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Demand Heterogeneity in Insurance Markets : Implications for Equity and Efficiency
Geruso, Michael - 2016
data, I then show that this type of demand heterogeneity is empirically relevant in a consumer health plan setting. Younger … and older consumers and men and women reveal strikingly different demand for health insurance, conditional on their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986292
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Inflation Expectations and Firm Decisions : New Causal Evidence
Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Ropele, Tiziano - 2021
expectations. We find that higher inflation expectations on the part of firms leads them to raise their prices, increase demand for …, demand effects are stronger, leading firms to raise their prices more and no longer reduce their employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224354
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Measuring the Spatial Distribution of Health Rankings in the United States
Davis, Will; Gordan, Alexander; Tchernis, Rusty - 2021
We rank counties in the United States of America with respect to population health. We utilize the five observable county health variables used to construct the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s County Health Rankings (CHRs). Our method relies on a factor analysis model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313337
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A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities
Avery, Christopher; Glickman, Mark E.; Hoxby, Caroline M.; … - 2006
We show how to construct a ranking of U.S. undergraduate programs based on students' revealed preferences. We construct examples of national and regional rankings, using hand-collected data on 3,240 high-achieving students. Our statistical model extends models used for ranking players in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069303
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A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities
Avery, Christopher - 2010
We show how to construct a ranking of U.S. undergraduate programs based on students' revealed preferences. We construct examples of national and regional rankings, using hand-collected data on 3,240 high- achieving students. Our statistical model extends models used for ranking players in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141242
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Public or Private Production of Food Safety : What Do U.S. Consumers Want?
Smith, V. Kerry - 2010
This paper reports estimates of consumers' preferences for plans to improve food safety. The plans are distinguished based on whether they address the ex ante risk of food borne illness or the ex post effects of the illness. They are also distinguished based on whether they focus on a public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758450
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Policy-Instrument Choice and Benefit Estimates for Climate-Change Policy in the United States
Kotchen, Matthew J.; Boyle, Kevin J; Leiserowitz, Anthony - 2021
This paper provides the first willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates in support of a national climate-change policy that are comparable with the costs of actual legislative efforts in the U.S. Congress. Based on a survey of 2,034 American adults, we find that households are, on average, willing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225014
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Improving College Access in the United States : Barriers and Policy Responses
Page, Lindsay C. - 2015
Socioeconomic gaps in college enrollment and attainment have widened over time, despite increasing returns to postsecondary education and significant policy efforts to improve access. We describe the barriers that students face during the transition to college and review the evidence on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010712
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Banks’ Internal Capital Markets and Deposit Rates
Ben-David, Itzhak - 2015
to deposit insurance and/or enhanced capital regulation) and that internal demand for funding by banks determines rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016009
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Corporate Demand for Insurance : an Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Market for Catastrophe and Non-Catastrophe Risks
Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - 2011
empirical analysis of firm behavior that compares corporate demand for property and catastrophe insurance (here, terrorism). We … combine demand and supply data and apply a simultaneous-equation approach to address the problem of endogenous premium … decisions. The main finding is that demand for property and catastrophe insurance are not very different and that the demand for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120307