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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Demonstration Effect"”.
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The Demonstration Effect of Hosting a Major Games: A Case Study of Figure Skating and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games
… Gidlow, and Peebles (1994), the trickle-down effect and more specifically, the demonstration effect, are based on the idea that performances of a host nation’s athletes will inspire the population to become active in sport. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games presented an opportunity for …
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Three Essays in Applied Economics
… three essays. The first one focuses on the effect of a change in the labour market conditions induced by a trade shock on crime at the US local level. Using US Census data, I provide evidence that the increasing exposure to Chinese competitiveness has indirectly contributed to the change in …
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Essays on the Equity Premium Puzzle
… the model’s parameter, and then I derive the effect of time separability in utility preferences and Habit persistence on the Equity Premium puzzle.</p> <p>In the second essay, I examine the ability of a dynamic asset-pricing model to explain both the Equity Premium and the Volatility puzzles. …