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作者:Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Harvard University
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作者:Sabia, Joseph J.; Dills, Angela K.; DeSimone, Jeffrey
作者单位:California State University System; San Diego State University; Providence College; National Bureau of Economic Research; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
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作者:Chen, M. Keith
作者单位:Yale University
摘要:Languages differ widely in the ways they encode time. I test the hypothesis that the languages that grammatically associate the future and the present, foster future-oriented behavior. This prediction arises naturally when well-documented effects of language structure are merged with models of intertemporal choice. Empirically, I find that speakers of such languages: save more, retire with more wealth, smoke less, practice safer sex, and are less obese. This holds both across countries and wit...
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作者:Ziegelmeyer, Anthony; March, Christoph; Kruegel, Sebastian
作者单位:Queens University Belfast; Max Planck Society
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作者:Bouton, Laurent
作者单位:Boston University
摘要:This paper analyzes the properties of runoff electoral systems when voters are strategic. A model of three-candidate runoff elections is presented, and two new features are included: the risk of upset victory in the second round is endogenous, and many types of runoff systems are considered. Three main results emerge. First, runoff elections produce equilibria in which only two candidates receive a positive fraction of the votes. Second, a sincere voting equilibrium does not always exist. Fina...
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作者:Elu, Juliet U.; Loubert, Linda
作者单位:Morehouse College; Morgan State University
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作者:Posner, Eric; Weyl, E. Glen
作者单位:University of Chicago; University of Chicago
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作者:Hagedorn, Marcus; Manovskii, Iourii
作者单位:University of Pennsylvania
摘要:We consider a model with on-the-job search where current wages depend only on current aggregate labor market conditions and idiosyncratic match-specific productivities. We show theoretically that the model replicates the findings in Bils (1985) and Beaudry and DiNardo (1991) on the history dependence in wages. We develop a method to measure match qualities in the data and show empirically that various variables summarizing past aggregate labor market conditions have explanatory power for curre...
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作者:Heffetz, Ori; Rabin, Matthew
作者单位:Cornell University; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
摘要:A growing literature explores differences in subjective well-being across demographic groups, often relying on surveys with high non-response rates. By using the reported number of call attempts made to participants in the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers, we show that comparisons among easy-to-reach respondents differ from comparisons among hard-to-reach ones. Notably, easy-to-reach women are happier than easy-to-reach men, but hard-to-reach men are happier than hard-to-reach wom...
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作者:Kurmann, Andre; Otrok, Christopher
作者单位:Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve System Board of Governors; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - St. Louis