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  1. Do conflict of interests disclosures work? Evidence from citations in medical journals
  2. Secrecy Rules and Exploratory Investment
    Theory and Evidence from the Shale Boom
    Erschienen: October 2022
    Verlag:  National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass

    We analyze how information disclosure policy affects investment efficiency in non-cooperative settings with information externalities. In a two-firm, two-period model, we characterize equilibrium behavior under policies which disclose whether... mehr

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    We analyze how information disclosure policy affects investment efficiency in non-cooperative settings with information externalities. In a two-firm, two-period model, we characterize equilibrium behavior under policies which disclose whether investment returns exceed a predefined level. These policies include complete secrecy, in which players only observe rival actions, as well as full disclosure, in which players also perfectly observe rival returns. With less disclosure (higher disclosure thresholds), there is less free riding, but additional losses from incomplete information aggregation. We characterize the surplus maximizing disclosure threshold in this environment, and show how it depends on firms' patience. We then apply the model to the early years of the shale boom in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, which at the time were governed by complete secrecy and full disclosure, respectively. We find that full disclosure would have maximized surplus in both states, generating 49% and 160% more value than complete secrecy

     

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    Schriftenreihe: NBER working paper series ; no. w30548
    Schlagworte: Asymmetrische Information; Auskunftspflicht; Bergbaupolitik; Regulierung; Schiefergas; Bergbau; Regulierungstheorie; Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design; Economics of Regulation; Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels
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  3. Safeguarding Consumers Through Minimum Quality Standards
    Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910
    Erschienen: May 2022
    Verlag:  National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass

    We examine the effect of enforcing minimum quality standards (MQSs) on consumer health. In the late 1800s, the urban milk supply was regularly skimmed and diluted with water, but consumers could not easily determine its quality because dyes,... mehr

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    We examine the effect of enforcing minimum quality standards (MQSs) on consumer health. In the late 1800s, the urban milk supply was regularly skimmed and diluted with water, but consumers could not easily determine its quality because dyes, caramel, and salt were added. To protect consumers, milk inspectors were tasked with enforcing a well-defined MQS. Using city-level data for the period 1880-1910, we find that milk inspections reduced mortality from waterborne and foodborne diseases by 8-19 percent. Ours is the first study to provide evidence that MQSs can improve consumer health when directly applied to an experience or credence good

     

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    Schriftenreihe: NBER working paper series ; no. w30063
    Schlagworte: Produktqualität; Produktsicherheit; Milch; Wirkungsanalyse; Sterblichkeit; Stadt; USA; State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions; Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health; Public Policy; Economics of Regulation; U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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  4. Adverse Selection as a Policy Instrument
    Unraveling Climate Change
    Erschienen: July 2022
    Verlag:  National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass

    This paper applies principles of adverse selection to overcome obstacles that prevent the implementation of Pigouvian policies to internalize externalities. Focusing on negative externalities from production (such as pollution), we consider settings... mehr

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    This paper applies principles of adverse selection to overcome obstacles that prevent the implementation of Pigouvian policies to internalize externalities. Focusing on negative externalities from production (such as pollution), we consider settings in which aggregate emissions are known, but individual contributions are unobserved by the government. We evaluate a policy that gives firms the option to pay a tax on their voluntarily and verifiably disclosed emissions, or pay an output tax based on the average rate of emissions among the undisclosed firms. The certification of relatively clean firms raises the output-based tax, setting off a process of unraveling in favor of disclosure. We derive sufficient statistics formulas to calculate the welfare of such a program relative to mandatory output or emissions taxes. We find that the voluntary certification mechanism would deliver significant gains over output-based taxation in two empirical applications: methane emissions from oil and gas fields, and carbon emissions from imported steel

     

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    Schriftenreihe: NBER working paper series ; no. w30283
    Schlagworte: Umweltbelastung; Umweltabgabe; Ökosteuer; Pigou-Steuer; Umweltpolitik; Adverse Selektion; Internalisierung externer Effekte; Wohlfahrtsanalyse; Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design; Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue; International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods; Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law; Economics of Regulation; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
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  5. Does Occupational Licensing Reduce Value Creation on Digital Platforms?
    Erschienen: August 2022
    Verlag:  National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass

    We test whether occupational licensing undercuts a key goal of digital marketplaces-- to increase social surplus by increasing the effectiveness of customer search. Our setting is a large online marketplace in the $500B home services industry where a... mehr

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    We test whether occupational licensing undercuts a key goal of digital marketplaces-- to increase social surplus by increasing the effectiveness of customer search. Our setting is a large online marketplace in the $500B home services industry where a platform converts customer search into sales leads that are accepted for purchase by service providers on the platform. For each of the 21 million observations in our data set, we observe task-level variation in the state licensing requirements that service providers must meet to operate on the platform. Exploiting two natural experiments, we find that licensing reduces the accept rate of sales leads by an average of 25 percent. The accept rate drops because licensing reduces the aggregate labor supply of workers on the platform and not because licensing increases the volume of customer search. We develop a model and derive analytic expressions for the impact of licensing on the welfare of consumers, service providers and the platform as a function of seven sufficient statistics which we estimate from the data. We find that licensing a task reduces service provider surplus and platform surplus without increasing consumer surplus

     

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    Schriftenreihe: NBER working paper series ; no. w30388
    Schlagworte: Immobilienwirtschaft; Immobilienmakler; Konzession; Online-Handel; Digitale Plattform; Wohlfahrtsanalyse; USA; General; Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing; Economics of Regulation; Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
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  6. Economic Research on Privacy Regulation
    Lessons from the GDPR and Beyond
    Erschienen: December 2022
    Verlag:  National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass

    This paper reviews the economic literature on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I highlight key challenges for studying the regulation including the difficulty of finding a suitable control group, variable firm... mehr

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    This paper reviews the economic literature on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I highlight key challenges for studying the regulation including the difficulty of finding a suitable control group, variable firm compliance and regulatory enforcement, as well as the regulation's impact on data observability. The economic literature on the GDPR to date has largely--though not universally--documented harms to firms. These harms include firm performance, innovation, competition, the web, and marketing. On the elusive consumer welfare side, the literature documents some objective privacy improvements as well as helpful survey evidence. The literature also examines the consequences of the GDPR's design decisions and illuminates how the GDPR works in practice. Finally, I suggest opportunities for future research on the GDPR as well as privacy regulation and privacy-related innovation more broadly

     

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    Schriftenreihe: NBER working paper series ; no. w30705
    Schlagworte: Datenschutz; Datensicherheit; Regulierung; Wirkungsanalyse; EU-Staaten; Regulation and Business Law; Economics of Regulation
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