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The economic effect of discrimination: Evidence from the restaurant sector

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 226-259, April 2025.
Abstract Discrimination often leads to economic consequences for affected groups. This study examines the economic impact of consumer discrimination on Chinese restaurants in the U.S. during the COVID‐19 pandemic's onset. Using cell phone data and revenue records, it identifies a significant −10% relative decline in visits to Chinese restaurants by ...
Guanting Yi
wiley   +1 more source

The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
wiley   +1 more source

China inside out: Explaining silver flows in the triangular trade, c. 1820s‒70s

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses a new large dataset of silver prices, as well as silver and merchandise trade flows in and out of China in the crucial decades of the mid‐nineteenth century when the Empire was opened to world trade. Silver flows were associated with the interaction between heterogeneous monetary preferences and availability of specific ...
Alejandra Irigoin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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