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Using German panel data, we assess the causal effect of job loss, and thus of an extensive income shock, on risk attitude. In line with predictions of expected utility reasoning about absolute risk aversion, losing oneś job reduces the willingness to take risks. This effect strengthens in...
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In this paper, substitutional relationships between capital, labour, material, electricity, and fossil fuels in German … the Morishima elasticity of substitution, labour and capital are substitutes in all sectors. Labour is generally a …
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This paper examines the dynamic effects of monsoon rainfall shocks on yield, wages, and prices in the Indian … yield is short-lived, but elicits a persistent decline (increase) in wages (food prices). Negative local shocks affect only … wages, but not prices. This indicates that, in the food market, intra-regional trading mitigates the impact of local shocks …
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