CESifo Working Papers Published in the Past Quarter

May 2012

3817 Brockhoff, Sarah / Krieger, Tim / Meierrieks, Daniel: Great Expectations and Hard Times - The (Nontrivial) Impact of Education on Domestic Terrorism, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3816 Flaig, Gebhard: Why We Should Use High Values for the Smoothing Parameter of the Hodrick-Prescott Filter, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3815 Niehues, Judith / Peichl, Andreas: Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3814 Hanel, Barbara / Riphahn, Regina T.: The Timing of Retirement - New Evidence from Swiss Female Workers, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3813 Beine, Michel / Coulombe, Serge / Vermeulen, Wessel N.: Dutch Disease and the Mitigation Effect of Migration: Evidence from Canadian Provinces, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3812 Bartoletto, Silvana / Chiarini, Bruno / Marzano, Elisabetta: The Sustainability of Fiscal Policy in Italy: A Long-Term Perspective, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3811 Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume: The Influence of Special Interests and Party Activists on Electoral Competition, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3810 Miettinen, Topi / Poutvaara, Panu: A Market for Connections, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3809 Frensch, Richard / Hanousek, Jan / Kocenda, Ev�en: Incomplete Specialization and Offshoring across Europe, May 2012 [Download] [Abstract]

April 2012

3808 Buch, Claudia M. / Engel, Christoph: The Tradeoff Between Redistribution and Effort: Evidence from the Field and from the Lab, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3807 Carson, Scott A.: Nineteenth Century Biological Conditions on the High Central Plains, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3806 Kelle, Markus / Kleinert, J�rn / Raff, Horst / Toubal, Farid: Cross-Border and Foreign-Affiliate Sales of Services: Evidence from German Micro-Data, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3805 Prifti, Ervin / Vuri, Daniela: Employment Protection and Fertility: Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3804 Klose, Bettina / Kovenock J., Dan: Extremism Drives Out Moderation, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3803 Wrede, Matthias: Wages, Rents, Unemployment, and the Quality of Life, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3802 Andreassen, Leif / Di Tommaso, Maria Laura / Str�m, Steinar : Do Medical Doctors Respond to Economic Incentives?, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3801 Egert, Balazs: The Impact of Changes in Second Pension Pillars on Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3800 Pesaran, M. Hashem: Testing Weak Cross-Sectional Dependence in Large Panels, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3799 Holmlund, Bertil: Wage and Employment Determination in Volatile Times: Sweden 1913-1939, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3798 Kemnitz, Alexander / Thum, Marcel: Gender Power, Fertility, and Family Policy, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3797 Cheung, Yin-Wong: Exchange Rate Misalignment - The Case of the Chinese Renminbi, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3796 Bratberg, Espen / Nilsen, �ivind Anti / Vaage, Kjell: Is Recipiency of Disability Pension Hereditary?, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3795 Gronwald, Marc / Ketterer, Janina: What Moves the European Carbon Market? - Insights from Conditional Jump Models, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3794 Cao, Jin / Illing, Gerhard: "Interest Rate Trap", or: Why Does the Central Bank Keep the Policy Rate too Low for too Long Time?, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3793 Traeger, Christian: Once Upon a Time Preference - How Rationality and Risk Aversion Change the Rationale for Discounting, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3792 Makowsky, Michael D. / Stratmann, Thomas: Politics, Unemployment, and the Enforcement of Immigration Law, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3791 Dharmapala, Dhammika / Riedel, Nadine: Earnings Shocks and Tax-Motivated Income-Shifting: Evidence from European Multinationals, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3790 Calmfors, Lars: Sweden - from Macroeconomic Failure to Macroeconomic Success, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3789 Brockhoff, Sarah / Krieger, Tim / Meierrieks, Daniel: Looking Back on Anger: Explaining the Social Origins of Left-Wing and Nationalist-Separatist Terrorism in Western Europe, 1970-2007, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3788 Dahm, Matthias / Dur, Robert / Glazer, Amihai: How a Firm Can Induce Legislators to Adopt a Bad Policy, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3787 Gizatulina, Alia: Interpreting How Others Interpret It: Social Value of Public Information, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3786 Dawid, Herbert / M�hlheusser, Gerd: Repeated Selection with Heterogenous Individuals and Relative Age Effects, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3785 Becker, Anke / Deckers, Thomas / Dohmen, Thomas / Falk, Armin / Kosse, Fabian: The Relationship between Economic Preferences and Psychological Personality Measures, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3784 Fairlie, Robert W. / Krashinsky, Harry A.: Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3783 Giordani, Paolo E. / Rocha, Nadia / Ruta, Michele: Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Export Policy, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3782 Hansen, Stephen / McMahon, Michael: First Impressions Matter: Signalling as a Source of Policy Dynamics, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3781 Bjertnaes, Geir: Promotion Rat Race and Public Policy, April 2012 [Download] [Abstract]

