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This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population.
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The European Central Bank (ECB) recently announced its willingness to do whatever is needed to save the euro. This has raised the question whether such a role of the ECB must lead to higher rates of inflation. Under current recessive macroeconomic conditions in the eurozone, the ECB’s...
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This paper studies risk attitudes using a large representative survey and a complementary experiment conducted with a representative subject pool in subjects’ homes. Using a question asking people about their willingness to take risks \"in general\", we find that gender, age, height, and...
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This paper studies risk attitudes using a large representative survey and a complementary experiment conducted with a representative subject pool in subjects’ homes. Using a question asking people about their willingness to take risks “in general”, we find that gender, age, height, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019645
Das vorliegende Papier zeigt, dass die seit Jahrzehnten andauernde Klagen wissenschaftlich tätiger Ökonomen, dass Öffentlichkeit und Politik nicht genug auf Ergebnisse der ökonomischen Forschung hören, zumindest für Deutschland im Quervergleich zu anderen Wissenschaften in Bezug auf das...
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Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird untersucht, welche forschenden Volkswirte und Nicht-Ökonomen direkten Einfluss in Öffentlichkeit und auf die Wirtschaftspolitik haben. Zu diesem Zweck machen wurden Zitate wissenschaftlicher Publikationen und Nennungen von Wissenschaftlern in führenden Medien und...
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