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Intertemporal Choice
Ericson, Keith M. Marzilli - 2018
Intertemporal tradeoffs play a key role in many personal decisions and policy questions. We describe models of intertemporal choice, identify empirical regularities in choice, and pose new questions for research. The focus for intertemporal choice research is no longer whether the exponential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906455
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Borrowing Constraints and Consumption Behavior in Japan
Wakabayashi, Midori; Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2021
In this paper, we use Japanese micro data to examine what characteristics borrowing-constrained households have and whether borrowing constraints have an important influence on household consumption behavior. We identify borrowing-constrained households using three different indicators, some of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249189
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The State of Corporate Governance Research
Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2011
This paper, which introduces the special issue on corporate governance co-sponsored by the Review of Financial Studies and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), reviews and comments on the state of corporate governance research. The special issue features seven papers on corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134144
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Does Management Matter in Schools
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044342
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Modern Management : Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then … match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that … relation to other factor inputs. This is quantitatively substantial: going from the 25th to the 75th percentile of management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751267
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Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from 732 medium sized manufacturing firms in the …-level productivity, profitability, Tobin%u2019s Q, sales growth and survival rates. Management practices also display significant cross … tail of extremely badly managed firms. We find that poor management practices are more prevalent when (a) product market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752282
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Empirics on the Origins of Preferences : The Case of College Major and Religiosity
Kimball, Miles S. - 2010
Early life experiences are likely to be important for the formation of preferences. Religiosity is a key dimension of preferences, affecting many economic outcomes. This paper examines the effect of college major on religiosity, and the converse effect of religiosity on college major, using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152092
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The Making of an Investment Banker : Macroeconomic Shocks, Career Choice, and Lifetime Income
Oyer, Paul - 2009
New graduates of elite MBA programs flock to Wall Street during bull markets and start their careers elsewhere when the stock market is weak. Given the transferability of MBA skills, it seems likely that any effect of stock returns on MBA placement would be short-lived. In this paper, I use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767420
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Inflation-Indexed Bonds and the Expectations Hypothesis
Pflueger, Carolin E. - 2011
This paper empirically analyzes the Expectations Hypothesis (EH) in inflation-indexed (or real) bonds and in nominal bonds in the US and in the UK. We strongly reject the EH in inflation-indexed bonds, and also confirm and update the existing evidence rejecting the EH in nominal bonds. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127982
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School Admissions Reform in Chicago and England : Comparing Mechanisms by Their Vulnerability to Manipulation
Pathak, Parag A. - 2011
In Fall 2009, officials from Chicago Public Schools changed their assignment mechanism for coveted spots at selective college preparatory high schools midstream. After asking about 14,000 applicants to submit their preferences for schools under one mechanism, the district asked them re-submit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130257