The purpose of this study is to analyse the dynamic response of a set of euro area macroeconomic variables to monetary policy and technology shocks. We do so by conducting simulations on three different models of the euro area. The first modelling approach corresponds to structural VAR models (SVAR), the second approach uses the NiGEM multi-country model developed by the National Institute of E...

This paper considers the impressive employment and unemployment performance of the United States over the past two decades, and the contrasting high unemployment experienced by most other OECD nations over the same period. It concludes that the multiple dimensions of US labour market flexibility have helped to produce strong labour market outcomes. However, the paper also documents the large in...

Remanufactured products offer better environmental benefits, and governments encourage manufacturers to remanufacture through various subsidy policies. This practice has shown that, in addition to product sales, remanufactured product can also achieve its value through social donation. Based on the remanufactured product value realization approaches, governments provide two kinds of incentive p...

IC ER SPTIVES On contentious issues such as gun control, where advocacy groups on both sides claim to have the weight of public opinion behind them, polling can help clarify what Americans really think. Three decades of polling have painted a clear picture of public opinion about gun control. These polls show that public support for the regulation of firearms is strong, deep, and widespread. La...

The legal system is an expensive social institution, raising the question of whether the amount of litigation is socially appropriate. The thesis developed here is that it is not—because of fundamental differences between private and social incentives to use the legal system. These differences permeate litigation, affecting decisions about the bringing of suits, settlement versus trial, and tri...

Journal of Marketing Research Vol. XL (November 2003), 454–467 *Ran Kivetz is Associate Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University (e-mail: [email protected]). Itamar Simonson is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (e-mail: [email protected]). The authors are grateful for helpful comments and ...

Founded in 2003, the Center for Technology and Society (CTS/FGV) aims to study the legal, social and cultural implicatons resultng from the advancement of informaton and communicaton technologies. CTS/FGV produces academic research and policy papers that may impact the development of public policies, so they will uphold democracy, fundamental rights and the preservaton of the public interest. T...

Background Poorly managed transitions from hospital to home for elderly patients with complex needs (commonly referred to as patient discharge) often exacerbate detriments to health and function associated with acute inpatient hospital stays. The English National Health Service introduced the Community Care (Delayed Discharges) Act in 2003 to improve the transition process, but the ways in whic...

in his perspective “navigating between stealth advocacy and unconscious dogmatism: the challenge of researching the norms, politics and power of global health,” ooms argues that actions taken in the field of global health are dependent not only on available resources, but on the normative premise that guides how these resources are spent. this comment sets out how the application of a predomina...