Discussion Papers

11-167/3 - Vignette Equivalence and Response Consistency; The Case of Job Satisfaction

Authors: Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Institut d'Analisi Economica, Barcelona; Bernard M.S. Van Praag, University of Amsterdam; Ioannis Theodossiou, University of Aberdeen

Date: November 11, 2011

11-166/1 - Antitrust Enforcement and Marginal Deterrence

Authors: Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam; Evgenia Motchenkova, VU University Amsterdam; Quan Wen, Vanderbilt University

Date: November 22, 2011

11-165/3 - It's the Opportunity Cost, stupid! How Self-Employment responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew

Authors: Peter Berkhout, RIGO; Joop Hartog, University of Amsterdam; Mirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam

Date: November 11, 2011

11-164/1 - Two Values for Transferable Utility Games with Coalition and Graph Structure

Authors: Rene van den Brink, VU University Amsterdam; Gerard van der Laan, VU University Amsterdam; Nigel Moes, VU University Amsterdam

Date: November 16, 2011

11-163/3 - Labor Market Dynamics and Technology Adoption: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Authors: Stilianos Alexiadis, Ministry of Rural Development & Foods; Konstantinos Eleftheriou, University of Piraeus; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

Date: November 16, 2011

11-162/3 - The Institutional Economics of Stakeholder Consultation; Reducing Implementations Costs through 'Matching Zones'

Authors: Frank A.G. den Butter, VU University Amsterdam; Sjoerd ten Wolde, VU University Amsterdam

Date: November 15, 2011

11-161/3 - From Expert Judgment to Model based Monetary Analysis: The Case of the Dutch Central Bank in the Postwar Period

Authors: Frank A.G. den Butter, VU University Amsterdam; Harro B.J.B. Maas, Utrecht University

Date: November 15, 2011

11-160/3 - A Rising Natural Rate of Unemployment: Transitory or Permanent?

Authors: Mary Daly, Federal Reserve Bank; Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank, and VU University Amsterdam; Aysegul Sahin, Federal Reserve Bank; Robert Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank

Date: November 10, 2011

11-159/3 - Unemployment Dynamics in the OECD

Authors: Michael W.L. Elsby, University of Edinburgh, and NBER; Bart Hobijn, FRB San Francisco, and VU University Amsterdam; Aysegul Sahin, FRB New York

Date: November 08, 2011

11-158/3 - Aggregate Real Wages: Macro Fluctuations and Micro Drivers

Authors: Mary C. Daly, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and VU University Amsterdam; Theodore S. Wiles, The Analysis Group

Date: November 08, 2011

11-157/3 - Which Industries are shifting the Beveridge Curve?

Authors: Regis Barnichon, CREi; Michael Elsby, University of Edinburgh; Bart Hobijn, Fed. Reserve Bank San Francisco, and VU University Amsterdam; Aysegul Sahin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Date: November 07, 2011

11-156/3 - Efficiency Effects of Privatising Refuse Collection: Be careful and Alternatives present

Authors: E. Dijkgraaf, Rotterdam School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam; R. Gradus, VU University Amsterdam

Date: November 07, 2011

11-155/3 - Measurement of Inequity in Health Care with Heterogeneous Response of Use to Need

Authors: Ellen van de Poel, Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Eddy van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date: November 04, 2011

11-154/4 - Measuring and Predicting Heterogeneous Recessions

Authors: Cem Cakmakli, University of Amsterdam; Richard Paap, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Dick van Dijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date: November 03, 2011

11-153/1 - An Experimental Study of Credible Deviations and ACDC

Authors: Adrian de Groot Ruiz, Radboud University Nijmegen; Theo Offerman, University of Amsterdam; Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam

Date: November 03, 2011

11-152/4 - The Impact of Mobile Telephone Use on Economic Development of Households in Uganda

Authors: Sanne Lise Blauw, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date: October 31, 2011

11-151/1 - Self-Confidence and Strategic Deterrence

Authors: Gary Charness, UCSB; Aldo Rustichini, University of Minnesota; Jeroen van de Ven, University of Amsterdam

Date: October 27, 2011

11-150/2 - Market Liquidity and Exposure of Hedge Funds

Authors: Arjen Siegmann, VU University Amsterdam; Denitsa Stefanova, VU University Amsterdam

Date: October 19, 2011

11-149/4 - Are Chinese Individuals prone to Money Illusion?

Authors: Heleen Mees, New York University, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, United States; Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Date: October 14, 2011

11-148/1 - An Optimal Signaling Equilibrium

Authors: Vladimir Karamychev, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Bauke Visser, Erasmus University Rotterdam