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How does lie detection constrain the potential for one person to persuade another to change her action? We consider a model of Bayesian persuasion in which the Receiver can detect lies with positive probability. We show that the Sender lies more when the lie detection probability increases. As...
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This paper estimates consumer demand for firearms with the aim of predicting the likely impacts of firearm regulations on the number and types of guns in circulation. We first conduct a stated-choice-based conjoint analysis and estimate an individual-level demand model for firearms. We validate...
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We present several empirical facts about trends in marketing investment in the US. We also present estimates of the private value of brands to firms and aggregate intangible brand capital stocks created by these investments. These investments include the creation and maintenance of a brand name...
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With the rise of social media and streaming platforms, firms and brand-owners increasingly depend on influencers to attract consumers, who care about both common product quality and consumer-influencer interaction. Sellers thus compete in both influencer and product markets. As outreach and...
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Third-party cookies and related 'offsite' tracking technologies are frequently used to share user data across applications in support of ad delivery. These data are viewed as highly valuable for online advertisers, but their usage faces increasing headwinds. In this paper, we quantify the...
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of that history: long-run trends in racial differences in health. We focus on standard measures such as infant mortality … is that large improvements have occurred in the average health of African Americans over the twentieth century, both in … absolute terms and relative to Whites. These health advancements occurred steadily throughout the twentieth century, with the …
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the influence of health on these precesses. We also study the evolution of elderly health and the impact of economic … variables on health outcomes. We present results from estimating our models using data from waves one and two of the AHEAD … of equations. We divide households for which head and partner (if present) are in poor health and those for which head …
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We study the impact of economic crisis on health in Mexico. There have been four wide-scale economic crises in Mexico …
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We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … interpret our results using a model in which investments in health capital are affected by both resource constraints and a human …
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This study examines retirement outcomes in the first four waves of the Health and Retirement Study. Measured retirement …
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