113 Discussion Papers

• 09-053/2 - Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions: A Piece of The Natural Resource Curse Puzzle

  Authors: Julia Swart, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Charles van Marrewijk, Utrecht University

  Date: June 12, 2009

• 09-052/1 - Measuring Power and Satisfaction in Societies with Opinion Leaders: Dictator and Opinion Leader Properties

  Authors: René van den Brink, VU University Amsterdam; Agnieszka Rusinowska, Université Lumière Lyon; Frank Steffen, The University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS)

  Date: June 11, 2009

• 09-051/3 - Intermodal Competition in The London-Paris Passenger Market: High-Speed Rail and Air Transport

  Authors: Christiaan Behrens, VU University Amsterdam; Eric Pels, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: June 08, 2009

• 09-050/3 - The Trade-Off between Foreign Direct Investments and Exports: The Role of Multiple Dimensions of Distance

  Authors: Maureen Lankhuizen, VU University Amsterdam; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University Amsterdam; Gert-Jan M. Linders, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: June 04, 2009

• 09-049/2 - Asymmetric Price Effects of Competition

  Authors: Saul Lach, The Hebrew University, and CEPR; Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, University of Groningen

  Date: June 03, 2009

• 09-048/3 - Network Measures in Civil Air Transport: A Case Study of Lufthansa

  Authors: Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna, Italy; Sara Signoretti, University of Bologna, Italy; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Alessandro Cento, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Milan Italy

  Date: May 27, 2009

• 09-047/3 - Regional Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Review

  Authors: Simonetta Longhi, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Jacques Poot, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato

  Date: June 19, 2009

• 09-046/3 - Are Market Makers Uninformed and Passive? Signing Trades in The Absence of Quotes

  Authors: Michel van der Wel, Erasmus University Rotterdam, CREATES, ERIM; Albert Menkveld, VU University Amsterdam; Asani Sarkar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

  Date: May 25, 2009

• 09-045/3 - Global and Regional Impacts of the Clean Development Mechanism

  Authors: Shunli Wang; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University; Peter Nijkamp, VU University; Erik T. Verhoef, VU University

  Date: May 20, 2009

• 09-044/3 - Starting an R&D Project under Uncertainty

  Authors: Sabien Dobbelaere, VU University Amsterdam; Roland Iwan Luttens, SHERPPA, Ghent University, and CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain; Bettina Peters, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

  Date: May 15, 2009

• 09-043/3 - Forecasting Aggregate Productivity using Information from Firm-Level Data

  Authors: Eric J. Bartelsman, VU University Amsterdam; Zoltan Wolf, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: May 14, 2009

• 09-042/1 - Why Are Residents Reluctant to Consult Attending Physicians?

  Author: Otto H. Swank, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: May 14, 2009

• 09-041/4 - Dynamic Factor Models with Smooth Loadings for Analyzing the Term Structure of Interest Rates

  Authors: Borus Jungbacker, VU University Amsterdam; Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam; Michel van der Wel, Erasmus University Rotterdam, ERIM, CREATES

  Date: April 21, 2009

• 09-040/1 - Interest Rate Rules and Macroeconomic Stability under Heterogeneous Expectations

  Authors: Mikhail Anufriev, University of Amsterdam; Tiziana Assenza, ITEMQ, Catholic University of Milan; Cars Hommes, University of Amsterdam; Domenico Massaro, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 21, 2009

• 09-039/4 - Has the Basel II Accord Encouraged Risk Management during the 2008-09 Financial Crisis?

  Authors: Michael McAleer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands; National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Juan-Angel Jimenez-Martin, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Teodosio Pérez-Amaral, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

  Date: April 21, 2009

• 09-038/1 - The Restricted Core for Totally Positive Games with Ordered Players

  Authors: René van den Brink, VU University Amsterdam; Gerard van der Laan, VU University Amsterdam; Valeri Vasil'ev, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia

  Date: April 21, 2009

• 09-037/3 - Long Run Returns to Education: Does Schooling Lead to an Extended Old Age?

  Authors: Hans van Kippersluis, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece; Eddy van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: April 21, 2009

• 09-036/2 - Strategic versus Financial Investors: The Role of Strategic Objectives in Financial Contracting

  Authors: Stefan Arping, University of Amsterdam; Sonia Falconieri, Brunel University

  Date: April 21, 2009

• 09-035/3 - The Impact of Industrial Sites on Residential Property Values

  Authors: Friso de Vor, VU University Amsterdam; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: April 21, 2009

• 09-034/3 - Total Factor Productivity and the Role of Entrepreneurship

  Authors: Hugo Erken, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague; Piet Donselaar, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague; Roy Thurik, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer

  Date: April 21, 2009