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Alesina, Alberto - 2013

A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a … variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to … between culture and institutions …

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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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The Economic and Policy Consequences of Catastrophes

Pindyck, Robert S. - 2009

framework for policy analysis using a general equilibrium model of production, capital accumulation, and household preferences …

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Time Preference, Time Discounting, and Smoking Decisions

Khwaja, Ahmed - 2006

and length of financial planning horizon, smokers are more impatient. However, neither of these measures is significantly … time preference and self-control, i.e., impulsivity and financial planning, are more closely related to the smoking …

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Baby Boomer Retirement Security : the Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth

Lusardi, Annamaria - 2006

estimates show that planning behavior can explain the differences in savings and why some people arrive close to retirement with …

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School Bus Emissions, Student Health, and Academic Performance

Austin, Wes - 2019

Diesel emissions from school buses expose children to high levels of air pollution; retrofitting bus engines can substantially reduce this exposure. Using variation from 2,656 retrofits across Georgia, we estimate effects of emissions reductions on district-level health and academic achievement....

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Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax?

Davis, Lucas W. - 2019

gasoline-powered vehicles. We then turn to an empirical analysis aimed at better understanding the current policy landscape for … we discuss how this motivates and informs optimal policy …

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Vehicle Choices, Miles Driven, and Pollution Policies

Feng, Ye - 2005

A nested logit structure is used to model discrete choices among different vehicle bundles. We also consider continuous choices of miles driven and the age of each vehicle. We propose a consistent estimation method for both discrete and continuous demands in one step, to capture the interactive...

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Cost-Effective Policies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions

Fullerton, Don - 2005

This paper uses an estimated demand system that accounts for heterogeneity to calculate and compare the lost consumer surplus from a higher tax on gasoline, a tax on distance, or a subsidy for buying a newer car. We introduce a view of cost-effectiveness that compares policies instead of...

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The External Costs of Transporting Petroleum Products by Pipelines and Rail : Evidence From Shipments of Crude Oil from North Dakota

Clay, Karen - 2017

petroleum products by rail and pipelines. While crude oil transportation has generated intense policy debate about rail and … more than eight times as big for pipelines. Our findings indicate that the policy debate surrounding crude oil …

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