The effect of globalization on union bargaining and price-cost margins of firms. [PDF]
In recent years, Europe has witnessed an accelerated process of economic integration. Trade barriers were removed, the euro was introduced and ten new member states have joined the European Union.
Abraham, Filip +2 more
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Class, caste and conspicuous consumption in India
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract Using nationally representative household‐level panel data from India, we study status‐signalling through conspicuous consumption across castes, religions and income classes. Conditional on permanent income, scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) Hindu households spend more, while religious minorities spend less on visible consumption ...
Aruni Mitra, Ronit Mukherji
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International trade and wage discrimination : evidence from East Asia [PDF]
This study explores the impact of competition from international trade on wage discrimination by sex in two highly open economies. If discrimination is costly, as posited in neoclassical theory based on Becker (1959), then increased industry ...
Berik, Gunseli +2 more
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News shocks, consumer confidence and business cycles
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract We study the causal effects of consumer sentiment shocks on macroeconomic aggregates. By constructing a novel instrument based on major non‐economic news shocks in the USA over 1969–2022, and opinion polls around these events, we identify exogenous changes in consumer confidence.
Syed M. Hussain, Zara Liaqat
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Interactive room design as a tool for understanding form and style preferences. [PDF]
Sci RepPohlmann K +4 more
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Price and wage setting in an integrating Europe : firm level evidence.. [PDF]
Working; Research;
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article measures the cost of the early modern consumer revolution through a quantitative analysis of product and process innovations in Amsterdam and examines their variegated social impact in two distinct datasets of probate inventories.
Bas Spliet, Anne E. C. McCants
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Utilization of Hazel (<i>Corylus avellana</i> L.) Wood Particles in the Production of Three-Layer Particleboards for Furniture and Interior Applications. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Rukat P, Kowaluk G.
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FIRM’S FINANCING AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE IN THE LESS DEVELOPED REGIONS OF THE SOUTH ITALY [PDF]
The paper shows that there is a relationship between firm’s financial condition and the industrial specialization model of the Italian Mezzogiorno, that is the least developed area of the country.
Anna GIUNTA, Domenico SARNO
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Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs +4 more
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