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The Limits of Simple Implementation Intentions : Evidence from a Field Experiment on Making Plans to Exercise

Carrera, Mariana - 2018

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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The Economic and Policy Consequences of Catastrophes

Pindyck, Robert S. - 2009

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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Time Preference, Time Discounting, and Smoking Decisions

Khwaja, Ahmed - 2006

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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Baby Boomer Retirement Security : the Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth

Lusardi, Annamaria - 2006

estimates show that planning behavior can explain the differences in savings and why some people arrive close to retirement with …

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Automation : Theory, Evidence, and Outlook

Restrepo, Pascual - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This article reviews the literature on automation and its impact on labor markets, wages, factor shares, and productivity. I first introduce the task model and explain why this framework offers a compelling way to think about recent labor market trends and the effects of automation technologies....

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First Do No Harm? Doctor Decision Making and Patient Outcomes

Currie, Janet M.; MacLeod, William Bentley; Musen, Kate - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Doctors facing similar patients often make different treatment choices. These decisions can have important effects on patient health and health care spending. This paper seeks to organize the recent economics literature on physician decision making using a simple model that incorporates doctor...

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Transfer Pricing by U.S.-Based Multinational Firms

Bernard, Andrew B. - 2006

This paper examines how prices set by multinational firms vary across arm's-length and related-party customers. Comparing prices within firms, products, destination countries, modes of transport and month, we find that the prices U.S. exporters set for their arm's-length customers are...

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The X Tax in the World Economy

Bradford, David F. - 2004

This paper considers the treatment of multinational business in the system known as an X Tax. The focus is on the choice between origin and destination treatments of transborder transactions. The destination-principle approach sidesteps the transferpricing problem. It remains in the...

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Addressing the Transfer-Pricing Problem in an Origin-Basis X Tax

Bradford, David F. - 2003

In a previous paper I described how the tax design called the X Tax would facilitate an international tax system free of many of the complexities and avoidance opportunities plaguing the existing international tax regime and also have neutrality properties generally deemed desirable. A choice...

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The Impact of Transfer Pricing on Intrafirm Trade

Clausing, Kimberly A. - 1998

Using data on the operations of U.S. parent firms and their foreign affiliates between 1982 and 1994, this paper examines the extent to which tax minimizing behavior influences intrafirm trade. The results indicate that taxes have a substantial influence on intrafirm trade flows between U.S....

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