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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Risk and Time Preferences"”.
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Why Risk It? The Effect of Risk and Time Preferences on Microfinance Loan Default
… those who</p> <p>default on their loans. Understanding the behavior of borrowers is an important</p> <p>component of mitigating adverse selection and the moral hazard of lending. Both</p> <p>of these concepts embody some of the greatest challenges faced by microfinance</p> <p>institutions, and …
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The impact of risk and time preferences on smoking behaviour in the context of a contingency management programme
… is an established body of research examining risk preferences, time preferences and smoking behaviour, there is little literature exploring the relationship between risk preferences, time preferences, and smoking cessation contingency management (CM) programmes. This dissertation evaluates a …
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Food security in India
… of social safety nets in providing food security and income stability in developing economies. The first two chapters study the effectiveness of one of the world's largest safety net program - India's Public Distribution System (PDS). The first chapter examines the impact of the program on the …
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Essays on the Family Economics and Gender
… that focus on the accumulation of cognitive and non-cognitive skills in childhood and financial behaviors of young adults. Chapter 1 analyzes the effect of off-school time use of children on achievement outcomes using unique data on children age 8-12. The data contain detailed information on …
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The economics of addiction: an experimental investigation
… of addiction but then incur real costs to try and reduce or limit their consumption of these goods? Furthermore, why is the typical course of addiction characterised by repeated unsuccessful attempts to quit prior to final abstention? From the standpoint of standard consumer theory in economics …
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Essays on impact of risk preference on health and occupational choice
<p>This dissertation re-examines Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data in order to ascertain whether there exists behavioral heterogeneity among people regarding health risk as compared to that of financial risk as well as whether there exists racial-ethnic and gender heterogeneity in the health …
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Essays of Political and Cultural Institutions
… system with a system of merit-based recruitment and civil service protections for state government employees. Once the civil service system is introduced, the cycles diminish significantly or disappear completely. Reform-induced heterogeneity in budget cycles is especially pronounced in …