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The Consumption Effects of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis : Evidence from Household-Level Data
Jensen, Thais - 2015
Did the financial crisis spread from distressed banks to households through a contraction of the credit supply? We study this question with a dataset that contains observations on all accounts in Danish banks as well as comprehensive information about individual account holders and banks. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010472
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Households' Response to the Wealth Effects of Inflation
Schnorpfeil, Philip; Weber, Michael; Hackethal, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the redistributive effects of inflation combining administrative bank data with an information provision experiment during an episode of historic inflation. On average, households are well-informed about prevailing inflation and are concerned about its impact on their wealth; yet, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372429
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Determinants of Health Insurance Enrollment and Health Expenditure in Ghana : An Empirical Analysis
Adjei-Mantey, Kwame; Horioka, Charles - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper analyzes the determinants of health insurance enrollment and health expenditure in Ghana using micro data from wave 7 of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7) with emphasis on the role of risk preferences and the availability of health facilities in one's own community. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334394
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Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation
Brekke, Kjell Arne - 2013
In public good games, voluntary contributions tend to start off high and decline as the game is repeated. If high contributors are matched, however, contributions tend to stay high. We propose a formalization predicting that high contributors will self-select into groups committed to charitable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095928
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Nonparametric Estimation of Demand with Switching Costs : the Case of Habitual Brand Loyalty
Kong, Xinyao; Dubé, Jean-Pierre H.; Daljord, Øystein - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study habitual brand loyalty, one of the earliest empirically-studied forms of switching costs and a classic source of structural state-dependence in consumer demand. Auxiliary instruments and economically-motivated restrictions can tighten nonparametric bounds on the extent of brand loyalty...
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The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle : New Evidence from Personal Finances
Olafsson, Arna - 2018
related or not, even with the best data. We thus look at household finances and find that individuals delever upon retirement …
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International Evidence on Sticky Consumption Growth
Carroll, Christopher D. - 2008
We estimate the degree of 'stickiness' in aggregate consumption growth (sometimes interpreted as reflecting consumption habits) for thirteen advanced economies. We find that, after controlling for measurement error, consumption growth has a high degree of autocorrelation, with a stickiness...
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MPC Heterogeneity and Household Balance Sheets
Fagereng, Andreas - 2019
to consume (MPCs). Our main contribution is to document how MPCs vary with household characteristics and prize size, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898430
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The How and Why of Household Reactions to Income Shocks
Colarieti, Roberto; Mei, Pierfrancesco; Stantcheva, Stefanie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
-making processes across households (the "why"). The combination of the quantitative estimation of household response dynamics with a … qualitative exploration of the mental models employed during financial decisions provides a more complete view of household … showing significant variability. However, MPDs play a critical role in household financial adjustments and display …
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Intrahousehold Welfare : Theory and Application to Japanese Data
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Meghir, Costas; Okuyama, Yoko - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
of two public goods: expenditures on children and other public goods including housing. We show empirically that women … the household …
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