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There is vast literature examining how households’ income and consumption change over the life cycle. These studies, however, are usually restricted to developed economies. The main objective of this paper is to add to this literature by investigating the life cycle profiles and relative...
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different average returns on their net worth (a standard deviation of 8.6%) and on its components. Second, heterogeneity in … heterogeneity in sophistication and financial information, as well as entrepreneurial talent. Finally, wealth returns are correlated …
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estimations using aggregate data for Switzerland, and show that there is important heterogeneity in price sensitivity across … evidence for price heterogeneity. These results reveal that in addition to a gasoline tax, non-price measures could be tailored …
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In this article, we investigate the heterogeneity in household electricity demand in Switzerland. We use a quantile …
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prices, as well as quantile regression to account for heterogeneity according to driving intensity. A similar pattern of …
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interquartile range of 6.2 to 9.0 percentage points. Most of the heterogeneity comes not from variation in broadly defined …
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, we measure heterogeneity in risk aversion among households in Thai villages using a full risk-sharing model, which we … then test allowing for this heterogeneity. There is substantial, statistically significant heterogeneity in estimated risk … preferences are unrelated to wealth or other characteristics. The heterogeneity matters for policy: Although the average household …
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shares but also the specific product prices paid by households, we find a considerable and persistent degree of heterogeneity …
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This paper explores the statistical properties of household consumption-expenditurebudget share distributions —defined as the share of household total expenditure spentfor purchasing a specific category of commodities— for a large sample of Italianhouseholds in the period 1989-2004. We find...
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The purpose of this study is to measured and analysed the relationship and correlations of the financial literacy, financial well-being, COVID-19 daily life influence, and individual’s monthly income toward the online shopping activities, which is measured through the estimated average monthly...
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