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Working Papers of the Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich

Year of publication: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996

2012

12/157   A. Bommier and F. Le Grand
Too Risk Averse to Purchase Insurance? A Theoretical Glance at the Annuity Puzzle (PDF 1220KB)
12/156   I. A. MacKenzie and M. Ohndorf
Restricted Coasean Bargaining (PDF 808KB)

2011

11/155   A. Bommier
Life-Cycle Preferences Revisited (PDF 939KB)
11/154   C. N. Brunnschweiler and S. Valente
International Partnerships, Foreign Control and Income Levels: Theory and Evidence (PDF 1120KB)
11/153   R. Ramer
Dynamic Effects and Structural Change under Environmental Regulation in a CGE Model with Endogenous Growth (PDF 1430KB)
11/152   I. A. MacKenzie and M. Ohndorf
Optimal monitoring of credit-based emissions trading under asymmetric information (PDF 1250KB)
11/151   J. Daubanes and P. Lasserre
Optimum Commodity Taxation with a Non-Renewable Resource (PDF 1040KB)
11/150   A. Schäfer and M. T. Schneider
Endogenous Enforcement of Intellectual Property, North-South Trade, and Growth (PDF 1287KB)
11/149   H. Gersbach and V. Hahn
Inflation Forecast Contracts (PDF 866KB)
11/148   D. Schiess and R. Wehrli
Long-Term Growth Driven by a Sequence of General Purpose Technologies (PDF 1170KB)
11/147   P. F. Peretto and S. Valente
Growth on a Finite Planet: Resources, Technology and Population in the Long Run (PDF 951KB)
11/146   H. Gersbach, N. Hummel and R. Winkler
Sustainable Climate Treaties (PDF 1170KB)
11/145   H. Gersbach and H. Haller
A Human Relations Paradox (PDF 1166KB)
11/144   L. Bretschger and S. Valente
International Trade and Net Investment: Theory and Evidence (PDF 832KB)
11/143   H. Gersbach
Campaigns, Political Mobility, and Communication (PDF 985KB)
11/142   J. G. Becker
On the Number of alpha -Pivotal Players (PDF 878KB)
11/141   P. S. Schmidt, U. von Arx, A. Schrimpf, A. F. Wagner and A. Ziegler
On the Construction of Common Size, Value and Momentum Factors in International Stock Markets: A Guide with Applications (PDF 980KB)

2010

10/140   L. Leinert
How do unanticipated discoveries of oil fields affect the oil price? (PDF 800KB)
10/139   H. Gersbach, M.T. Schneider and O. Schneller
Basic Research, Openness, and Convergence (PDF 1300KB)
10/138   L. Bretschger and V. Kappel
Market concentration and the likelihood of financial crises (PDF 877KB)
10/137   M. T. Schneider and R. Winkler
Growth and Welfare under Endogenous Lifetime (PDF 1140KB)
10/136   V. Hahn
Sequential Aggregation of Verifiable Information (PDF 1060KB)
10/135   A. Bommier, M.-L. Leroux and J.-M. Lozachmeur
On the Public Economics of Annuities with Differential Mortality (PDF 885KB)
10/134   A. Bommier, A. Chassagnon and F. Le Grand
Comparative Risk Aversion: A Formal Approach with Applications to Saving Behaviors (PDF 1100KB)
10/133   A. Bommier and B. Villeneuve
Risk Aversion and the Value of Risk to Life (PDF 1020KB)
10/132   L. Bretschger and S. Valente
Endogenous Growth, Asymmetric Trade and Resource Taxation (PDF 917KB)
10/131   H. Gersbach and N. Surulescu
Default Risk in Stochastic Volatility Models (PDF 640KB)
10/130   F. Schwark
Economics of Endogenous Technical Change in CGE Models - The Role of Gains from Specialization (PDF 912KB)
10/129   L. Bretschger, R. Ramer and F. Schwark
Long-Run Effects of Post-Kyoto Policies: Applying a Fully Dynamic CGE model with Heterogeneous Capital (PDF 3,1MB)
10/128   M. T. Schneider, C. Traeger and R. Winkler
Trading Off Generations: Infinitely-Lived Agent Versus OLG (PDF 880KB)
10/127   V. Kappel
The Effects of Financial Development on Income Inequality and Poverty (PDF 708KB)
10/126   M. T. Schneider
The Larger the Better? The Role of Interest-Group Size in Legislative Lobbying (PDF 940KB)
10/125   A. Ziegler
Individual Characteristics and Stated Preferences for Alternative Energy Sources and Propulsion Technologies in Vehicles: A Discrete Choice Analysis (PDF 692KB)
10/124   P. F. Peretto and S. Valente
Resource Wealth, Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy (PDF 808KB)

