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Old money, the nouveau riche and Brunhilde's marriage dilemma : conference paper

Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - 2014

This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and conspicuous gift giving. A potential bride searching for a husband may seek to screen candidates whose income is only partially observable. Taking into account that she also bears...

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Old money, the nouveaux riches and Brunhilde's marriage strategy

Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - 2014

A woman assessing the wealth of a potential husband may observe some, but not all, of his wealth. She may screen, leading to status consumption and wasteful gift giving. The screening activity is costly not only for the potential husband, but also for the woman, as it reduces the wealth of the...

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Love and Taxes – And Matching Institutions

Konrad, Kai A.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik - 2011

We study a setting with search frictions in the marriage market and with incomplete contracting inside the family … the high-income earner may dislike the implicit income redistribution implied by the marriage. Redistributive income …. Redistributive taxation is shown both to further and stabilize marriage …

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Old money, the nouveaux riches and Brunhilde's marriage strategy

Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A. - In: Journal of population economics 30 (2017) 1, pp. 163-186

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Affection, speed dating and heartbreaking

Konrad, Kai A. - In: Journal of population economics 28 (2015) 1, pp. 159-172

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Verlorenes Glück – Zufriedenheitsverluste in der Corona-Krise

Ahlheim, Michael; Bruckmeyer, Stefan; Konrad, Kai A.; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (2020) 8, pp. 586-590

Die Corona-Krise betrifft die Bevölkerung vor allem auf der wirtschaftlichen Ebene. Aber auch die psychosozialen und gesellschaftlichen Kosten sind beträchtlich. Der Umfang der Verluste an Lebenszufriedenheit wird auf Basis einer repräsentativen Studie aus dem April 2020 untersucht. Diese...

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