In a family context with endogenous timing, multiple public goods and alternative parental instruments, we show that the optimal timing for the sequential-action game played by rotten kids and a parent depends crucially on whether the kids are homogeneous or heterogeneous. For homogeneous kids,...

This paper estimates a discrete choice model for combination of mobile tariffs and handsets using a crosssection of 11,000 new customers from a European telecommunications carrier. It mainly focuses on the valuation of tariff price, handset subsidy and price of the handset. On the one hand, a...

The taxable income elasticity is a key parameter for predicting the e?ect of tax reform or designing an income tax. Bunching at kinks and notches in a single budget set have been used to estimate the taxable income elasticity. We show that when the heterogeneity distribution is unrestricted the...