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Using a unique field experiment from Canada, we estimate individual preference over risk and time and show considerable … preferences. We find that both long-run discount factors and subjective payment failure risk parameters have a high degree of …
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of our study was to examine whether and how deep parameters such as time and risk preferences affect the intention to … control) on the effect of natural disasters on time and risk preferences. We find unambiguous effects towards more risk …
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This paper presents evidence suggesting men's (but not women's) risk and time preferences have systematically become … for 22,579 Australian-based respondents in up to 11 surveys from 2002-2015, men respond with increased risk aversion and … since 2008. This 'happiness channel' only partially explains the link between the local unemployment rate and risk …
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We use an incentivized experiment to measure the risk and time preferences of truant adolescents and their parents. We … targeting school absences was most effective in reducing the truancy of adolescents with relatively risk-averse parents …
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This paper studies how politicians and voters respond to new information on the threats of climate change. Using data on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts hit by a hurricane are more likely to support bills...
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International climate negotiations have been troubled by mutual mistrust. At the same time, a hope seems to prevail that once enough countries moved forward, others would follow suit. If the abatement game faced by climate negotiators is a Prisoners' Dilemma, and countries are narrowly...
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Many people remain opposed to climate change mitigation policies. This opposition is an obstacle to policy action and, therefore, important to understand. We explore how unusually high temperatures (heat waves), which observably increase the salience of climate change-related issues, affect...
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labor supply in exactly the way predicted by theory, as spouses' past wage deviations have a negative impact on their labor …
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This paper tests the broadly adopted assumption that people apply a single discount rate to the utility from different sources of consumption. Using unique data from two surveys conducted in rural Uganda including both hypothetical and real choices over different goods, the paper elicits time...
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experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk …
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