2001–2005

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2005

283. Jõeveer, Karin. December 2005. “What Do We Know about the Capital Structure of Small Firms?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

282. Jurajda, Štěpán, and Daniel Münich. December 2005. “Admission to Selective Schools, Alphabetically.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

281. Austin, Andrew. November 2005. “Provincial Interests and Political Integration: Voting in the French Maastricht Referendum.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

280. Noguera, José, and Rowena Pecchenino. August 2005. “Can a Cartel Fuel the Engine of Economic Development? OPEC and the Macroeconomics of Oil.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

279. Kočenda, Evžen, Ali Kutan, and Taner Yiğit. November 2005. “Pilgrims to the Eurozone: How Far, How Fast?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

278. Austin, Andrew, Tatyana Kosyaeva, and Nathaniel Wilcox. November 2005. “Believe but Verify? Russian Views and the Market.” (Abstract) (Full Text, Appendix)

277. Fukač, Martin. October 2005. “Should Private Expectations Concern Central Bankers?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

276. Kováč, Eugen. September 2005. “Speculation and Survival in Financial Markets.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

275. Chen, Yan, Peter Katuščák, and Emre Ozdenoren. September 2005. “Why Can't a Woman Bid More Like a Man?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

274. Steiner, Jakub. September 2005. “Coordination Cycles.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

273. Brázdik, František, and Viliam Druska. September 2005. “Too Large or Too Small? Returns to Scale in a Retail Network.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

272. Boháček, Radim, and Michal Kejak. September 2005. “Optimal Government Policies in Models with Heterogeneous Agents.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

271. Brázdik, František. August 2005. “Oriented Stochastic Data Envelopment Models: Ranking Comparison to Stochastic Frontier Approach.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

269. Chen, Yan, Peter Katuščák, and Emre Ozdenoren. August 2005. “Sealed Bid Auctions with Ambiguity: An Experimental Study.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

268. Vereshchagina, Galina. June 2005. “Between-Firm Redistribution of Profit in Competitive Industries: Why Labor Market Policies May Not Work.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

267. Babetskii, Ian, and Balázs Égert. June 2005. “Equilibrium Exchange Rate in the Czech Republic: How Good is the Czech BEER?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

266. Kováč, Eugen. August 2005. “Tying and Entry Deterrence in Vertically Differentiated Markets.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

265. Kovaříková Arro, Anu. June 2005. “Globalization, Increasing Returns in Component Production, and the Pattern of Trade.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

264. Rydval, Ondřej. June 2005. “Capital and Labor Effects in a Recall Task: More Evidence in Support of Camerer and Hogarth (1999).” (Abstract) (Full Text)

263. Anastassova, Lubomira, and Teodora Paligorova. June 2005. “Why Immigrants Manage to Grab More Social Benefits? Empirical Cross-Country Analysis.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

262. Paligorova, Teodora. June 2005. “Czech Managerial Compensations: Why Does It Pay Off to Climb the Corporate Ladder?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

261. Uzagalieva, Ainura. May 2005. “Finding Optimal Measures of Core Inflation in the Kyrgyz Republic.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

260. Dušek, Libor. September 2005. “Crime, Deterrence, and Democracy.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

259. Hanousek, Jan, Evžen Kočenda, and Jan Švejnar. May 2005. “Origin and Concentration: Corporate Ownership, Control and Performance.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

258. Boháček, Radim, and Michal Kejak. May 2005. “Projection Methods for Economies with Heterogeneous Agents.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

257. Kazakova, Elena. May 2005. “Wages in a Growing Russia: When is a Ten Percent Rise in the Gender Pay Gap Good News?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

256. Fungáčová, Zuzana. April 2005. “Building a Castle on Sand: Effects of Mass Privatization on Capital Market Creation in Transition Economies.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

255. Jeong, Byeongju. April 2005. “Optimal Severance Payment: Theory and Practice.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

