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  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214276" />
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  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214276</id>
  <updated>2026-04-28T11:21:00Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-28T11:21:00Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from geo-referenced household surveys</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234637" />
    <author>
      <name>Wild, Frederik</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Stadelmann, David</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234637</id>
    <updated>2023-11-12T02:03:47Z</updated>
    <published>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from geo-referenced household surveys
Authors: Wild, Frederik; Stadelmann, David
Abstract: We investigate geo-referenced household-level data consisting of up to 206,896 individuals living in 21,826 localities across 28 sub-Saharan African countries over 20 years. We analyse the relevance of coastal proximity as a predictor of individual economic living standards. Our setting allows us to account for country-time fixed effects as well as individual-specific controls such as age, gender, and most importantly, urbanity. Results reveal that individuals living further away from the coast are more disadvantaged than individuals living in coastal regions along an array of welfare indicators. The findings are robust to the inclusion of other geographic covariates of development such as climate (e.g. temperature, precipitation), elevation or terrain ruggedness. We also explore mechanisms through which coastal proximity may influence individual welfare and decompose the estimated effect of coastal proximity via formal mediation analysis. Our results highlight the role of human capital as well as infrastructural endowments in reconciling the large intra-national disparities in individual economic welfare.</summary>
    <dc:date>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Backward-oriented economics</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246015" />
    <author>
      <name>Frey, Bruno S.</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246015</id>
    <updated>2023-11-10T02:25:48Z</updated>
    <published>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Backward-oriented economics
Authors: Frey, Bruno S.
Abstract: Nowadays, academic journals of high standing rarely accept a conceptual idea in a paper not instantly accompanied by econometric estimates. The idea would almost certainly get rejected. Empirical validation based on past statistical data has produced an unfortunate backward orientation in economics. While one can learn from the past, this approach fails when the underlying conditions strongly change. The paper suggests various possibilities to overcome the intense publication pressure in so-called top journals and the overemphasis on instant empirical evidence. Academia is, however, unlikely to adapt. As economics is too backward oriented, other disciplines or cranks may well dominate future economic policy.</summary>
    <dc:date>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Scientists' opinion, attitudes, and consensus towards immunity passports</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234618" />
    <author>
      <name>Aranzales, Iván</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Chan, Ho Fai</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Eichenberger, Reiner</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Hegselmann, Rainer</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Stadelmann, David</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Torgler, Benno</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234618</id>
    <updated>2023-11-12T02:41:21Z</updated>
    <published>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Scientists' opinion, attitudes, and consensus towards immunity passports
Authors: Aranzales, Iván; Chan, Ho Fai; Eichenberger, Reiner; Hegselmann, Rainer; Stadelmann, David; Torgler, Benno
Abstract: We designed and implemented a survey to capture what scientists from around the world think about immunity certification. Responses from 12,738 scientists were captured and their distribution was tabulated by participants in health science and other fields. Half of the scientists surveyed agree that a potential immunity passport program will be good for public health (50.2%) and the economy (54.4%), with 19.1% and 15.4% of participants disagree, respectively. A significant proportion of scientists raised concerns about immunity certification over fairness to others (36.5%) and social inequality (45.5%). There is little consensus in the different aspects of immunity passport among scientists.</summary>
    <dc:date>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Two sides of the same coin or two different coins? Exploring the duality of corruption in Latin America</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246009" />
    <author>
      <name>Hugo, Ella</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Savage, David</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Schneider, Friedrich</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Torgler, Benno</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246009</id>
    <updated>2023-11-13T02:26:54Z</updated>
    <published>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Two sides of the same coin or two different coins? Exploring the duality of corruption in Latin America
Authors: Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Schneider, Friedrich; Torgler, Benno
Abstract: The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical debate in economics. By using Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of corruption as a latent variable, this paper employs causal and indicative variables specific to the Latin American region to test for rent seeking and systemic corruption in the period between 1980-2018. The findings provide evidence for two types of corruption, one generated by greed, and the other a solution to market failures. Such results support the view that corruption encompasses a complex set of social behaviours.</summary>
    <dc:date>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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