3442 Discussion Papers

• 07-054/1 - On Mergers in Consumer Search Markets

  Authors: Maarten C.W. Janssen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, University of Groningen, and CESifo

  Date: July 16, 2007

• 07-053/3 - Welfare State and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Public Health Care

  Authors: Jani-Petri Laamanen, FDPE, and University of Tampere; Kaisa Kotakorpi, FDPE, and University of Tampere

  Date: July 16, 2007

• 07-052/3 - The Impact of Effect Size Heterogeneity on Meta-Analysis: A Monte Carlo Experiment

  Authors: Mark J. Koetse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Purdue University, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Henri L.F. de Groot, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: July 16, 2007

• 07-051/1 - Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?

  Author: Hendrik P. van Dalen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: July 16, 2007

• 07-050/3 - The Compensating Income Variation of Social Capital

  Authors: Wim Groot, Maastricht University; Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink, University of Amsterdam; Bernard M.S. van Praag, University of Amsterdam

  Date: June 25, 2007

• 07-049/3 - Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

  Author: Bernard M.S. van Praag, University of Amsterdam

  Date: June 25, 2007

• 07-048/3 - The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)

  Authors: C. Mirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam; Bernard M.S. van Praag, University of Amsterdam

  Date: June 21, 2007

• 07-047/3 - Homeownership and Labour Market Behaviour: Interpreting the Evidence

  Authors: Jan Rouwendal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: June 18, 2007

• 07-046/2 - Quantile Forecasting for Credit Risk Management using possibly Mis-specified Hidden Markov Models

  Authors: Konrad Banachewicz, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; André Lucas, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: June 13, 2007

• 07-045/2 - Producer Services, Manufacturing Linkages, and Trade

  Authors: Joseph Francois, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Joh. Kepler University (Linz), and CEPR (London); Julia Woerz, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW)

  Date: June 11, 2007

• 07-044/3 - Recruitment in a Monopsonistic Labour Market: Will Travel Costs be reimbursed?

  Authors: Jan Rouwendal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Jos van Ommeren, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: June 11, 2007

• 07-043/4 - Examining the Nelson-Siegel Class of Term Structure Models

  Author: Michiel De Pooter, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: June 11, 2007

• 07-042/3 - Differential Impact of Environmental Policy Instruments on Technological Change: A Review of the Empirical Literature

  Author: Herman R.J. Vollebergh, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: June 05, 2006

• 07-041/3 - If Winning isn't Everything, why do they keep Score? A Structural Empirical Analysis of Dutch Flower Auctions

  Authors: Gerard J. van den Berg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Bas van der Klaauw, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: May 30, 2007

• 07-040/1 - Confidence Management: On Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams

  Authors: Benoît S.Y. Crutzen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Otto H. Swank, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Bauke Visser, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: May 30, 2007

• 07-039/3 - Radical Innovation and Network Evolution

  Authors: Sandra Phlippen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Massimo Riccaboni, University of Florida

  Date: May 10, 2007

• 07-038/1 - Positional Power in Hierarchies

  Authors: René van den Brink, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Frank Steffen, Management School (ULMS), University of Liverpool

  Date: May 03, 2007

• 07-037/3 - Duopoly Dynamics with a Barrier to Entry

  Authors: Jaap H. Abbring, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Jeffrey R. Campbell, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and NBER

  Date: April 27, 2007

• 07-036/4 - The Power of Weather: Some Empirical Evidence on Predicting Day-ahead Power Prices through Day-ahead Weather Forecasts

  Authors: Christian Huurman, Financial Engineering Associates; Francesco Ravazzolo, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Chen Zhou, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: April 25, 2007

• 07-035/3 - Are Urban Children really healthier?

  Authors: Ellen van de Poel, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece; Eddy van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: April 10, 2007