The Making of a Latin American Global Economist

This paper provides some background for considering the future of these two traditions by looking at global Latin American graduate economic programs. It reports the findings of a survey of Latin American global economics programs and discusses the debate between global economics and traditional economics, arguing that there is a role for both, with global economics concentrating on the science of economics, and traditional economics concentrating on the applied policy "political economy" branch of economics--which is much broader than the applied policy training that graduate students get in global economics.

Ag Outlook

16 pages; published as a special insert in the September 15, 1979 issue of The Farmer. This archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations. Current information available from the University of Minnesota Extension: https://www.extension.umn.edu.University of Minnesota. Agricultural Extension Service. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. (1980). Ag Outlook. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/169051

What is the optimal level of tariffs for African countries?

This paper traces the economic underpinnings of tariff formation and implications of different tariff rates. It posits that there is no magic formula in determining the appropriate level of tariff pertinent to the implementation of a medium- term growth strategy in sub-Saharan African countries. Ultimately the particular circumstances of each country will determine the structure of tariff rates. A rate that maximizes economic welfare for any developing country has to take into account the particular economic circumstances, the institutional structures available for trade liberalization, and complementary instruments for trade and growth facilitation, as well as the process, speed, and sequencing of liberalization

The Design of Renewable Fuel Mandates and Cost Containment Mechanisms

Citation: Lade, G.E., Lin Lawell, CY.C. The Design of Renewable Fuel Mandates and Cost Containment Mechanisms. Environ Resource Econ 79, 213\u2013247 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00558-wPolicies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels often take the form of renewable fuel mandates rather than taxes or cap-and-trade programs. Delays in the development and deployment of new technologies when binding mandates exist for their use may lead to situations with high compliance costs

Study of the doubly charmed tetraquark T+cc

Quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong force, describes interactions of coloured quarks and gluons and the formation of hadronic matter. Conventional hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and quark-antiquark pairs, respectively. Particles with an alternative quark content are known as exotic states. Here a study is reported of an exotic narrow state in the D0D0π+ mass spectrum just below the D*+D0 mass threshold produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The state is consistent with the ground isoscalar T+cc tetraquark with a quark content of ccu⎯⎯⎯d⎯⎯⎯ and spin-parity quantum numbers JP = 1+. Study of the DD mass spectra disfavours interpretation of the resonance as the isovector state. The decay structure via intermediate off-shell D*+ mesons is consistent with the observed D0π+ mass distribution. To analyse the mass of the resonance and its coupling to the D*D system, a dedicated model is developed under the assumption of an isoscalar axial-vector T+cc state decaying to the D*D channel. Using this model, resonance parameters including the pole position, scattering length, effective range and compositeness are determined to reveal important information about the nature of the T+cc state. In addition, an unexpected dependence of the production rate on track multiplicity is observed

Replication archive Rohde & Yu (2023), Management Science

This archive contains files that allow replication of the experiment and results of the paper "Intertemporal Correlation Aversion - A Model-Free Measurement", forthcoming in Management Science. The readme file explains which file does what

Replication archive Peeters (2018) Int. J. Forecasting

This item contains the replication files for Peeters (2018). Testing the Wisdom of Crowds in the Field: Transfermarkt Valuations and International Soccer Results. International Journal of Forecasting, 34 (1), 17-29. doi: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2017.08.00

The socio-economic status gradient in median lifespan by birth cohorts: Evidence from Dutch Olympic athletes born between 1852 and 1947

This paper quantifies the socio-economic status (SES) gradient in median lifespan for three birth cohort groups. For this, mortality models were estimated using unique data on the SES of Dutch Olympic athletes born between 1852 and 1947, and who were followed until their death (or December 2018). The empirical findings show that for the older birth cohorts (1852-1899) there were no significant differences in median lifespan between SES groups. For the middle cohorts (1900-1919), the low SES athletes had a significantly lower median lifespan of five years less compared to medium SES athletes and the median lifespans of high and medium SES athletes did not differ significantly. For the younger cohorts (1920- 1947), large and statistically significant differences were found between the three SES groups: Low SES athletes had a median lifespan of about six years lower than medium SES athletes, while high SES athletes had an almost five years higher median lifespan compared to medium SES athletes. These new findings, which can be reconciled with the existing literature, suggest a strong steepening of the population SES-lifespan gradient over time in the Netherlands

Gender differences in job flexibility: Commutes and working hours after job loss

This paper studies whether women and men cope with job loss differently. Using 2006-2017 Dutch administrative monthly microdata and a quasi-experimental empirical design involving job displacement because of firm bankruptcy, we find that displaced women are more likely than displaced men to find a flexible job with limited working hours and short commutes. Relative to displaced men, displaced women tend to acquire a job with an 8 percentage points larger loss in working hours and an 8 percentage points smaller increase in commuting. However, displaced women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Job loss thus widens gender gaps in employment, working hours and commuting distance. Further, results point out that displaced expectant mothers experience relatively high losses in employment and working hours, amplifying child penalty effects. The findings show that firm bankruptcy for expectant mothers widens gender gaps in employment and working hours

Endogenous local labour markets, regional aggregation and agglomeration economies

We examine the role of spatial unit size in measuring the urban wage premium. Using Dutch administrative data, we define local labour markets (LLMs) based on employees’ commuting outcomes, gender and educational attainment. We show that high-educated employees and male employees have a relatively large LLM. Using a continuum of regional aggregations, we find that urban wage premium estimates increase over the level of aggregation, also for different subgroups of employees. We show that the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) does not explain this pattern, consistent with stronger agglomeration externalities at higher regional aggregation levels