A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of … spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition to familiar demographic and socioeconomic variables, the regional … disparities in homeownership rates between eastern and western Germany as well as between rural, urbanized and agglomerated …

This paper studies the role of pensions and income taxes in determining homeownership and household wealth. It provides … have similar incomes per capita but very different homeownership rates, with the US and Australia having much higher … homeownership compared to Germany. The question is to what extent the observed differences in homeownership are induced by national …

In this paper we revisit the evidence on the effects of time spent on border-crossing procedures for international … trade using a theory-consistent structural gravity model. We exploit a rich panel data set including domestic trade flows … significant negative effect of the time required for border procedures that is driven by the time needed for document preparation …

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is currently implemented by more than seventy countries, yet we do not have a clear …-in-differences approach, we find that the Spring DST causes a significant decline in life satisfaction. By inducing a reallocation of time …, the transition into DST deteriorates sleep and increases time stress, which in turn affects physical and emotional health …

in search of the best offer, both time-wise and in terms of potential regret of forgoing unique purchasing opportunities … interaction on search behavior in a pre-registered, theory-based, and well-powered experiment. We find that urgency reduces … earlier when pressured. Anticipated regret does not affect search length (neither with nor without time pressure), while …

happiness or other variables are detectable based on response time data without making distributional assumptions. In our survey …

In many countries, lenders are not permitted to use information about past defaults after a specified period of time …