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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Spending decisions"”.
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Essays on Mental Budgeting and Consumer Spending Behavior
… occasion can help consumers control their spending and increase their savings. Is setting a budget in advance always effective? Does budgeting always encourage consumers to minimize spending? This dissertation expands the scope of the mental budgeting literature by identifying novel factors …
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Spending decision responsibilities of husbands and wives
… exists between who makes major and everyday spending decisions and the variables: average age of couple, length of marriage, and the wife's contribution to the income. Previous studies have provided divergent opinions as to who makes family spending decisions. A questionnaire was developed …
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The Relationship Between Categorical Expenditures and Graduation Rates at North Carolina Community Colleges
… to implement every success effort. More informed spending decisions might be possible by exploring an economic production function model to see what expenditures might produce better student success results at post-secondary institutions. This study examined four expenditure inputs - instructional …
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Essays of Political and Cultural Institutions
… exert considerable influence on politicians’ spending decisions. The second essay examines the role of a cultural trait—individualism-collectivism—in shaping microeconomic preferences at the individual level. I adopt the “priming” method from social psychology to exogenously vary the salience …
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Three Papers in Labor Mobility and Human Capital Accumulation
… of international remittances on households' spending decisions in El Salvador. Remittances can increase the household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems. The main result of this chapter suggests that girls and young boys from recipient households are more likely to be enrolled in …
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Essays in Gender and Labor Economics
… that relative income and power dynamics shape spending decisions. The hypothesis is that higher earnings by wives increase their bargaining power, leading to more investment in quality childcare. This research defines childcare expenditure as a mother's private good expenditure rather than a …
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Engaging the Owner-Occupier Homeowner (Rotarian) towards a Net Zero future - attitudes, motivations, barriers and misconceptions of energy efficiency retrofit.
… less likely to be able to make good affective decisions that involved perceived risk. This directly affects purchasing decisions around new technologies such as air source heat pumps. Finally, contrary to government opinion on who typically makes spending decisions (males), two thirds of energy …
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Essays on Public Education Expenditure, Trade Openness and Economic Growth of India
… ideology of the ruling party affect education spending decisions in Indian states.