This dissertation collects three pieces of work. The first chapter documents empirically how Danish households substituted between insurance and liquidity, namely how the up-take of unemployment insurance fell when credit suddenly became more cheaply available for some. The second chapter presents results from a natural field experiment comparing financial and non-financial incentives to promote pro-social behavior. Finally, the third chapter presents the theoretical motivation for and results from a laboratory experiment conducted in Iceland on measuring time preferences conditional on incomes not changing, or correcting for the change when they do.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/14226075 |
Date | 18 March 2015 |
Creators | Sándor, László |
Publisher | Harvard University |
Source Sets | Harvard University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | open |
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