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Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (CWPE)
A new series of papers from the Faculty of Economics and the Department of Applied Economics, which supersedes the DAE Working Paper series
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Inequality in Political Representation
In many countries the near-universal right to vote in elections has been a core attribute of their democratic institutions for decades, and in some cases over a century. However, the political experience of many of these ... -
Foreign Vulnerabilities, Domestic Risks: The Global Drivers of GDP-at-Risk
(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2021-07-29)We study how foreign financial developments influence the conditional distribution of domestic GDP growth. Within a quantile regression setup, we propose a method to parsimoniously account for foreign vulnerabilities using ... -
Identifying the Effects of Sanctions on the Iranian Economy using Newspaper Coverage
(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2021-07-29)This paper considers how sanctions affected the Iranian economy using a novel measure of sanctions intensity based on daily newspaper coverage. It finds sanctions to have significant effects on exchange rates, inflation, ... -
Relational Contracts and Trust in a High-Tech Industry
(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2021-08-02)We study how informal buyer-supplier relationships in the German automotive industry affect procurement. Using unique data from a survey focusing on these, we show that more trust, the belief that the trading partner acts ...
