3457 Discussion Papers

• 12-044/2 - Fiscal Deficits, Financial Fragility, and the Effectiveness of Government Policies

  Authors: Markus Kirchner, Central Bank of Chile; Sweder van Wijnbergen, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 26, 2012

• 12-043/2 - Learning Dynamics and the Support for Economic Reforms: Why Good News can be Bad

  Authors: Sweder van Wijnbergen, University of Amsterdam; Tim Willems, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 23, 2012

• 12-042/4 - Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables using Collapsed Dynamic Factor Analysis

  Authors: Falk Brauning, VU University Amsterdam; Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: April 20, 2012

• 12-041/3 - The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

  Authors: Laura Rosendahl Huber, University of Amsterdam; Randolph Sloof, University of Amsterdam; Mirjam van Praag, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

  Date: April 20, 2012

• 12-040/3 - The On-Street Parking Premium and Car Drivers' Choice between Street and Garage Parking

  Authors: Martijn Kobus, VU University Amsterdam; Eva Gutierrez Puigarnau, VU University Amsterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam; Jos Van Ommeren, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: April 20, 2012

• 12-039/3 - Effects of NCMS Coverage on Access to Care and Financial Protection in China

  Authors: Zhiyuan Hou, Shandong University, Jinan, China; Ellen Van de Poel, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; Eddy Van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; Baorong Yua, Shandong University, Jinan, China; Qingyue Menge, Peking University, China

  Date: April 16, 2012

• 12-038/1 - The Influence of Wages on Public Officials' Corruptibility: A Laboratory Investigation

  Author: Roel van Veldhuizen, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 13, 2012

• 12-037/1 - Savings Adequacy Uncertainty: Driver or Obstacle to Increased Pension Contributions?

  Authors: Ron J.G. van Schie, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Bas Donkers, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Benedict G.C. Dellaert, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: April 11, 2012

• 12-036/1 - Players Indifferent to cooperate and Characterizations of the Shapley Value

  Authors: Conrado Manuel, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Enrique Gonzalez-Aranguena, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Rene van den Brink|, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: April 11, 2012

• 12-035/1 - From Tradition to Modernity: Economic Growth in a Small World

  Authors: Ines Lindner, VU University Amsterdam; Holger Strulik, University of Goettingen

  Date: April 10, 2012

• 12-034/1 - The Role of Performance Appraisals in Motivating Employees

  Authors: Jurjen J.A. Kamphorst, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Otto H. Swank, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: April 10, 2012

• 12-033/IV - Why is Price Discovery in Credit Default Swap Markets News-Specific?

  Authors: Ian W. Marsh, Cass Business School; Wolf Wagner, Tilburg University, and Duisenberg school of finance

  Date: April 02, 2012

• 12-032/1 - Networks and Collective Action

  Authors: Ramon Flores, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Maurice Koster, University of Amsterdam; Ines Lindner, VU University Amsterdam; Elisenda Molina, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  Date: March 29, 2012

• 12-031/2 - Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Private Equity Firms

  Authors: Mark Humphery-Jenner, University of New South Wales, Tilburg University; Zacharias Sautner, University of Amsterdam, Duisenberg school of finance; Jo-Ann Suchard, University of New South Wales

  Date: March 29, 2012

• 12-030/1 - On the Measurement of Success and Satisfaction

  Authors: René van den Brink, VU University Amsterdam; Frank Steffen, The University of Liverpool Management School

  Date: March 27, 2012

• 12-029/3 - Judicial Error by Groups and Individuals

  Authors: Frans van Dijk, Netherlands Council for the judiciary; Joep H. Sonnemans, University of Amsterdam; Ed Bauw, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Council for the judiciary

  Date: March 27, 2012

• 12-028/1 - What can the Big Five Personality Factors contribute to explain Small-Scale Economic Behavior?

  Authors: Julia Muller, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Christiane Schwieren, University of Heidelberg

  Date: March 26, 2012

• 12-027/3 - Structural Change and Convergence of Energy Intensity across OECD Countries, 1970-2005

  Authors: Peter Mulder, VU University Amsterdam; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: March 12, 2012

• 12-026/4 - A Class of Adaptive Importance Sampling Weighted EM Algorithms for Efficient and Robust Posterior and Predictive Simulation

  Authors: Lennart Hoogerheide, VU University Amsterdam; Anne Opschoor, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Herman K. van Dijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and VU University Amsterdam

  Date: March 23, 2012

• 12-025/4 - Evidence on Features of a DSGE Business Cycle Model from Bayesian Model Averaging

  Authors: Rodney Strachan, Australian National University; Herman K. van Dijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and VU University Amsterdam.

  Date: March 20, 2012