254. Uzagalieva, Ainura. April 2005. “Fiscal Consequences of Monetary Integration within the Common Economic Area: the Case of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

253. Fukač, Martin. March 2005. “Inflation Expectations in the Czech Interbank Market.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

252. Ryvkin, Dmitry. March 2005. “The Predictive Power of Noisy Elimination Tournaments.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

251. Austin, Andrew. February 2005. “City and Suburban Competition.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

250. Klein, Alexander. March 2005. “All in the Family: A Dynasty Approach to Household Migration Evidence from the 19th Century Austro-Hungarian Empire.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

249. Ionaşcu, Delia, and Krešimir Žigić. January 2005. “Strategic Tariff Protection, Market Conduct, and Government Commitment Levels in Developing Economies.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

248. Jeong, Byeongju, Michal Kejak, and Viatcheslav Vinogradov. January 2005. “Changing Composition of Human Capital: The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

247. Hanousek, Jan, and Evžen Kočenda. January 2005. “Learning by Bidding: Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Experiment.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

246. Steiner, Jakub. January 2005. “A Trace of Anger is Enough: On the Enforcement of Social Norms.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

2004

245. Rydval, Ondřej, and Andreas Ortmann. December 2004. “Loss Avoidance as Selection Principle: Evidence from Simple Stag-Hunt Games.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

244. Boháček, Radim, and Hugo Rodríguez Mendizábal. December 2004. “Credit Markets and the Propagation of Monetary Policy Shocks.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

243. Noguera, José. December 2004. “The Transmission Mechanism to Barter.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

242. Černý, Alexandr. November 2004. “Stock Market Integration and the Speed of Information Transmission.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

241. Ostatnický, Michal. November 2004. “Coase's Conjecture in Finite Horizon.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

240. Brhlíková, Petra. October 2004. “Models of Competition between One For-profit and One Nonprofit Firm.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

239. Noguera, José. September 2004. “Is Barter a Hobson's Choice? A Theory of Barter and Credit Rationing.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

238. Austin, Andrew, and Nathaniel Wilcox. September 2004. “Believing in Economic Theory: Sex, Lies, Evidence, Trust and Ideology.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

237. Vojtek, Martin. September 2004. “Calibration of Interest Rate Models—Transition Market Case.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

236. Ryvkin, Dmitry, and Andreas Ortmann. September 2004. “The Predictive Power of Noisy Round-Robin Tournaments.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

235. Kočenda, Evžen, and Ľuboš Briatka. September 2004. “Advancing the IID Test Based on Integration across the Correlation Integral: Ranges, Competition, and Power.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

234. Medvedev, Andrei. September 2004. “Efficiency Defense and Administrative Fuzziness in Merger Regulation.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

233. Engelmann, Dirk, and Martin Strobel. August 2004. “The False Consensus Effect: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of an Anomaly.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

232. Kúnin, Michael. August 2004. “Sequencing of Club Enlargement: ‘Big Bang,’ ‘Gradualism,’ and Internal Reform.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

231. Kúnin, Michael. August 2004. “Why do Software Manufacturers Tolerate Piracy in Transition and Less Developed Countries? A Theoretical Model.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

230. Kúnin, Michael, and Krešimir Žigić. August 2004. “Strategic Trade Policy and Vertical Product Differentiation: Intra-Industry Trade between Developed and Developing Countries.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

229. Medvedev, Andrei. August 2004. “Structural Remedies in Merger Regulation in a Cournot Framework.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

228. Brůha, Jan, Delia Ionaşcu, and Byeongju Jeong. October 2004. “Organized Labor and Restructuring Coal Mines in the Czech Republic and Romania.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

227. Blavatskyy, Pavlo. July 2004. “Back to the St. Petersburg Paradox?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

226. Blavatskyy, Pavlo. July 2004. “Axiomatization of a Preference for Most Probably Winner.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

