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The Economic and Policy Consequences of Catastrophes
Pindyck, Robert S. - 2010
How likely is a catastrophic event that would substantially reduce the capital stock, GDP and wealth? How much should society be willing to pay to reduce the probability or impact of a catastrophe? We answer these questions and provide a framework for policy analysis using a general equilibrium...
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Time Preference, Time Discounting, and Smoking Decisions
Khwaja, Ahmed - 2007
.e., impulsivity and length of financial planning horizon, smokers are more impatient. However, neither of these measures is … measures of time preference and self-control, i.e., impulsivity and financial planning, are more closely related to the smoking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778234
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Baby Boomer Retirement Security : The Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth
Lusardi, Annamaria - 2007
estimates show that planning behavior can explain the differences in savings and why some people arrive close to retirement with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778261
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The Limits of Simple Implementation Intentions : Evidence from a Field Experiment on Making Plans to Exercise
Carrera, Mariana - 2018
the effect of a simple scalable planning intervention on a repeated behavior using a randomized design involving 877 … weeks. In contrast to recent studies, we find that the planning intervention did not have a positive effect on behavior and … planning is helpful and despite clear evidence that they engaged with the planning process …
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Industrial Catching Up in the Poor Periphery 1870-1975
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2011
This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1975 (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial growth accelerated there over this critical century. The...
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Mauritius : African Success Story
Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2010
What explains the success of Mauritius, a top performer among African countries? It has mostly followed growth-enhancing policies, which can in turn be attributed to sound institutions. But from where did the institutions come? Mauritius chose well around the time of independence in 1968, for...
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Property Rights and Financial Development : The Legacy of Japanese Colonial Institutions
Yoo, Dongwoo - 2010
Several studies link modern economic performance to institutions transplanted by European colonizers and here we extend this line of research to Asia. Japan imposed its system of well-defined property rights in land on some of its Asian colonies, including Korea, Taiwan and Palau. In 1939 Japan...
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Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - 2010
This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape Verde and Mozambique's particular geographical and historical contexts. We hold that development success under globalization entails, necessarily but not exclusively, positive...
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The Value of Luminosity Data as a Proxy for Economic Statistics
Chen, Xi - 2010
One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138765
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The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights
Doepke, Matthias - 2011
Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took...
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