In: D. Thürer & R. Blindenbacher (Eds.), Embracing Differences. Wertschätzung des Andersseins. Zürich - Basel - Genève: Schulthess, pp. 27–38
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This paper studies local governments' public policies in a metropolitan area plagued by traffic congestion, where both residents and workers consume local public goods. We develop a new spatial sub-metropolitan tax competition model which features a central city surrounded by suburban towns linked by mobile capital and mobile residents who commute to work. We show that Pareto-efficiency is...
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In: European Journal of Health Economics
Ambient air pollution is the environmental factor with the most significant impact on human health. Several epidemiological studies provide evidence for an association between ambient air pollution and human health. However, the recent economic literature has challenged the identification strategy used in these studies. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion by investigating the...
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In: Zeitschrift für Pädagogik
The concept of economic optimization has a significant impact on education and the production of knowledge in the field of educational studies. To understand its effects on research, I will discuss three different shifts of the dominant perspective to demonstrate absences and rejections economic applications of optimization produce: First, the craftsman attitude cultivates a kind of optimization,...
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In: Public Relations Review 45(2), 348-371
The purpose of this study is to systematically review the body of knowledge on corporate diplomacy (CD) and political corporate social responsibility (PCSR) in journals from the fields of public relations, public diplomacy, general management and business ethics. By applying an interdisciplinary approach our study aims to (1) examine what definitions of CD and PCSR exist, (2) explore what...
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Despite growing skepticism regarding the efficacy of antidepressants, global consumption is increasing at an unprecedented path with unknown implications for society. We estimate the causal effect of this increase on mental health outcomes using an IV strategy that exploits detailed drug sales data from Switzerland between 2002 and 2014. Our instrument, a modified version of the popular...
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In: Proceedings of the Web Conference (WWW 2019)
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In: Proceedings of the Web Conference (WWW 2019)
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In: Proceedings of the Web Conference (WWW 2019)
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