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asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare …
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characteristics of the Canton of Bern using household-level data. In particular, we exploit quasi-natural policy variation in voting …
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household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends like a decline in birth rate and an increase in the risk of divorce … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in … inequality was indeed more due to changes of household structure and employment behavior rather than changes in wages. Moreover …
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Unintended consequences of a pre-announced climate policy have been studied in a variety of situations. We show that early announcement of a carbon tax gives rise to a "Green-Paradox", in that it increases polluting emissions in the interim period (between announcement and actual...
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We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide partial protection from disease. However, these...
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Collective consumption decisions taken by the members of a household may prove inefficient. The impact on market … performance depends on whether household inefficiencies are caused by inefficient net trades with the market or by inefficient …
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