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More Trusting, Less Trust? An Investigation of Early E-Commerce in China
Cai, Hongbin - 2013
large transaction-level data set from the early years of Eachnet.com (an eBay equivalent in China), we find evidence that is …
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The Marginal Propensity to Consume in Heterogeneous Agent Models
Kaplan, Greg; Violante, Giovanni L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
of theory and data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210041
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Can Financial Incentives Help People Trying to Establish New Habits? Experimental Evidence with New Gym Members
Carrera, Mariana - 2017
We conducted a randomized controlled trial testing the effect of modest incentives to attend the gym among new members of a fitness facility, a population that is already engaged in trying to change a health behavior. Our experiment randomized 836 new members of a private gym into a control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455115
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Learning, Confidence, and Business Cycles
Ilut, Cosmin L. - 2016
firms invest and hire less. The higher uncertainty reduces agents' confidence and further discourages economic activity. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455722
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Real Effects of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis : Is it a Demand or a Finance Shock?
Tong, Hui - 2008
reducing consumer confidence and consumer demand? Is there also a supply-side channel through a tightened liquidity constraint … consumer confidence, based on its response to the 9/11 shock in 2001. We then construct a separate firm-level index on … important than reduced consumer confidence or spending in explaining cross-firm differences in stock price declines …
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Trust and Health Care-Seeking Behavior
Darden, Michael; Macis, Mario - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We present results from a nationally representative survey of American adults, guided by a simple theoretical model expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust. We report several findings. First, we document a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468228
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What Calls to ARMs? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Badarinza, Cristian - 2014
The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mort- gages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458258
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A Taste of Their Own Medicine : Guideline Adherence and Access to Expertise
Finkelstein, Amy; Persson, Petra; Polyakova, Maria; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We use population administrative data from Sweden to study adherence to 63 medication-related guidelines. We compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660034
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Macroeconomic Dynamics and Reallocation in an Epidemic : Evaluating the “Swedish Solution”
Krueger, Dirk - 2020
implies case fatality rates below 0.2 percent and a limit of less than 800 deaths per million for Sweden. We also characterize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482004
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Toward an Understanding of the Economics of Prosumers : Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
List, John A.; Pragidis, Ioannis C.; Price, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
service provider in Sweden to explore the economics facing such agents by conducting a natural field experiment over a 32 …
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