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Macroeconomic disasters and forward-looking consumers : historical evidence and evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Pozzi, Lorenzo; Sadaba, Barbara - 2021
the aggregate consumption to income ratio. By standard intertemporal budget constraint logic, this ratio is linked to … expectations of future income and consumption growth rates. We investigate whether these expectations suffice to explain the shifts … in the consumption-income ratio that occur during disaster periods or whether, on the other hand, consumers become more …
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Consumption and savings in India before and after liberalization
Seshaiah, S. Venkata; Srivyal V. - In: Indian journal of economics & business : IJEB 3 (2004) 2, pp. 341-353
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The macroeconomic impact of payment cards
Banka, Holti - In: Journal of payments strategy & systems 11 (2017/2018) 4, pp. 313-333
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Nuclear versus coal plus CCS : a comparison of two competitive base-load climate control options
Tavoni, Massimo; Zwaan, Bob van der - 2009
In this paper we analyze the relative importance and mutual behavior of two competing base-load electricity generation options that each are capable of contributing significantly to the abatement of global CO2 emissions: nuclear energy and coal-based power production complemented with CO2...
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Restricting Shadow Economy versus Macroeconomic Impacts. A Panel Data Analysis in EU, Japan, USA
Georgiou, Miltiades N. - 2013
It seems to be a trade-off between shadow economy restriction and macroeconomic repercussions. This view is expressed by (Era Dabla-Norris and Andrew Feltenstein, 2003) and is in agreement with the author of the present paper although approached in a different way. Author believes that present...
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Face mask use and physical distancing before and after mandatory masking : no evidence on risk compensation in public waiting lines
Seres, Gyula; Balleyer, Anna; Cerutti, Nicola; … - 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the introduction of mandatory face mask usage triggered a heated debate. A major point of debate is whether community use of masks creates a false sense of security that would diminish physical distancing, counteracting any potential direct benefit from masking. We...
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Face mask use and physical distancing before and after mandatory masking : no evidence on risk compensation in public waiting lines
Seres, Gyula; Balleyer, Anna; Cerutti, Nicola; … - 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the introduction of mandatory face mask usage triggered a heated debate. A major point of controversy is whether community use of masks creates a false sense of security that would diminish physical distancing, counteracting any potential direct benefit from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013190882
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Face mask use and physical distancing before and after mandatory masking : evidence from public waiting lines
Seres, Gyula; Balleyer, Anna; Cerutti, Nicola; … - 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the introduction of mandatory face mask usage was accompanied by a heated debate. It was argued that community use of masks creates a false sense of security that could decrease social distancing, thus making matters worse. We conducted a randomized field experiment...
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Face masks increase compliance with physical distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Seres, Gyula; Balleyer, Anna Helen; Cerutti, Nicola; … - 2020
Governments across the world have implemented restrictive policies to slow the spread of COVID-19. Recommended face mask use has been a controversially discussed policy, among others, due to potential adverse effects on physical distancing. Using a randomized field experiment (N=300), we show...
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Substitution of social concerns under the Covid-19 pandemic
Blanco, Esther; Baier, Alexandra; Holzmeister, Felix; … - 2020
Think tanks and political leaders have raised concerns about the implications that the Covid-19 response and reconstruction might have on other social objectives that were setting the international agenda before the Covid-19 pandemic. We present experimental evidence for eight consecutive weeks...
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