We examine whether concerns about lenders' discrimination based on community racial characteristics can be empirically substantiated in the context of neighborhoods on and near American Indian reservations. Drawing on a large-scale dataset consisting of individual-level credit bureau records and...

We examine whether concerns about lenders' discrimination based on community racial characteristics can be empirically substantiated in the context of neighborhoods on and near American Indian reservations. Drawing on a large-scale dataset consisting of individual-level credit bureau records and...

We survey about 200 families living in 28 slum or lower-income neighbourhoods in Mumbai in early December of 2016 to document and examine the immediate and short-term impact of the November 8, 2016, demonetization decision by the Indian government. The survey elicits changes in families' income,...

The quest for social status is the driving force behind many human decisions, including the expenditure on conspicuous goods. Recent evidence shows that conspicuous consumption patterns vary across social groups. Further, rank-based status signalling models suggest that the income distribution...