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the credibility of european central bank

Hi!I make a research regarding the credibility of European Central Bank and I want to know your personal opinionThank You!See More
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THE DEADWEIGHT LOSS OF CHRISTMAS (By Joel Waldfogel. Yale University)

When economists comment on holiday gift-giving, it is usually to condone the healthy effect of spending on the macroeconomy. However, an important feature of gift-giving is that consumption choices are made by someone other than the final consumer. A pontentially important microeconomic aspect of gift-giving is that gifts may be mismatched with the recipients´ preferences. This paper gives estimates of the deadweight loss of holiday gift-giving based on surveys given to Yale undergraduates. I…See More
Blog post by Román Culebro Martínez Dec 22, 2011
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Dinka Pančić is now a member of Economics Social Network Nov 22, 2011
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THE ROLE OF BEAUTY IN THE LABOR MARKET (By Philipp Kraft)

The present paper breaks new ground in labor economic research by providing direct evidence of potential discrimination among attractive and unattractive job candidates. It utilizes a field experiment, the so-called "CV testing approach" to determine discrimination in recruitment based on physical attractiveness. Two individuals who are equivalent on all required and desired job characteristics except their physical attractiveness, apply for the same vacancy. Application photos are used to…See More
Blog post by Román Culebro Martínez Oct 13, 2011

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sima isabella

about the credibility of European Central Bank

Hi, again!

Please excuse me but I made a mistake about the link. Previous link is for Romanian language and this link is for English: http://www.kestionare.ro/k/k.aspx?k=4702.

Thank You very much for understanding.

Isabella

Posted by sima isabella on January 29, 2012 at 6:34am

sima isabella

about the credibility of european central bank

Hi!

I make a research for my thesis regarding the credibility of the european central bank and I want to know your opinion. 

If you are very kind to answer a few questions, please follow the link: http://www.kestionare.ro/k/k.aspx?k=4685

Thank You!

Best regards,

Isabella 

Posted by sima isabella on January 29, 2012 at 6:01am

Román Culebro Martínez

THE DEADWEIGHT LOSS OF CHRISTMAS (By Joel Waldfogel. Yale University)

When economists comment on holiday gift-giving, it is usually to condone the healthy effect of spending on the macroeconomy. However, an important feature of gift-giving is that consumption choices are made by someone other than the final consumer. A pontentially important microeconomic aspect of gift-giving is that gifts may be mismatched with the recipients´ preferences. This paper gives estimates of the deadweight loss of holiday gift-giving based on surveys given to Yale undergraduates.…

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Posted by Román Culebro Martínez on December 22, 2011 at 12:04pm

Román Culebro Martínez

THE ROLE OF BEAUTY IN THE LABOR MARKET (By Philipp Kraft)

The present paper breaks new ground in labor economic research by providing direct evidence of potential discrimination among attractive and unattractive job candidates. It utilizes a field experiment, the so-called "CV testing approach" to determine discrimination in recruitment based on physical attractiveness. Two individuals who are equivalent on all required and desired job characteristics except their physical attractiveness, apply for the same vacancy. Application photos are used to… Continue

Posted by Román Culebro Martínez on October 12, 2011 at 10:08pm

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TWITTER MOOD PREDICTS THE STOCK MARKET (By Mollen, Mao & Zeng)

Behavorial economics tell us that emotions can profoundly affect individual behavoir and decision-making. Does this also apply to societies at large, i.e. can societies experience mood states that affect their collective decision making? By extension is the public mood correlate or even predective of economic indicators? Here we investigate whether measumerents of collective mood states derived from large-scale Twitter feeds are correlated to the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average…

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Posted by Román Culebro Martínez on October 4, 2011 at 7:32pm

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sima isabella

the credibility of european central bank

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Why underdeveloped countries missed the bandwagon of the first industrial revolution 4 Replies

Started by Dimpho Geschenk Busang in State of Economy. Last reply by Nathan Och Jun 21, 2011.

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damn it 1 Reply

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