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Cognitive Economics
Kimball, Miles S. - 2015
Welfare Economics. A key theme of Cognitive Economics is finite cognition (often misleadingly called "bounded rationality …
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The Long-Term Cognitive and Schooling Effects of Childhood Vaccinations in China
Oskorouchi, Hamid R. - 2020
By exploiting rich retrospective data on childhood immunization, socioeconomics, and health status in China (the China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481800
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Cognition and SES Relationships Among the Mid-Aged and Elderly : A Comparison of China and Indonesia
Strauss, John - 2018
cognition for respondents in two developing countries: China and Indonesia, both with very low educated elderly populations … expenditure (pce) is positively associated with cognition, more so in China. Other SES characteristics such as height, are also … positively related to the cognition measures, again more strongly so in China. Rural respondents have substantially lower levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453134
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Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Skills in Rural China
Leight, Jessica - 2016
Gansu province, China, employing a household fixed effects specification; non-cognitive skills are defined as the inverse of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456442
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When Information Conflicts with Obligations : the Role of Motivated Cognition
Wang, Ao; Wang, Shaoda; Ye, Xiaoyang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
. Consistent with an interpretation of motivated cognition, students who receive the material distort the statistics about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435143
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Microinsurance, Trust and Economic Development : Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment
Cai, Hongbin - 2009
We report results from a large randomized natural field experiment conducted in southwestern China in the context of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463253
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Social Trust and Differential Reactions of Local and Foreign Investors to Public News
Jia, Chunxin - 2015
This paper uses the segmented dual-class shares issued by several dozen Chinese firms---A shares to local Chinese investors and H shares to foreign investors---to compare reactions of local and foreign investors to the same public news. We find that local investors react more strongly to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457591
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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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A Cognitive View of Policing
Dube, Oeindrila; MacArthur, Sandy Jo; Shah, Anuj K. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
What causes adverse policing outcomes, such as excessive uses of force and unnecessary arrests? Prevailing explanations focus on problematic officers or deficient regulations and oversight. Here, we introduce a new, overlooked perspective. We suggest that the cognitive demands inherent in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372408
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Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias : Cognition, Economic Behavior, and Clinically Actionable Information
Jeong, Yeongmi; Papageorge, Nicholas W.; Skira, Meghan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Genetic factors play a major role in the development of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Observable genetic factors could impact household planning and medical care if they contain actionable information, meaning that they i) are associated with significant harms, ii) reflect...
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