225. Kováč, Eugen. June 2004. “Tying by a Non-monopolist.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

224. Jõeveer, Karin. May 2004. “Does Bank Failure Affect Client Firms? Micro Evidence from Estonia.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

223. Gilbert, Scott, and Petr Zemčík. May 2004. “Who's Afraid of Reduced-Rank Parameterizations of Multivariate Models? Theory and Example.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

222. Hanousek, Jan, Dana Hájková, and Randall Filer. October 2004. “The Mirage of Convergence: Why Poor Countries May Only Seem to Be Closing the Income Gap.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

221. Rydval, Ondřej, and Andreas Ortmann. February 2004. “How Financial Incentives and Cognitive Abilities Affect Task Performance in Laboratory Settings: An Illustration.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

220. Kejak, Michal, and David Vávra. February 2004. “Factor Accumulation Story: Any Unfinished Business?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

219. Kejak, Michal, Stephan Seiter, and David Vávra. February 2004. “Accession Trajectories and Convergence: Endogenous Growth Perspective.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

2003

218. Blavatskyy, Pavlo. February 2003. “Note on ‘Small Feedback-based Decisions and Their Limited Correspondence to Description-based Decisions’.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

217. Babický, Vítězslav. September 2003. “Fairness Under Risk: Insights from Dictator Games.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

216. Domadenik, Polona, Lubomír Lízal, and Marko Pahor. August 2003. “Effect of Enterpise Break-Ups on Performance: Case of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

215. Engelmann, Dirk, and Urs Fischbacher. July 2003. “Indirect Reciprocity and Strategic Reputation Building in an Experimental Helping Game.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

214. Podpiera, Jiří. July 2003. “Does CPI Approximate Cost-of-Living?: Evidence from the Czech Republic.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

213. Jurajda, Štěpán. July 2003 . “Does the Short Supply of College Education Bite?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

212. Engelmann, Dirk, and Hans-Theo Normann. June 2003 . “An Experimental Test of Strategic Trade Policy.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

211. Engelmann, Dirk. June 2003 . “Risk Aversion Pays in the Class of 2x2 Games with No Pure Equilibrium.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

210. Engelmann, Dirk, and Veronika Grimm. June 2003 . “Bidding Behavior in Multi-Unit Auctions – An Experimental Investigation and some Theoretical Insights.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

209. Kočenda, Evžen, and Jan Švejnar. May 2003. “Ownership and Firm Performance after Large-Scale Privatization.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

208. Ortmann, Andreas, Sergey Slobodyan, and Samuel S. Nordberg. April 2003. “(The Evolution of) Post-Secondary Education: A Computational Model and Experiments .” (Abstract) (Full Text)

207. Noguera, Jose, and Susan Linz. March 2003. “A Theoretical Model of Barter in Russia.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

206. Babetski, Jan, Laurence Boone, and Mathilde Maurel. January 2003 . “Exchange Rate Regimes and Supply Shocks Asymmetry: The Case of the Accession Countries.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

2002

205. Slobodyan Sergey. December 2002. “Indeterminacy and Stability in a Modified Romer Mode.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

204. Slobodyan Sergey. December 2002. “Welfare Implications of Sunspot Fluctuations.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

203. Earnhart, Dietrich, and Lubomír Lízal. December 2002. “Effects of Ownership and Financial Status on Corporate Environmental Performance.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

202. Jurajda, Štěpán, and Heike Harmgart. December 2003. “When Are ‘Female’ Occupations Paying More?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

201. Jurajda, Štěpán, and Katherine Terrell. November 2002 . “Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

200. Cincibuch, Martin. October 2002 . “Distributions Implied by Exchange Traded Options: A Ghost’s Smile?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

199. Vávra, David. July 2002. “Strategic Interactions, Social Optimality and Growth.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

198. Boháček, Radim. April 2002. “Financial Intermediation and Entrepreneurial Activity.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

