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Rational inattention and employer learning
Habermalz, Steffen - 2010
learning model with the theory of rational inattention introduced by Sims (2006). In the model firms optimally allocate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300804
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Oil price shocks, monetary policy and current account imbalances within a currency union
Baas, Timo; Belke, Ansgar - 2017
current account imbalances within a currency union. Differences in institutions, especially labor market institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785688
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Motivated belief updating and rationalization of information
Drobner, Christoph; Goerg, Sebastian J. - 2022
We study belief updating about relative performance in an ego-relevant task. Manipulating the perceived ego-relevance of the task, we show that subjects update their beliefs optimistically because they derive direct utility flows from holding positive beliefs. This finding provides a behavioral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433247
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Institutions, opportunism and prosocial behavior : some experimental evidence
Cabrales, Antonio; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Hernán … - 2020
Formal or informal institutions have long been adopted by societies to protect against opportunistic behavior. However …, we know very little about how these institutions are chosen and their impact on behavior. We experimentally investigate … the demand for different levels of institutions that provide low to high levels of insurance and its subsequent impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226471
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A theory of conservative revivals
Iyigun, Murat; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner - 2018
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient political and economic institutions in response to changing economic … productivity, cultural beliefs and institutions. In our model, production shocks that benefit one sector of the economy may induce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949432
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The ideological roots of institutional change
Iyigun, Murat; Rubin, Jared - 2017
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do … institutions. When new technologies emerge, uncertainty results from a lack of understanding how the technology will fit with … prevailing ideologies and institutions. This uncertainty discourages investment in institutions and the cultural capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641551
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Rationalizing rational expectations? : tests and deviations
D'Haultfœuille, Xavier; Gaillac, Christophe; Maurel, Arnaud - 2018
In this paper, we build a new test of rational expectations based on the marginal distributions of realizations and subjective beliefs. This test is widely applicable, including in the common situation where realizations and beliefs are observed in two different datasets that cannot be matched....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951089
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Labor market reforms and current account imbalances : beggar-thy-neighbor policies in a currency union?
Baas, Timo; Belke, Ansgar - 2014
Member countries of the European Monetary Union (EMU) initiated wide-ranging labor market reforms in the last decade. This process is ongoing as countries that are faced with serious labor market imbalances perceive reforms as the fastest way to restore competitiveness within a currency union....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403902
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Families in macroeconomics
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michele - 2016
Much of macroeconomics is concerned with the allocation of physical capital, human capital, and labor over time and across people. The decisions on savings, education, and labor supply that generate these variables are made within families. Yet the family (and decision-making in families) is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454407
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Integrated macroeconomic production function for open economies : a new Schumpeterian Solow model for globalization
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2016
The macroeconomic production function is a traditional key element of modern macroeconomics, as is the more recent knowledge production function which explains knowledge/patents by certain input factors such as research, foreign direct investment or international technology spillovers. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452235