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uncompensated interest rate elasticity for savings, in line with the literature, to around zero. Accordingly, any policy …. -- Consumption-savings decision ; interest rate elasticity of savings ; income uncertainty …
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This paper exploits discontinuities induced by earnings caps for social security contributions (SSC) in Germany to analyse the effect of SSC on gross labour earnings. Empirical evidence is based on two complementary approaches utilising two administrative data sets. First, employment responses...
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labor supply elasticities were small, recent work has identified three key reasons that the aggregate elasticity may be …
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This paper introduces a new methodology for the estimation of demand trade elasticities based on an import intensity-adjusted measure of aggregate demand, with the foundation of a stylized theoretical model. We compute the import intensity of demand components by using the OECD Input-Output...
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to 2005, we examine the effects of gasoline prices on the automotive fleet's composition. We find that high gasoline … prices affect fleet fuel economy through two channels: (1) shifting new auto purchases towards more fuel-efficient vehicles … estimates suggest that a 10% increase in gasoline prices from 2005 levels will generate a 0.22% increase in fleet fuel economy …
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We measure the impact of measurement error in labor-supply elasticities estimated over recalled usual work hours, as is ubiquitous in the literature. Employing hours of work in diaries collected by the American Time Use Survey, 2003-12, along with the same respondents' recalled usual hours, we...
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