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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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estimates show that planning behavior can explain the differences in savings and why some people arrive close to retirement with …
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We construct a general dynamic structural model of two-sided learning between a firm and its workers. We estimate an … American workers). The type of data that we use also generates information on the value of learning and on whether and how the … the increases in the firm's value from learning about its workers' behavior and to infer the extent of biases in estimated …
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Peer effects are potentially important for understanding the optimal organization of schools, jobs, and neighborhoods, but finding evidence is difficult because people are selected into peer groups based, in part, on their unobservable characteristics. I identify the effects of peers whom a...
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a quality upgrade one of these inputs requires a period of learning before it can be used effectively, then in general … wasteful to tie up funds in the other inputs which will be underutilized until the date learning is over. We provide evidence …
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.39 and 0.23 standard deviations, respectively, after four years. We also identify important gender learning gaps with boys …
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represent an understudied channel for this type of social learning. We study an environmentally-focused law in the shale gas …
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We develop a model to analyze information aggregation and learning in housing markets. In the presence of pervasive … of a neighborhood. Our model provides a novel mechanism for amplification through learning in which noise from the …
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