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The combination of credit constraints and indivisible consumption goods may induce some risk-averse individuals to …
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The capital management problem posed by R. H. Strotz is analyzed for the case of the naive planner who fails to anticipate changes in his own preferences. By imposing progressively stronger restrictions on the primitives of the problem - namely, the discounting function, the utility index...
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Reported attitudes towards immigrants are sometimes used as a proxy for ethnic discrimination. However, there is little … empirical evidence of a link between attitudes and discrimination. In this paper, we use survey data on people's attitudes …-examine this issue. We find clear evidence of a link between reported attitudes towards immigrants and the extent of ethnic …
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This paper provides a statistical analysis of the attitudes towards foreigners displayed by European citizens. It is … found that, holding other things constant, unemployed Europeans do not have more negative attitudes towards foreigners than … the likelihood of negative attitudes towards foreigners, everything else the same. These results suggest that it is the …
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negative attitudes and implicit performance stereotypes toward Arab-Muslim men relative to native Swedish men. We also examine …-Muslim men with less work performance. Also, they have more implicit negative attitudes toward this ethnic group. Obese …
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I use a consumption-based test to examine the importance of income constraints and the degree of capital mobility … financial markets are highly integrated, but that the consumption behavior of a significant part of the Nordic population is … constrained by income. There is no evidence that financial deregulation altered the consumption behavior of households or …
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In this paper we consider the effect of quantity restrictions and scrutiny on the consumption of quasi-free goods. A … companies (Evernote, IBM, Bestbuy), suggests that placing limitations on consumption can lead to an increase in the level of … consumption of such goods, while removing existing limitations (as in the case of vacations) may result in a decrease in …
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It is well documented that voter turnout is lower among persons who grow up in families of low socio-economic status compared to persons from high-status families. This paper examines whether reforms in education can help to reduce the socio-economic gap in voting. We distinguish between reforms...
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Does education lead to political engagement? The empirical literature is mixed. Theory suggests economic context matters. Individuals unable to take advantage of education in the labor market are more likely to engage in political activity. We find support for this channel during the rapid...
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different mechanisms through which early exposure to entertainment content may have influenced their political attitudes. …
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