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Old money, the nouveau riche and Brunhilde's marriage dilemma : conference paper
Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - 2014
This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and conspicuous gift giving. A potential bride searching for a husband may seek to screen candidates whose income is only partially observable. Taking into account that she also bears...
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Old money, the nouveaux riches and Brunhilde's marriage strategy
Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - 2014
A woman assessing the wealth of a potential husband may observe some, but not all, of his wealth. She may screen, leading to status consumption and wasteful gift giving. The screening activity is costly not only for the potential husband, but also for the woman, as it reduces the wealth of the...
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The Bargaining Family Revisited
Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - 2011
We suggest a family bargaining model where human capital investment decisions are made non-cooperatively in a first …
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Old money, the nouveaux riches and Brunhilde's marriage strategy
Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - In: Journal of population economics 30 (2017) 1, pp. 163-186
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Affection, speed dating and heartbreaking
Konrad, Kai A. - In: Journal of population economics 28 (2015) 1, pp. 159-172
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Love and taxes - and matching institutions
Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - 2008
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Love and taxes and matching institutions
Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - In: The Canadian journal of economics 43 (2010) 3, pp. 919-940
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Love and taxes - and matching institutions
Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003668429
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Love and taxes - and matching institutions
Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003672178
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Love and Taxes – And Matching Institutions
Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - 2011
We study a setting with search frictions in the marriage market and with incomplete contracting inside the family … the high-income earner may dislike the implicit income redistribution implied by the marriage. Redistributive income … each other can substitute for redistribution, so that optimal redistribution is reduced. We also introduce a divorce option …
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