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Featured Paper |
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The path to the top of the food chain must be here somewhere |
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It's All in the Brain
"It's the way I'm wired" takes on new meaning if the findings of Salvador Valdés and a colleague are anything to go by. It could well be that all your benefit-maximising decisions are not necessarily the result of careful rational analysis, but simply the product of the mechanics of your interconnected brain cells. Homo wiredis, welcome.
Other CESifo Working Papers
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The Original Sinn |
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Let's raise it just one bit more |
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In Praise of Debt Ceilings
Tea Party Republicans harvested their fair bit of opprobrium over their obdurate stance during the inconclusive US budget negotiations. But on one item, provided of course that the actually meant it, they had a point: keeping debt from rising unchecked. Hans-Werner Sinn explains why that would be a worthy cause.
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Economic Indicators |
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From the Editor |
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Not just hot air |
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Psy Ops
Psychological operations are quite nifty: they use the might of the word to defang a foe. All they take is credibility, crafty formulation and good delivery. Mario Draghi pulled one off brilliantly when he announced that the European Central Bank would do "whatever it takes" to preserve the euro. It worked. It calmed the markets and took the edge off the crisis. And it cost nothing. Or did it?
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The Chart |
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Liptsick and Lawmaking
Women are usually more sensible than men. They won't send their sons to war so easily, for instance. Strange, then, than countries have only recently started to tap them as legislators. DICE has a very interesting interactive chart on the evolution of the proportion of women in parliament, covering a number of developed and developing countries from 1960 to 2012. Check it out.
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Forthcoming Events |
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People |
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Faces of the Month |
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Guests and Locals
The CESifo Group is hosting a dozen scholars during October/November. See what they are working on and get to know their research interests and other aspects of interest.
Other People-related News:
Cycle Analysis Director to Leave Ifo
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Ifo News |
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Economic airlifter |
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Aviation Lends Wings to Economy
People living half-way close to an airport love to grumble against it – except when they themselves want to fly to their holiday or business destinations, of course. Were the airport to disappear, however, they would have much more reason to grumble. As a new Ifo study shows, aviation is a large contributor to economic development and to the general welfare of a region or country. The report, prepared jointly with the German Federal Association of Air Transport, is available here. Alas, so far only in German, though.
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Publications of Interest |
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Bulletin Board |
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News and things of interest to CESifo Network members
There is a new job on offer for an ambitious young economist in Kosovo. It might also open the door for the successful candidate to work more closely with the GIZ, Germany's international cooperation agency. Check it out. And don't forget: CESifo Network members can post here conferences, job openings, professional announcements and other things of interest to fellow Network members and other interested parties. Just contact Ines Gross.
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