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The nature of risk preferences : evidence from insurance choices

Barseghyan, Levon; Molinari, Francesca; O'Donoghue, Ted; … - 2012

We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates "standard …

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Covid-19 full-dose vaccination across uninsured populations : evidence across counties in the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2022

study is on determining whether a lack of health insurance significantly impacted vaccination propensities. If it is indeed … the case that a lack of health insurance mattered, this would be informative for policymakers since they tried to address … vaccines were made available free of cost to the public in the United States, irrespective of their insurance status. A policy …

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Does electricity drive structural transformation? : evidence from the United States

Gaggl, Paul; Gray, Rowena; Marinescu, Ioana; Morin, Miguel - 2019

are currently making huge investments in electrification, with a view to achieving structural change. What does history …

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The trend of BMI values among US adults

Komlos, John; Brabek, Marek - 2010

Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...

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The trend of BMI values by centiles of US adults, birth cohorts 1882 - 1986

Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - 2010

Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by ethnicity. The highest centile increased by some 18 to 22 units in the course of the century while the lowest ones increased by merely 1 to 3 units. Hence, the BMI distribution...

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Business strategy and firm reorganization under changing market conditions

Ghosal, Vivek - 2009

Sweden. I find interesting differences and similarities in the firms’ strategies in terms of how they responded to these …

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What should fiscal councils do?

Calmfors, Lars; Wren-Lewis, Simon - 2011

The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...

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Who participates in tax avoidance?

Alstadsæter, Annette; Jacob, Martin - 2013

This paper analyzes the sources of heterogeneity in legal tax avoidance strategies across individuals. Three conditions are required for a taxpayer to participate in tax avoidance: incentive, access, and awareness. Using rich Swedish administrative panel data with a unique link between corporate...

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Ageing and the tax implied in public pension schemes : simulations for selected OECD countries

Fenge, Robert; Werding, Martin - 2003

, this will be illustrated for the cases of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the UK, and the US. The results are based …

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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...

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