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We implement a randomized field experiment to study the impact of reminders on dental health prevention. Patients who … are due for a check-up receive no reminder, a neutral reminder postcard, or reminders including additional information on … the benefits of prevention. Our results document a strong impact of reminders. Within one month after receiving a reminder …
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We implement a randomized field experiment to study the impact of reminders on dental health prevention. Patients who … are due for a check-up receive no reminder, a neutral reminder postcard, or reminders including additional information on … the benefits of prevention. Our results document a strong impact of reminders. Within one month after receiving a reminder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010567954
who exhibit herd behaviour, the focus on equity in home bias, and indecisive empirical findings on herding bias. Research …
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observed international expansion strategies. The paper also finds a substantial home bias in the international allocation of …
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that international diversification does not pay: the cost of the home bias within Euroland has been lowered (in some cases …, in light of this option, the cost of the home bias continues to be significant. …
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In this paper we study the impact of shocks to global risk and global risk aversion (such as Lehman) as well as shocks with a more idiosyncratic nature (such as the euro debt crisis) on cross border portfolio flows, taking the perspective of foreign investors. We find robust evidence of...
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This paper studies portfolio allocation in the international financial market when investors exhibit ambiguity aversion towards assets issued in foreign locations. Entrepreneurs located in each country have access to a risky technology and want to attract capital. The authors characterize...
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This paper explores the relationship between self-declared risk aversion of private investors and their willingness to hold diversified portfolios of financial assets. The analysis is based on household survey data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) that provides a reliable measure of...
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This paper explores the relationship between the self-declared risk aversion of private investors and their propensity to hold incomplete portfolios of financial assets. The analysis is based on household survey data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) that provides a reliable measure of...
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