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Essays in Public Economics

My thesis combines experimental and quasi-experimental evidence with structural models to study the causal effects and welfare consequences of institutional changes and public policies. The thesis focuses on incentives for policymakers, policies for the disadvantaged, and housing taxation. In the first chapter, I analyze whether a tenure requirement for a parliamentary pension in Italy changed policymakers’ behavior in confidence votes. Using a difference-in-discontinuities design and newly-collected data, I find that the pension incentive increased political stability but also party control over members of Parliament, ultimately reducing voters’ welfare. In the second chapter, I study the educational outcomes of a randomized policy in Chile that granted college admission to the top 15% students in disadvantaged high schools. The policy decreased students’ pre-college effort, likely due to belief biases about grade ranking. The initial positive effect on college enrollment gradually decreases in the five years after high school. A dynamic model shows that eliminating the belief biases would improve the academic preparation of college entrants. Expanding admission to disadvantaged students can improve their college attainment, but preparation matters and responds to pre-college incentives. In the third chapter, I study whether a basic pension increased the life expectancy of the elderly poor in Chile. Using administrative and survey data in a regression discontinuity design, I find that the pension was a cost-effective measure to reduce recipients’ mortality thanks to an increase in food consumption and visits to health centers. In the fourth chapter, I study the equilibrium effects of taxing property investors. Using a difference-in-differences estimator I find that a transfer-tax on UK investors reduced prices, but also transaction volumes and real-estate liquidity. After documenting strong search frictions in the market, I build a housing-search model and show that taxing investors increased welfare by offsetting the crowding-out externality they impose on owner-occupiers

BioVault : a protocol to prevent replay in biometric systems

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Ill. teach. home econ. (1973)

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Seattle Pacific University Catalog 2000-2001

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Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on ASEAN (IC-ASEAN) "Towards a better ASEAN", September 5-6, 2019; Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Since the establishment of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) as a regional organization in 1967, it has played a significant role most importantly related to regional affairs and has also given notable contribution to the international arena. Undisputedly, ASEAN has been successfully fostering good relations among its members since its foundation. After completing the first period of its vision of an integrated regional community (ASEAN Community 2015), ASEAN is now preparing for the launch of ASEAN Community Vision 2025, supported by ASEAN Connectivity 2025. As a study center focusing primarily and solely on ASEAN, in collaboration with the Directorate General of ASEAN Cooperation, Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Center of ASEAN Studies Andalas University, will be hosting the International Conference on ASEAN (IC-ASEAN) as a platform to evaluate past actions, to discuss present issues, and to provide an outlook for the future of ASEAN. Aims and Scope The International Conference on ASEAN (IC-ASEAN) is a multidisciplinary conference which covers a broad range of area. The sub theme will be divided into two large categories focusing on ASEAN Community 2015 and 2025 also ASEAN Connectivity 2025. The sub theme related to ASEAN Community will cover issues related to the three pillars (Political-security Community, Economic Community and Social-cultural Community). Meanwhile the ASEAN Connectivity sub theme will include issues within the key areas (Physical Connectivity, Institutional Connectivity and People-to-people Connectivity

Bowdoin Orient v.132, no.1-24 (2002-2003)

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