197. Valachy, Juraj. March 2002. “Price Setting in Transition: The Effect of Takeover on a Petroleum Firm.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

196. Ortmann, Andreas. February 2002 . “Bertrand Price Undercutting: A Brief Classroom Demonstration.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

195. Kadlec, Tomáš. January 2002. “Optimal Timing of TV Commercials: Symmetrical Model .” (Abstract) (Full Text)

194. Austin, Andrew, and Nathaniel T. Wilcox. January 2002. “What Students Expect and What They See: Ideology, Identity and the Double Auction Classroom Experiment.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

193. Boháček, Radim. January 2002. “A Market-Clearing Classroom Experiment.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

2001

192. Hanousek, Jan, and Gerard Roland. November 2001. “Banking Passivity and Regulatory Failure in Emerging Markets: Theory and Evidence from the Czech .” (Abstract) (Full Text)

191. Ortmann, Andreas, and Ralph Hertwig. December 2001. “The Costs of Deception: Evidence From Psychology .” (Abstract) (Full Text)

190. Galuščák, Kamil. November 2001. “Retirement Decisions of Older Czech Male Workers.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

189. Čížek, Pavel. December 2001. “Robust Estimation in Nonlinear Regression and Limited Dependent Variable Models.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

188. Kočenda, Evžen. November 2001. “Development of Ownership Structure and its Effect on Performance: Czech Firms from Mass Privatization.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

187. Boháček, Radim. December 2001. “The Efficiency-Equality Tradeoff in Welfare State Economies.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

186. Hanousek, Jan, and Randall K. Filer. September 2001. “Evaluating Imperfections and Biases in Price Indexes during Transition.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

185. Jurajda, Štěpán, and Janet Mitchell. September 2001. “Markets and Growth.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

184. Hanousek, Jan, and Randall K. Filer. August 2001. “Consumers' Opinion of Inflation Bias Due to Quality Improvements in Transition in the Czech Republic.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

183. Čížek, Pavel. November 2001. “Robust Estimation with Discrete Explanatory Variables.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

182. Jurajda, Štěpán. July 2001. “Gender Wage Gap and Segregation in Late Transition.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

180. Noguera, Jose. July 2001. “Inflation and Capital Structure.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

179. Noguera, Jose. July 2001. “Multiple Markets and Spatial Agglomeration in a One Shopping Trip Model.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

178. Filer, Randall K., and Jan Hanousek. May 2001. “Survey-based Estimates of Biases in Consumer Price Indices During Transition: Evidence from Romania.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

177. Žigić, Krešimir. July 2001. “Strategic Trade Policy, the ‘Committed’ versus ‘Non-Committed’ Government, and R&D Spillovers.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

176. Čábelková, Inna. May 2001. “Perceptions of Corruption in Ukraine: Are They Correct?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

175. Slobodyan, Sergey. May 2001. “Sunspot Fluctuations: A Way Out of the Development Trap?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

174. Ionascu, Delia, and Krešimir Žigić. May 2001. “Strategic Trade Policy and Mode of Competition: Symmetric versus Asymmetric Information.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

173. Podpiera, Richard. April 2001. “International Cross-Listing: The Effects of Market Fragmentation and Information Flows.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

172. Čábelková, Inna. April 2001. “Entry Restrictions, Corruption and Extortion in the Context of Transition.” (Abstract) (Full Text)

171. Lízal, Lubomír, and Evžen Kočenda. April 2001. “The Paradox of Czech Crusaders: Will They Ever Learn the Corruption Lesson? (Corruption and Anticorruption in the Czech Republic)” (Abstract) (Full Text)

170. Jurajda, Štěpán, and Katherine Terrell. December 2001. “What Drives the Speed of Job Reallocation during Episodes of Massive Adjustment?” (Abstract) (Full Text)

169. Noguera, Jose. January 2001. “The Appearance of Carriers and the Origins of Money.” (Abstract) (Full Text)