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Unshrouding Effects on Demand for a Costly Add-on : Evidence from Bank Overdrafts in Turkey
Alan, Sule - 2015
The pricing and advertising of tied add-ons and overages have come under increasing scrutiny. Working with a large Turkish bank to test SMS direct marketing promotions to 108,000 existing holders of "free" checking accounts, we find that promoting a large discount on the 60% APR charged for...
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A Tear in the Iron Curtain : The Impact of Western Television on Consumption Behavior
Bursztyn, Leonardo - 2014
This paper examines the impact of exposure to foreign media on the economic behavior of agents in a totalitarian regime. We study private consumption choices focusing on former East Germany, where differential access to Western television was determined by geographic features. Using data...
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Does E-Cigarette Advertising Encourage Adult Smokers to Quit?
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2018
Only recently introduced into the U.S. market, e-cigarettes have been aggressively promoted, and use is increasing rapidly among both adults and youths. At the heart of the regulatory debate are fundamental questions regarding whether e-cigarettes will draw cigarette smokers away from a...
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Is Psychological Well-being Linked to the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables?
Blanchflower, David G. - 2012
simple evidence consistent with the existence of a link between the consumption of fruit and vegetables and high well … portions of fruit and vegetables. The pattern is remarkably robust to adjustment for a large number of other demographic …
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Coarse Thinking and Persuasion
Mullainathan, Sendhil - 2006
We present a model of coarse thinking, in which individuals group situations into categories, and transfer the informational content of a given message from situations in a category where it is useful to those where it is not. The model explains how uninformative messages can be persuasive,...
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Capitalizing Patriotism : The Liberty Loans of World War I
Kang, Sung Won - 2006
In World War I the Secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo, hoped to create a broad market for government bonds, the famous Liberty Loans, by following an aggressive policy of "capitalizing patriotism." He called on everyone from Wall Street bankers to the Boy Scouts to volunteer for the...
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Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Childhood Obesity
Chou, Shin-Yi - 2005
Childhood obesity around the world, and particularly in the United States, is an escalating problem that is especially detrimental as its effects carry on into adulthood. In this paper we employ the 1979 Child-Young Adult National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the 1997 National Longitudinal...
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Smiles in Profiles : Improving Fairness and Efficiency Using Estimates of User Preferences in Online Marketplaces
Athey, Susan; Karlan, Dean; Palikot, Emil; Yuan, Yuan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Online platforms often face challenges being both fair (i.e., non-discriminatory) and efficient (i.e., maximizing revenue). Using computer vision algorithms and observational data from a microlending marketplace, we find that choices made by borrowers creating online profiles impact both of...
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Youth Smoking in the U.S : Evidence and Implications
Gruber, Jonathan - 2000
The one-third rise in the teen smoking rate in the 1990s has led to considerable interest in understanding the … determinants of the youth smoking decision. We explore four aspects of this decision. First, we consider the demographic correlates … of smoking participation, and find that smoking participation is not simply concentrated among the most disadvantaged …
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The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement
Cutler, David M. - 2000
amount ($0.1 billion). The efficiency issue turns mainly on the treatment of health benefits from reduced smoking induced by …
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