March 2012

3780 Esfahani, Hadi Salehi / Mohaddes, Kamiar / Pesaran, M. Hashem: An Empirical Growth Model for Major Oil Exporters, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3779 Jacquet, Laurence / Lehmann, Etienne / Van der Linden, Bruno: Optimal Redistributive Taxation with both Labor Supply and Labor Demand Responses, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3778 Ruta, Michele / Venables, Anthony J.: International Trade in Natural Resources: Practice and Policy, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3777 Egert, Balazs: Fiscal Policy Reaction to the Cycle in the OECD: Pro- or Counter-Cyclical?, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3776 Gathmann, Christina / Sass, Bj�rn: Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3775 Fan, Haichao / Lai, Edwin L.-C. / Qi, Han Steffan: Global Gains from Trade Liberalization, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3774 Balestrino, Alessandro: Family Taxation, Fertility, and Horizontal Equity: A Political Economy Perspective, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3773 Manzoni, Elena / Penczynski, Stefan P.: Last Minute Policies and the Incumbency Advantage, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3772 Selin, H�kan: What Happens to the Husband's Retirement Decision when the Wife's Retirement Incentives Change?, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3771 Englmaier, Florian / Roider, Andreas / Sunde, Uwe: The Role of Salience in Performance Schemes: Evidence from a Field Experiment, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3770 Gylfason, Thorvaldur: From Collapse to Constitution: The Case of Iceland, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3769 Hornuf, Lars / Voigt, Stefan: Preliminary References - Analyzing the Determinants that Made the ECJ the Powerful Court it Is, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3768 Eichberger, J�rgen / Grant, Simon / Kelsey, David: When is Ambiguity-Attitude Constant?, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3767 Caporale, Guglielmo Maria / Gil-Alana, Luis A.: Persistence and Cycles in US Hours Worked, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3766 Jacquet, Laurence / Lehmann, Etienne / Van der Linden, Bruno: Signing Distortions in Optimal Tax and other Adverse Selection Problems with Random Participation, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3765 Hale, Galina / Razin, Assaf / Tong, Hui: The Impact of Creditor Protection on Stock Prices in the Presence of Liquidity Crises: Theory and Cross-country Evidence, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3764 Klingelh�fer, Jan: Lexicographic Voting, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3763 Bauernschuster, Stefan / Borck, Rainald: The Effect of Child Care on Family Structure: Theory and Evidence, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3762 Giordani, Paolo E. / Ruta, Michele: Self-Confirming Immigration Policy, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3761 Berlemann, Michael / Enkelmann, S�ren: The Economic Determinants of U.S. Presidential Approval -A Survey-, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3760 Lange, Ian A. / Polborn, Sarah: Can Lobbying Encourage Abatement? Designing a New Policy Instrument, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3759 Auer, Raphael A.: Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Domestic Competition, and Inflation: Evidence from the 2005/08 Revaluation of the Renminbi, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3758 Mitra, Tapan / Asheim, Geir B. / Buchholz, Wolfgang / Withagen, Cees A.: Characterizing the Sustainability Problem in an Exhaustible Resource Model, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3757 Fabbri, Francesca / Marin, Dalia: What Explains the Rise in CEO Pay in Germany? A Panel Data Analysis for 1977-2009, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3756 Brixiova, Zuzana / Egert, Balazs: Labour Market Reforms and Outcomes in Estonia, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3755 Gathmann, Christina / J�rges, Hendrik / Reinhold, Steffen: Compulsory Schooling Reforms, Education and Mortality in Twentieth Century Europe, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]
3754 Hillinger, Claude / S�ssmuth, Bernd / Sunder, Marco: The Quantity Theory of Money and Friedmanian Monetary Policy: An Empirical Investigation, March 2012 [Download] [Abstract]