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the internal margin, i.e., the strength, of loss aversion, and empirically study the relation between income risk …-income population of Bogotá, characterized by limited financial education and subject to substantial income risk. In line with the … theoretical predictions, we find that an increase in income risk is associated with higher savings for loss-averse individuals …
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empirically study the relation between income risk, experimentally elicited loss aversion, and precautionary savings. We do so … subject to substantial income risk. In line with the theoretical predictions, we find that an increase in income risk is … aversion. An accompanying laboratory experiment confirms that an exogenous increase in income risk causally leads to this …
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We derive revealed preference tests for models where individuals use consideration sets to simplify their consumption problem. Our basic test provides necessary and sufficient conditions for consistency of observed choices with the existence of consideration set restrictions. The same conditions...
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the internal margin, i.e., the strength, of loss aversion, and empirically study the relation between income risk …-income population of Bogotá, characterized by limited financial education and subject to substantial income risk. In line with the … theoretical predictions, we find that an increase in income risk is associated with higher savings for loss-averse individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243502
The analysis of the propensity to search under price dispersion discovers the identity of the optimal consumption-leisure choices in the model of optimal search and in the classical model of individual labor supply when the propensity to search is unimportant. However, the vigorous propensity to...
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We demonstrate that interpersonal comparisons lead to "keeping up with the Joneses"-behavior. Using annual household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the causal effect of changes in reference consumption, defined as the consumption level of all households who are perceived...
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We propose a method to quantify other-regarding preferences in group decisions. Our method is based on revealed preference theory. It measures willingness-to- pay for others’ consumption and willingness-to-pay for equality in consumption by evaluating consumption externalities in monetary...
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of unexpected uncertainty increase, plants reduce their employment size in order to decrease the default risk that arises …
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inverse of IES and on risk aversion but the first seems to play a more important role. The paper also attempts to understand …
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In many markets consumers have imperfect information about the utility they derive from the products that are on offer and need to visit stores to find the product that is the most preferred. This paper develops a discrete-choice model of demand with optimal consumer search. Consumers first...
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