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We review tests of null hypotheses that consist of many subsidiary null hypotheses, including tests that have not received much attention in the econometrics literature. We study test performance in the context of specification testing for linear regressions based on a Monte Carlo study....
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This article studies the effects of tax competition on the provision of public goods under business risk and partial …
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Experimental studies of the WTP-WTA gap avoid social trading by implementing an incentive compatible mechanism for each individual trader. We compare a traditional random price mechanism and a novel elicitation mechanism preserving social trading, without sacrificing mutual incentive...
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explore the design of policy. The model highlights the critical roles played by (i) the relationship between behavioural risk … preferences, standard risk aversion and labour supply behaviour, (ii) the risk properties of education, and (iii) the degree of …
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The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We assess the variance in the rate of return by surveying … positively skewed. Our best guess of ex ante risk in university education is a coefficient of variation of about 0.3, comparable …
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) we vary three payoff indices. Indices of risk and temptation capture the unilateral incentives to defect against … reduces cooperation. In neither study, nor in either subject pool of our second study, do we find a significant effect of risk. …
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proposing a novel news media-based measure of climate change transition risk and show that when such risk is high, major …
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find a quarter of students violated the order. Yet, neither risk preference, altruism, nor preexisting health conditions …
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social context affected risk-taking behavior. Remotely, pairs take far fewer risks when the stakes are high than in the flesh …
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the literature on wage effects we add a breakdown of variances in heterogeneity and risk. …
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