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Europe vs America: Institutional hysteresis in a simple normative model

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  • Di Tella, Rafael
  • MacCulloch, Robert

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Public Economics.

Volume (Year): 90 (2006)
Issue (Month): 12 (December)
Pages: 2161-2186

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  1. Marcel Aloy & Gilles Dufrenot & Charles Lai Tong & Anne Peguin-Feissolle, 2012. "A Smooth Transition Long-Memory Model," Working Papers halshs-00793680, HAL.
  2. Emilio Congregado & Antonio Golpe & Simon Parker, 2012. "The dynamics of entrepreneurship: hysteresis, business cycles and government policy," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 1239-1261, December.
  3. Rafael Di Tella & Robert MacCulloch, 2007. "Happiness, Contentment and Other Emotions for Central Banks," NBER Working Papers 13622, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Di Tella, Rafael & Dubra, Juan, 2006. "Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream"," MPRA Paper 500, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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