2009

09/123   H. Gersbach and M. T. Schneider
Tax Contracts and Elections (PDF 832KB)
09/122   V. Hahn
Why the Publication of Socially Harmful Information May Be Socially Desirable (PDF 752KB)
09/121   A. Ziegler
Is it Beneficial to be Included in a Sustainability Stock Index? A Panel Data Study for European Firms (PDF 676KB)
09/120   K. Pittel and L. Bretschger
The Implications of Heterogeneous Resource Intensities on Technical Change and Growth (PDF 752KB)
09/119   E. J. Balistreri, R. H. Hillberry and T. F. Rutherford
Trade and Welfare: Does Industrial Organization Matter? (PDF 660KB)
09/118   H. Gersbach, G. Sorger and C. Amon
Hierarchical Growth: Basic and Applied Research (PDF 820KB)
09/117   C. N. Brunnschweiler
Finance for Renewable Energy: An Empirical Analysis of Developing and Transition Economies (PDF 828KB)
09/116   S. Valente
Optimal Policy and Non-Scale Growth with R&D Externalities (PDF 712KB)
09/115   T. Fahrenberger
Short-term Deviations from Simple Majority Voting (PDF 804KB)
09/114   M. Müller
Vote-Share Contracts and Learning-by-Doing (PDF 784KB)
09/113   C. Palmer, M. Ohndorf and I. A. MacKenzie
Life's a Breach! Ensuring 'Permanence' in Forest Carbon
Sinks under Incomplete Contract Enforcement
(PDF 0.5 MB)
09/112   N. Hanley and I. A. MacKenzie
The Effects of Rent Seeking over Tradable Pollution Permits (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/111   I. A. MacKenzie
Controlling Externalities in the Presence of Rent Seeking (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/110   H. Gersbach and H. Haller
Club Theory and Household Formation (PDF 0.6 MB)
09/109   H. Gersbach, V. Hahn and S. Imhof
Constitutional Design: Separation of Financing and Project Decision (PDF 0.2 MB)
09/108   C. N. Brunnschweiler
Oil and Growth in Transition Countries (PDF 0.5 MB)
09/107   H. Gersbach and V. Hahn
Banking-on-the-Average Rules (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/106   K. Pittel and D.T.G. Rübbelke
Decision Processes of a Suicide Bomber - Integrating Economics and Psychology (PDF 0.5 MB)
09/105   A. Ziegler, T. Busch and V.H. Hoffmann
Corporate Responses to Climate Change and Financial Performance: The Impact of Climate Policy (PDF 0.4 MB)
09/104   S. Valente
Endogenous Growth, Backstop Technology Adoption and Optimal Jumps (PDF 0.5 MB)
09/103   K. Pittel and D. Rübbelke
Characteristics of Terrorism (PDF 1.3 MB)
09/102   J. Daubanes
Taxation of Oil Products and GDP Dynamics of Oil-rich Countries (PDF 0.6 MB)
09/101   S. Valente
Accumulation Regimes in Dynastic Economies with Resource Dependence and Habit Formation (PDF 0.7 MB)

2008

08/100   A. Ziegler
Disentangling Specific Subsets of Innovations: A Micro-Econometric Analysis of their Determinants (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/99   M. Bambi and A. Saïdi
Increasing Returns to Scale and Welfare: Ranking the Multiple Deterministic Equilibria (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/98   M. Bambi
Unifying time-to-build theory (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/97   H. Gersbach and R. Winkler
International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/96   K. Pittel and L. Bretschger
Sectoral Heterogeneity, Resource Depletion, and Directed Technical Change: Theory and Policy (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/95   M.D. König, S. Battiston, M. Napoletano and F. Schweitzer
The Efficiency and Evolution of R&D Networks (PDF 0.9 MB)
08/94   H. Gersbach and F. Mühe
Vote-Buying and Growth (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/93   H. Gersbach
Banking with Contingent Contracts, Macroeconomic Risks, and Banking Crises (PDF 0.9 MB)
08/92   J. Daubanes
Optimal taxation of a monopolistic extractor: Are subsidies necessary? (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/91   R. Winkler
Optimal control of pollutants with delayed stock accumulation (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/90   S. Rausch and T. F. Rutherford
Computation of Equilibria in OLG Models with Many Heterogeneous Households (PDF 1.6 MB)
08/89   E.J. Balistreri, R.H. Hillberry and T.F. Rutherford
Structural Estimation and Solution of International Trade Models with Heterogeneous Firms (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/88   E. Mayer and O. Grimm
Countercyclical Taxation and Price Dispersion (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/87   L. Bretschger
Population growth and natural resource scarcity: long-run development under seemingly unfavourable conditions (PDF 0.5 MB)

