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Focusing theory hypothesizes a bias toward concentration according to which consumers prefer goods with one outstanding … feature over those with several smaller sized upsides. In contrast to models of present-biased behavior, focusing theory … focusing theory. …
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We develop a model of asset trading with financial leverage in an economy with a continuum of investors. The investors are assumed to have diverse and rational beliefs in the sense of being compatible with observed data. We show that a reduction in the margin requirement may cause the stock...
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. In this work, Mises embeds the business cycle theory which he initially developed in Theorie des Geldes und der …This paper addresses Ludwig von Mises's business cycle theory at maturity, as advanced in his opus magnum Human Action … Umlaufmittel into the broad context of his methodological convictions. Whereas the initial outline of his cycle theory strongly …
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This paper surveys publications in the fields of economic history and demography in the ESR since 1969. Numbering sixty in all, they cover a broad chronological and thematic range. Some of these papers never attracted much notice, but stand as useful sources for future historians. A few have...
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The debate over the use of tariffs or value added taxes in developing countries has focused on the difficulty of collecting VAT from the informal sector of the economy. This paper contributes by considering this issue with heterogeneous firms and endogenous entry. This yields two new results....
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