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rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged 15-21 years provide unilateral insurance to their origin … exposed to rainfall shocks with low levels of correlation with respect to shocks occurring at origin. …
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stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …
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stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …
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sizable effect of risk on accumulation and pronounced interactions between wealth and risk. The presented evidence is …
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This study examines whether the random allocation of single and joint saving accounts to cash crop farmers in rural Ethiopia is associated with changes in decision-making authority and control over resources that ultimately lead to changes in labor effort, schooling allocations, income,...
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We explore the relationship between gambling and other forms of risk-taking behaviour, i.e. exposure to debt and the …
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considerations are, over and above socio-economic characteristics including financial literacy and risk attitudes, in explaining …
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This paper analyzes the stability and distribution of ambiguity attitudes using a broad population sample. Using high-powered incentives, we collected six waves of data on ambiguity attitudes about financial markets – our main application – and climate change. Estimating a structural...
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The existing literature suggests that when the saving decision of two-earner households under risk is analysed …, standard assumptions suffice for precautionary saving to exist under increases in risk of the first and second orders, but not …
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, compared to not receiving advice. Finally, we find a positive association between alternative measures of portfolio risk and …
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