Revised Version: March 2009  (PDF 0.3 MB)  Mathematical Supplement (PDF 0.1 MB)

08/86   M.J. Baker, C.N. Brunnschweiler and E.H. Bulte
Did History Breed Inequality? Colonial Factor Endowments and Modern Income Distribution (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/85   U. von Arx and A. Ziegler
The Effect of CSR on Stock Performance: New Evidence for the USA and Europe (PDF 0.4 MB)
08/84 
  H. Gersbach and V. Hahn
Forward Guidance for Monetary Policy: Is It Desirable? (PDF 0.4 MB)
08/83   I.A. MacKenzie
On the Sequential Choice of Tradable Permit Allocations (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/82   I.A. MacKenzie, N. Hanley and T. Kornienko
A Permit Allocation Contest for a Tradable Pollution Permit Market (PDF 0.5 MB)
08/81   D. Schiess and R. Wehrli
The Calm Before the Storm? - Anticipating the Arrival of General Purpose Technologies (PDF 0.5 MB)

Revised Version: November 2008  (PDF 0.3 MB)

08/80   D.S. Damianov and J.G. Becker
Auctions with Variable Supply: Uniform Price versus Discriminatory (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/79 
  H. Gersbach, M.T. Schneider and O. Schneller
On the Design of Basic-Research Policy  (PDF 0.6 MB)
08/78
  C.N. Brunnschweiler and E.H. Bulte
Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Resource Abundance, Dependence and the Onset of Civil Wars (PDF 0.4 MB)

2007

07/77   A. Schäfer and S. Valente
Habit Formation, Dynastic Altruism, and Population Dynamics (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/76   R. Winkler
Why do ICDPs fail? The relationship between subsistence farming, poaching and ecotourism in wildlife and habitat conservation (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/75   S. Valente
International Status Seeking, Trade, and Growth Leadership (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/74   J. Durieu, H. Haller, N. Querou and P. Solal
Ordinal Games (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/73
  V. Hahn
Information Acquisition by Price-Setters and Monetary Policy (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/72   H. Gersbach and H. Haller
Hierarchical Trade and Endogenous Price Distortions (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/71   C. Heinzel and R. Winkler
The Role of Environmental and Technology Policies in the Transition to a Low-carbon Energy Industry (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/70   T. Fahrenberger and H. Gersbach
Minority Voting and Long-term Decisions (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/69   H. Gersbach and R. Winkler
On the Design of Gloabl Refunding and Climate Change (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/68   S. Valente
Human Capital, Resource Constraints and Intergenerational Fairness (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/67   O. Grimm and S. Ried
Macroeconomic Policy in a Heterogeneous Monetary Union (PDF 0.7 MB)
07/66   O. Grimm
Fiscal Disipline and Stability under Currency Board Systems (PDF 1.0 MB)
07/65   M.T. Schneider
Knowledge Codification and Endogenous Growth (PDF 0.6 MB)
07/64   T. Fahrenberger and H. Gersbach
Legislative Process and Open Rules (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/63   U. von Arx and A. Schäfer
The Influence of Pension Funds on Corporate Governance (PDF 0.5 MB)
07/62   H. Gersbach
The Global Refunding System and Climate Change (PDF 0.4 MB)

