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Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions : Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies

Zivin, Joshua S. Graff - 2012

In this paper, we develop a methodology for estimating marginal emissions of electricity demand that vary by location and time of day across the United States. The approach takes account of the generation mix within interconnected electricity markets and shifting load profiles throughout the...

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Household Finance over the Life-Cycle : What does Education Contribute?

Cooper, Russell - 2014

This paper studies household financial choices: why are these decisions dependent on the education level of the … household? A life-cycle model is constructed to understand a rich set of facts about decisions of households with different …, education affects household finance mainly through increased average income. The estimation also finds evidence that higher …

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Dynamic Salience with Intermittent Billing : Evidence from Smart Electricity Meters

Gilbert, Ben - 2013

goods has expanded from household utilities, toll road access and software downloads to standard consumption goods paid by … decisions. This paper exploits hourly household electricity consumption data collected by "smart" electricity meters to examine … receipt of an electricity bill, but the response varies considerably by household type and season. Our results also suggest …

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Household Finance : Education, Permanent Income and Portfolio Choice

Cooper, Russell - 2013

This paper studies household financial choices: why are these decisions dependent on the education level of the … household? A life cycle model is constructed to understand a rich set of facts about decisions of households with different …

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The Unintended Impacts of Agricultural Fires : Human Capital in China

Zivin, Joshua S. Graff - 2019

detected by high-resolution satellites in China during 2005 to 2011, this paper investigates the impacts of fires on cognitive …

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Target setting and Allocative Inefficiency in Lending : Evidence from Two Chinese Banks

Cao, Yiming - 2018

We study the consequences of month-end lending incentives for Chinese bank managers. Using data from two banks, one state-owned and the other partially privatized, we show a clear increase in lending in the final days of each month, a result of both more loan issuance and higher value per loan....

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