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the effect of a simple scalable planning intervention on a repeated behavior using a randomized design involving 877 … weeks. In contrast to recent studies, we find that the planning intervention did not have a positive effect on behavior and … planning is helpful and despite clear evidence that they engaged with the planning process …
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How likely is a catastrophic event that would substantially reduce the capital stock, GDP and wealth? How much should society be willing to pay to reduce the probability or impact of a catastrophe? We answer these questions and provide a framework for policy analysis using a general equilibrium...
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and length of financial planning horizon, smokers are more impatient. However, neither of these measures is significantly … time preference and self-control, i.e., impulsivity and financial planning, are more closely related to the smoking …
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Boomers rely more on housing equity than their predecessors. Most important, planners in both cohorts arrive close to … estimates show that planning behavior can explain the differences in savings and why some people arrive close to retirement with …
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Digital platforms are not only match-making intermediaries but also establish internal rules that govern all users in their ecosystems. To better understand the governing role of platforms, we study two Airbnb pro-guest rules that pertain to guest and host cancellations, using data on Airbnb and...
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Using bi-weekly snapshots of Zillow in three US cities, we document how home sellers and buyers interact with Zillow's Zestimate algorithm during the sales cycle of residential properties. We find that listing and selling outcomes respond significantly to Zestimate, and Zestimate is quickly...
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-cycle savings. In this paper we examine the role of housing prices in affecting the living arrangements of adult family members and … government rules determining the supply of land for residential housing, we find that increases in housing prices significantly … income, in part due to the subsidies to the young from sharing housing with parents. Based on our estimates of the effects of …
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housing speculation during the U.S. housing boom in the 2000s. We find that housing speculation, anchored, in part, on … extrapolation of past housing price changes, led not only to greater price appreciation, economic expansions, and housing …
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generally believed to be a dominant driving force. Motivated by a recent finding of a high housing vacancy rate in urban China …, particularly in their ownership of housing. Furthermore, we provide evidence that at the prefecture level, the size of redefined … migrants is significantly related to residential land supply, and to the proportion of households holding vacant housing units …
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disease by promoting housing stability. Housing precarity, which includes both the risk of eviction and utility disconnections … infections rates could have been reduced by 8.7% and deaths by 14.8%. Housing precarity policies that prevent eviction and …
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