RePEc database
(2021-04)This research analyzes factors affecting scientific success of central bankers. We combine data from the RePEc and EDIRC databases, which contain information about economic publications of authors from 182 central banks. ... -
What Will Drive Long-Run Growth in the Digital Age?
(2021-07)This paper considers the prospective sources of long-run growth in the future. Historically, in the industrial era and at the early stage of the digital era (which began approximately in the 1980s) the main growth engine ... -
When 0 + 1/3+1/3>2/3, but 0 + 0 +1/3 <1/3. How the median outcome impacts lottery valuation?
(2016-09)This paper presents the results of two experiments that exhibit monotonicity violations: some lotteries with three equally likely outcomes are valued more than a superior two-outcome lottery, while others are valued less ... -
Why may large economies suffer more at the zero lower bound?
(2016-06)This paper compares the consequences of hitting the zero lower bound in small open and large closed economies. I costruct a two-economy New Kenynesian model and calibrate it so that one economy is small and open and the ...