2006

06/61   C.N. Brunnschweiler and E.H. Bulte
The Resource Curse Revisited and Revised: A Tale of Paradoxes and Red Herrings (PDF 0.8 MB)
06/60   R. Winkler
Now or Never: Environmental Protection under Hyperbolic Discounting (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/59   U. Brandt-Pollmann, R. Winkler, S. Sager, U. Moslener and J.P. Schlöder
Numerical Solution of Optimal Control Problems with Constant Control Delays (PDF 1.2 MB)
06/58   F. Mühe
Vote Buying and the Education of a Society (new version available upon request)
06/57   C. Bell and H. Gersbach
Growth and Enduring Epidemic Diseases (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/56   H. Gersbach and M. Müller
Elections, Contracts and Markets (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/55   S. Valente
Intergenerational Transfers, Lifetime Welfare and Resource Preservation (PDF 0.6 MB)
06/54   H. Fehr-Duda, M. Schürer and R. Schubert
What Determines the Shape of the Probability Weighting Function? (PDF 0.7 MB)
06/53   S. Valente
Trade, Envy and Growth: International Status Seeking in a Two-Country World (PDF 0.6 MB)
06/52   K. Pittel
A Kuznets Curve for Recycling (PDF 0.7 MB)
06/51   C.N. Brunnschweiler
Cursing the blessings? Natural resource abundance, institutions, and economic growth (PDF 0.6 MB)
06/50   C. Di Maria and S. Valente
The Direction of Technical Change in Capital-Resource Economics (PDF 0.3 MB)
06/49   C.N. Brunnschweiler
Financing the alternative: renewable energy in developing and transition countries (PDF 0.5 MB)
06/48   S. Valente
Notes on Habit Formation and Socially Optimal Growth (PDF 0.3 MB)
06/47   L. Bretschger
Energy Prices, Growth, and the Channels in Between: Theory and Evidence (PDF 0.3 MB)

Revised Version: December 2007  (PDF 0.2 MB)  Mathematical Supplement (PDF 0.1 MB)

06/46   M. Schularick and T.M. Steger
Does Financial Integration Spur Economic Growth? New Evidence from the First Era of Financial Globalization (PDF 0.5 MB)

2005

2004

04/35   T. Trimborn, K.-J. Koch and T.M. Steger
Multi-Dimensional Transitional Dynamics: A Simple Numerical Procedure (PDF 0.6 MB)
04/34   K. Pittel and D.T.G. Rübbelke
Private Provision of Public Goods: Incentives for Donations (PDF 0.4 MB)
04/33   H. Egli and T.M. Steger
A Simple Dynamic Model of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (PDF 0.4 MB)
04/32   L. Bretschger and T.M. Steger
The Dynamics of Economic Integration: Theory and Policy (PDF 0.22 MB)
04/31   H. Fehr-Duda, M. de Gennaro, R. Schubert,
Gender, Financial Risk, and Probability Weights (PDF 1.9 MB)

2003

2002

02/23   M. Gysler, J.Kruse and R. Schubert
"Ambiguity and Gender Differences in Financial Decision Making: An Experimental Examination of Competence and Confidence Effects", 1. paper (PDF 82 KB); 2. figures and tables (PDF 40 KB); 3. appendix (PDF 83 KB)

2001

2000

00/20   S.Rutz, T. Borek
International Environmental Negotiation: Does Coalition Size Matter? (PDF 0.2 MB)
00/19   S. Dietz
Does an environmental Kuznets curve exist for biodiversity? (PDF 50 KB)
00/18   R. Senti
Handelsverhandlungen mit der EU aus der Sicht eines Drittstaates
00/17   R. Schubert, M. Brown, M. Gysler, H.W. Brachinger
Gender Specific Attitudes Towards Risk and Ambiguity: An Experimental Investigation (PDF 28 KB)

1999

99/16   R. Senti
Die Wettbewerbspolitik im Rahmen des GATT
99/15   R. Senti
Ordnungspolitisches Konzept einer kohärenten Wirtschaftspolitik

1998

1997

97/14   R. Senti
WTO, The World Trade Organization (A survey)
97/13   R. Senti
NAFTA as a Model for Free Trade Areas between Economies in different Stages of Development
97/12   M. Graber, R. Schubert
Risiko aus ökonomischer Perspektive: Einführende Überlegungen für Nicht-Ökonomen

1996

96/11   R. Schubert
Finanzielle Entscheidungen und die Risikowahrnehmung von Frauen - Neue Forschungsergebnisse
96/10   R. Senti
Der Umweltschutz als Chance und Gefahr der WTO-Welthandelsordnung
 

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