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explained by the fact that the affirmative action competition was more gender specific. Muriel Niederle is an associate professor of economics at Stanford University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Her e-mail address is niederle@ stanford.edu. Lise Vesterlund is the Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. Her e-mail address is vester@pitt.edu. 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2008.00197.x © 2008 President and Fellows

CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND TAXES ON OUTPUT Olivier Blanchard Roberto Perotti Working Paper 7269 http://www.nber.org/papers/w7269 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 July 1999 The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. © 1999 by Olivier Blanchard and Roberto Perotti. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without

The History of India’s Trade and Economic Activity from 1947 to 1991 India is now a growing economy and a very powerful worldwide player to be. Economically speaking, it is the third most important country in Asia (the country being one of the economic tigers), and the twelfth largest economy in the world. In order to reach this level, the country had to go through a lot of changes and adjustments since 1947. Right after the decolonization of India from Britain in 1947, the economy of the country

classique (business cycle) reproduit le cycle du «niveau » global de l’activité. La définition la plus courante est celle donnée par le National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER): «Les cycles d’affaires désignent un type de fluctuations qui 1 Cette méthode non paramétrique s’inspire de la procédure d’identification du National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) qui est un organisme chargé d’établir la chronologie des cycles aux Etats-Unis. 3 affectent l’activité générale des pays dans lesquels

récession,   des   contractions   et   des   reprises,   qui   affectent   elles   aussi   l'ensemble   des activités économiques  »,  ont  résumé  en  1946  les  économistes américains Arthur  Burns  et  Wesley  Mitchell  du  National Bureau  of  Economic  Research (NBER).   Localisée  entre  la  fin  de  la  phase  d'expansion  et  le début  de  la phase  de récession  ou  de  dépression,  la crise   représente   le   moment   où   la   conjoncture bascule dans   un   sens   défavorable.   Elle

Commentaire sur le texte de Matthew Rabin « Incorporating fairness into game theory and economics » Cet article, écrit par Matthew Rabin et publié dans The American Economic Review, traite de la théorie des jeux rectangulaires d’une manière différente de la théorie classique quant à la recherche des équilibres. En effet, traditionnellement, les solutions d’équilibre sont données en poursuivant l’hypothèse que les joueurs sont des agents individualistes et donc le choix de leur stratégie

Economic Impact of 2004 enlargement on EU15 Clémence GILBERTAS (Student number: 2930435) Examine the economic impact of the 2004 enlargement on the EU 15 member states. Consider why further enlargement is relatively unpopular. Teacher: Brian Ardy Date : 19th November 2010 Economic Impact of 2004 enlargement on EU15 I) INTRODUCTION The 2004 enlargement is the fifth one since 1973. This enlargement was the largest one in terms of people, land and number of countries. 25 countries

Comparative uses of metaphors in discourses on Chinese economic growth China has emerged in the last decades from a closed economy, to an open economy experiencing very high economic growth. Indeed, based on the date of the World Bank, since 1980, the gross domestic product of China grow of about 2500%, while on the same time, the American one only about 400%. This very fast economic growth allowed China to be today the second economic power after the United States and in front of Japan, with

The Globalization, as a factor of instability of World Economics Globalization, is often associated with the notion of «international financial integration» it’s a controversial term, some people regard as benefactress to the world economy and some other are qualifying it as «anarchy leading to disequilibrium»; This notion is also a polysemic term, that is to say which has many definitions and we will see that it will generate many upheavals in the world. That mutation is linked to the technological

Indeed the British had nothing for sale that could interest India. However, when the British left in 1947, India was poor and industrially backward. How did that happen and how did British Rule affect India’s economy ? Let’s come to today’s topic: The Economic Effects of British Rule in India. First of all, I will make a brief presentation on how India’s economy was during the pre-colonial period in 3 aspects: agriculture, trade and handicraft. Then we pass on the main part of the subject on how the