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Patience affects economic growth, no news. This paper investigates the opposite causal relationship, i.e., how growth …, coherently with the model's prediction, growth has a significant impact on the effort to teach patience. … influences patience. We propose a simple theoretical framework where heterogeneous parents may choose to transmit their cultural …
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Patience affects economic growth, no news. This paper investigates the opposite causal relationship, i.e., how growth …, coherently with the model’s prediction, growth has a significant impact on the effort to teach patience … influences patience. We propose a simple theoretical framework where heterogeneous parents may choose to transmit their cultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081043
factors for households and compare these estimates of their patience to their replacement rates-the simple measure often used …
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This paper examines the national savings behaviour in the process of economic growth through a comparative analysis of … 'virtuous circle' between growth and savings, with growth initiating the savings transition. No evidence to suggest that a prior … phase of promoting savings through specific policy initiatives is needed to initiate the process of growth and structural …
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Pension reforms in OECD countries endow individuals with more responsibility for their financial security in retirement, raising concerns about their ability to select appropriate pension arrangements and save adequately. This paper analyses the interaction between a present-biased individual...
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I study the consumption-saving problem with non-separable utility under ambiguity. Using smooth ambiguity aversion, I show that the introduction of ambiguity and greater ambiguity aversion raise optimal saving. When relative prudence in ambiguity preferences is bounded by 2, also greater...
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Most economic models assume that time preferences are stable over time, but the evidence on their long-term stability is lacking. We study whether and how time preferences change over the life cycle, exploiting representative long-term panel data. We provide new evidence that discount rates...
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Planning for retirement is difficult, but essential for future financial security. To formally analyse the interplay between planning and self-control, I introduce cognitive costs of formulating a plan into the two-system model of impulse control. The resulting possibility of rational inaction...
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We consider a neoclassical growth model with quasi-hyperbolic discounting under Kantian optimization: each temporal …
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We study the role of expectations of naive agents in a general equilibrium version of the Ramsey model with quasi-hyperbolic discounting. When agents recognize others’ naivete, as strongly suggested by empirical evidence, they revise consumption paths, correctly anticipating prices in a...
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