Heterogeneity, i.e., the notion that individuals respond differently to economic stimuli, can have profound … grouping techniques that can be used to account for heterogeneity in financial behavior. Two are well established: company … participants behave in a similar manner may consider using of mixture model in the presence of heterogeneity in financial behavior. …

Heterogeneity in measurement model parameters across known groups can be modeled and tested using multigroup … characteristics to capture heterogeneity and have the potential to be used to test measurement invariance. The current study … sample sizes, more noninvariant factor loadings, and larger amounts of heterogeneity are needed to distinguish different …

. Agent heterogeneity and market frictions are necessary to account for these facts. Chapter two introduces a two-sided search … model with ex-ante heterogeneity that generates within-skill wage differences and skill-related unemployment duration. The …

model of an incentive contract under moral hazard, taking into account agents heterogeneity in preferences. We show that … contracting farmers are heterogenous with respect to their risk aversion and that this heterogeneity affects the principal …

mechanism is based on the assumption of heterogeneity across firms. The resulting model performs better than existing frameworks …