IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2170

Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute

published in: T. Sandler and K. Hardley (eds.), Handbook of Defense Economics Vol. 2, Elsevier 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2146

A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies?

Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson

published in T.J. Hatton. K. H. O'Rourke and A. M. Taylor (eds.), The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson, Cambridge Mass: MIT Press, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2134

Rational Alcohol Addiction: Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey

Badi H. Baltagi, Ingo Geishecker

published in: Health Economics, 2006, 15 (9), 893-914

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2133

Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces: A Panel Data Analysis

Alice Shiu, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2056

Simultaneous Search with Heterogeneous Firms and Ex Post Competition

Pieter A. Gautier, Ronald P. Wolthoff

published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (3), 311-319

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2035

Testing Exclusion Restrictions at Infinity in the Semiparametric Selection Model

Bruno Crépon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1996

Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections

Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (2), 807-829

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1991

Prediction Markets in Theory and Practice

Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

published in: Larry Blume and Steven Durlauf (eds), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed (London: Palgrave), 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1988

Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation

John Robst, Solomon Polachek, Yuan-Ching Chang

published in: Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2007, 24 (1), 1-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1986

Evaluating Alternative Representations of the Choice Sets in Models of Labour Supply

Rolf Aaberge, Ugo Colombino, Tom Wennemo

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2009, 23 (3), 586-612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1975

Five Open Questions About Prediction Markets

Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1975

Five Open Questions About Prediction Markets

Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1973

Ottoman Conquests and European Ecclesiastical Pluralism

Murat Iyigun

published as 'Luther & Suleyman' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008,123 (4), 1465-1494.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1972

Competing Approaches to Forecasting Elections: Economic Models, Opinion Polling and Prediction Markets

Andrew Leigh, Justin Wolfers

published in: Economic Record, 2006, 82 (258), 325-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1952

What Happiness Research Can Tell Us About Self-Control Problems and Utility Misprediction

Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey

published in: Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (eds.), Economics and Psychology. A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007, 169-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1923

Israel, the Palestinian Factions, and the Cycle of Violence

David A. Jaeger, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (2), 45-49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1899

Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk

Refet S. Gürkaynak, Justin Wolfers

published in: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2005, 11 - 50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1872

Two Faces of the ICT Revolution: Desegregation and Minority-Majority Earnings Inequality

Martin Kahanec

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1849