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effects. We exploit the unique design of an aid program's experimental trial to identify its indirect effect on consumption …
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I use a randomised conditional cash transfer program from Indonesia to provide evidence on peer effects in consumption … of poor households. I combine this with consumption visibility data from Indonesia to examine whether peer effects in … consumption differ by a good’s visibility. In line with a model of conspicuous consumption, I find that the expenditure share of …
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This paper provides the first estimates of tobacco price elasticity for adults in Canada's Aboriginal communities, distinguishing between two price effects: the direct effect, reflecting individual reaction to a price change, and the indirect effect, whereby price influences the individual by...
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I use a randomised conditional cash transfer program from Indonesia to provide evidence on peer effects in consumption … of poor households.  I combine this with consumption visibility data from Indonesia to examine whether peer effects in … consumption differ by a good's visibility.  In line with a model of conspicuous consumption, I find that the expenditure share of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011164425
acquisition, increases income and consumption, and reduces consumption variability. A conceptual framework using an infinitely …
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Identifying the impacts of liquidity shocks on spending decisions is difficult methodologically but important for theory, practice, and policy. Using seven different methods on microenterprise loan applicants, we find striking results. Borrowers report uses of loan proceeds strategically, and...
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between 2004 and 2008, and that a significant proportion of households had to adjust food consumption in response.  Regression …
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competitiveness. The application of the model is to quarterly data on the share of imports in Australian personal consumption over the …
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This paper examines the consequences of housing rationing on the consumption behaviour of Chinese urban households in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852357
Identifying the impacts of liquidity shocks on spending decisions is difficult methodologically but important for theory, practice, and policy. Using seven different methods on microenterprise loan applicants, we find striking results. Borrowers report uses of loan proceeds strategically, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083720