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The Anti-trafficking Protocol reflects the interests of the major countries. Due to the high costs of compliance, countries will strategically select those obligations that will satisfy the major countries most efficiently with lower costs of compliance. Among the three main obligations of the Protocol - prevention, protection and prosecution - we predict that ratification leads to the strongest effect ...
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European Journal of Political Economy
28 (2012), 2, S. 249-265
| Seo-Young Cho, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
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This paper analyzes naming behavior in Germany in the context of rapid social change. It begins with an overview of general developments in naming in Germany over the last one hundred years, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which supplies us with almost 45,000 datasets. The paper focuses on the periods of World War II and the Cold War since we conclude that general developments ...
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Names: A Journal of Onomastics
60 (2012), 2, S. 74-89
| Anja Bruhn, Denis Huschka, Gert G. Wagner
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We examine firms' motivation to change their main bank and how this switch affects loans, interest payments, and firm performance. Applying treatment effect analysis to unique firm-bank matched Ukrainian data, we find that larger and more highly leveraged companies are more likely to switch their main bank. Importantly, firms tend to switch to a new main bank that holds a higher share of equity in ...
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Emerging Markets, Finance & Trade
48 (2012), 2, S. 76-93
| Andreas Stephan, Andriy Tsapin, Oleksandr Talavera
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The worldwide telecommunications equipment industry has experienced an enormous number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This article examines the innovation determinants of M&A activity and the consequences of M&A on technological potential and innovation performance. We extend the resource-based theory in elucidating external technology sourcing and provide empirical evidence on the keen reliance ...
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Industrial and Corporate Change
21 (2012), 2, S. 277-314
| Tseveen Gantumur, Andreas Stephan
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This paper presents the application of a mechanism that provides incentives to promote transmission network expansion in the electricity system of the Ontario province. Such mechanism combines a merchant approach with a regulatory approach. It is based on the rebalancing of a two-part tariff within the framework of a wholesale electricity market with nodal pricing. The expansion of the network is carried ...
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Economía Mexicana
21 (2012), 1, S. 133-173
| Juan Rosellón, Juan Tregear, Eric Zenón
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In trying to capture complete within-household heterogeneity, household panel surveys typically try to interview all adult household members. Following from this, such surveys tend to suffer from partial unit nonresponse (PUNR), that is, the nonresponse of at least one member of an otherwise participating household, most likely yielding an underestimation of aggregate household income. Using data from ...
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Sociological Methods & Research
41 (2012), 1, S. 89-123
| Joachim R. Frick, Markus M. Grabka, Olaf Groh-Samberg
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Respondent-driven sampling is a network sampling technique typically employed for hard-to-reach populations (for example, drug users, men who have sex with men, people with HIV). Similarly to snowball sampling, initial seed respondents recruit additional respondents from their network of friends. The recruiting process repeats iteratively, thereby forming long referral chains. Unlike in snowball sampling, ...
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The Stata Journal
12 (2012), 1, S. 72-93
| Matthias Schonlau, Elisabeth Liebau
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Several German states recently introduced tuition fees for university education. We investigate whether these tuition fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home state. We find a small but significant reaction: The probability ...
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Economics of Education Review
31 (2012), 1, S. 155-167
| Nadja Dwenger, Johanna Storck, Katharina Wrohlich
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Means-tested student aid might affect enrollment in higher education. To derive the potential influence of student aid, we use a tax-benefit microsimulation model. The effect is a non-linear function of parental income, with variation as a result of bracket creeping and various reforms. Therefore, the effect of student aid on enrollment can be separated from the effects of income and other family characteristics. ...
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The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
114 (2012), 1, S. 124-147
| Viktor Steiner, Katharina Wrohlich
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This paper examines the impact of outdoor pollution and parental smoking on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data were provided by the Federal Environment Agency and cover theyears 2002-2007. Our work makes two important contributions. First, we ...
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Journal of Health Economics
31 (2012), 1, S. 180-196
| Katja Coneus, C. Katharina Spieß