two-period consumption and savings model for a loss-averse agent who measures utilityfrom consumption relative to a … of the return on saving. We find non-linearity in the fractionof wealth saved, where the specific saving pattern depends … on the sign of the real return on savings. The amount of saving is nondecreasing in initial wealth and the riskiness of …

uncertainty can delay investment and reduce the response to policy change. I provide theoretical and novel quantitative evidence … for these effects by focusing on trade policy, a ubiquitous but often overlooked source of uncertainty, when a firm's cost … market access, little theoretical and empirical work analyzes the value of WTO institutions for reducing uncertainty for …

This paper studies the consumption decisions of agents who face costs of acquiring, absorbing and processing … consumption plans. In between updating dates, they remain inattentive. This behavior implies that news disperses slowly throughout … the population, so events have a gradual and delayed effect on aggregate consumption. The model predicts that aggregate …