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We analytically show that a common across rich/poor individuals Stone-Geary utility function with subsistence consumption in the context of a simple two-asset portfolio-choice model is capable of qualitatively and quantitatively explaining: (i) the higher saving rates of the rich, (ii) the...
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Do the choices of consumers who search for a product's best price exhibit risk neutral, risk averse or loss averse risk … pay for continued search and the level of price uncertainty depends on her risk preferences. Independent of the current … best price, an increase in price uncertainty encourages continued search when consumers are risk neutral. However, we prove …
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We test the interest rate sensitivity of subprime credit card borrowers using a unique panel data set from a UK credit … then find that individuals who tend to utilize their credit limits fully do not reduce their demand for credit when subject … estimating credit demand elasticities. We show that estimating a standard credit demand equation with the nonexperimental …
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We test the interest rate sensitivity of subprime credit card borrowers using a unique panel data set from a UK credit … conducted by the lender between October 2006 and January 2007. We find that individuals who tend to utilize their credit limits … fully do not reduce their demand for credit when subject to increases in interest rates as high as 3 percentage points. This …
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We test the interest rate sensitivity of subprime credit card borrowers using a unique panel data set from a UK credit … conducted by the lender between October 2006 and January 2007. We find that individuals who tend to utilize their credit limits … fully do not reduce their demand for credit when subject to increases in interest rates as high as 3 percentage points. This …
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We test the interest rate sensitivity of subprime credit card borrowers using a unique panel data set from a UK credit … conducted by the lender between October 2006 and January 2007. We find that individuals who tend to utilize their credit limits … fully do not reduce their demand for credit when subject to increases in interest rates as high as 3 percentage points. This …
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with financial literacy deficiencies risk consumer credit product exploitation …Credit card companies charge an interchange fee for each transaction, and almost half of this fee is returned to … consumers in the form of a reward or perk program. Among credit card users who do not use cards for borrowing (convenience users …
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The design of default provisions in consumer contracts involves an aspect that does not normally arise in other contexts. Unlike commercial parties, consumers have only limited information about the content of the default rule and how it fits with their preference. Inefficient default rules may...
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This paper builds a consumer search model where the cost of going back to stores already searched is explicitly taken into account. We show that the optimal search rule under costly recall is very different from the optimal search rule under perfect recall. Under costly recall, the optimal...
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Rapid technological developments in online markets fundamentally change the relationship between consumers and sellers. Online platforms can now easily gather data about the consumer and his search behavior, that allow for price discrimination. Therefore the consumers' product search becomes a...
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