1. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Direct Democracy and Local Government Efficiency

    This paper studies the role of direct democracy in ensuring efficient and cost-effective provision of goods and services in the public sector. The sample consists of the population of municipalities in …

  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Measuring Disagreement in Qualitative Expectations

    We assess how well measures of disagreement in qualitative survey expectations reflect disagreement in corresponding quantitative expectations. We consider a variety of measures, belonging to two categories:…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Return-to-Job During and After Parental Leave

    Despite a rising career orientation among females and growing efforts of firms to alleviate work-family conflicts, female employees often find it difficult to com- bine career development with having children.…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2015

    The Impact of Alternative Public Policies on the Deployment of New Communications Infrastructure – A Survey

    This survey of the theoretical and empirical literature on alternative policies to promote new fiber-based communications infrastructures addresses (i) various kinds of ex ante sector-specific regulations, (ii)…