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Financial Literacy, Information, and Demand Elasticity : Survey and Experimental Evidence from Mexico
Hastings, Justine S. - 2008
We use responses to a survey and experiment with participants in Mexico's privatized social security system to examine …
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The Benefits of Privatization : Evidence from Mexico
Porta, Rafael La - 1997
Criticisms of privatization have centered around the possibility that the observed higher profitability of privatized … back generous labor contracts. Using data for all 218 non-financial privatizations that took place in Mexico between 1983 … and 1991 we find that privatized firms quickly bridge the pre-privatization performance gap with industry-matched control …
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Sales Force and Competition in Financial Product Markets : The Case Of Mexico’s Social Security Privatization
Hastings, Justine S. - 2013
market. We use detailed administrative data on fund manager choices and worker characteristics at the inception of Mexico …
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Producer Beliefs and Conservation : The Impact of Perceived Water Scarcity on Irrigation Technology Adoption
Blumberg, Joey; Goemans, Chris; Manning, Dale - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Agricultural producers make investment decisions based on beliefs about future returns. This article investigates how changes in beliefs about input availability affects the adoption of conservation practices. We develop a theoretical model to examine how a producer's beliefs about water...
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Center Pivot Irrigation Systems as a Form of Drought Risk Mitigation in Humid Regions
Cooley, Daniel J.; Smith, Steven M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Irrigation in the Eastern US receives little attention compared to the West, but farmers in humid states of the US, traditionally reliant on rainfall, have more than tripled irrigation since 1978. We examine this trend in Illinois where there has been a nearly threefold increase in center pivot...
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A National Estimate of Irrigation Canal Lining and Piping Water Conservation
Hrozencik, R. Aaron; Potter, Nicholas A.; Wallander, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Global climate change is already impacting water resources and, in many areas, reducing the amount of water available for drinking, sanitation, and agriculture. Water conservation can be a means to mitigate the economic damages associated with water scarcity, including scarcity arising from...
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Climate Change and Downstream Water Quality in Agricultural Production : The Case of Nutrient Runoff to the Gulf of Mexico
Elbakidze, Levan; Xu, Yuelu; Gassman, Philip W.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
-driven productivity changes on water quality in the Gulf of Mexico using an integrated hydro-economic agricultural land use (IHEAL) model … the Gulf of Mexico by 0.4%-1.58% relative to the baseline scenario with no climate change …
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Man vs. Machine : Technological Promise and Political Limits of Automated Regulation Enforcement
Browne, Oliver; Gazze, Ludovica; Greenstone, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
New technologies allow perfect detection of environmental violations at near-zero marginal cost, but take-up is low. We conducted a field experiment to evaluate enforcement of water conservation rules with smart meters in Fresno, CA. Households were randomly assigned combinations of enforcement...
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Do Water Audits Work?
Akesson, Jesper; Hahn, Robert William; Kochhar, Rajat; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Water suppliers are showing greater interest in using different mechanisms to promote conservation. One such mechanism is conducting home water audits, which involves assessing water use and providing tailored suggestions for conserving water for residential customers. Yet, very little is known...
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Differences in How and Why Social Comparison and Real-Time Feedback Impact Resource Use : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Andor, Mark Andreas; Götte, Lorenz; Price, Michael Keith; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We compare the behavior and welfare effects of two popular interventions for resource conservation. The first intervention is social comparison reports (SC), which primarily provide consumers with information motivating behavioral change. The second intervention is real-time feedback (RTF),...
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