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We use UK household survey data incorporating measures of financial literacy and behavioural characteristics to analyse … the puzzling co-existence of high cost revolving consumer credit alongside low yield liquid savings in household balance … the household. Our results lend empirical support to theoretical models in which sophisticated households co-hold as a …
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relationship between individual responses to debt literacy questions and household net worth, consumer credit use and over …
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We examine the self-control problems of U.S households and their effect on households' retirement preparedness based on the Behavioral Life-Cycle Hypothesis. Self-control problems are measured using four variables: health condition, credit attitude, saving decisions, and planning horizon. From...
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effects on household poverty. First, it is associated with a decline in a household's likelihood of being poor by 27 percent …. Second, it prevents a household's exposure to future poverty by 28 percent. Female-headed households have a greater chance of …
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find that through bulk purchasing the average household could spend 8.9% less on observed quantities (or consume 15.6% more …
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household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with …
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This paper investigates the magnitude of the effect of residential energy efficiency audit programs on later household … electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with personalized …
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find that through bulk purchasing the average household could spend 8.9% less on observed quantities (or consume 15.6% more …
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Institutions often offer a menu of contracts to consumers in an attempt to create a separating equilibrium that reveals borrower types and provides better pricing. We test the effectiveness of a specific set of contracts in the mortgage market: mortgage points. Points allow borrowers to exchange...
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the average household could spend 8.9% less on observed quantities (or consume 15.6% more at observed expenditure). We … over-consumption, avoidance of social taxation, and household coordination problems. Contrary to prior work, we find little …
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