Annual Conference

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Sustainable and Green Finance

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May 2024

We study exposure to pollution information and investment portfolio allocations, exploiting the rollout of air quality monitoring stations in India. Using a triple-differences framework, we show that retail investors' investments in ``brown'' stocks are negatively related to local air pollution afte...
Keywords: ESG, Sustainable Investing, Pollution Information
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Household Finance

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May 2024

Unlike standard insurance where an intermediary–the insurance company–collects premiums and pays reimbursements for the enrollees, mutual risk sharing directly shares losses among participants. Meaning ‘mutual aid’ in Chinese, Xiang Hu Bao (XHB) was the largest online mutual risk sharing pla...
Keywords: Mutual risk sharing, FinTech, Separating equilibrium, Advantageous selection, Sharing economy
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Annual Conference

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Household Finance

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May 2024

We examine donation behaviors from the perspective of religious beliefs. Using a transaction-level dataset from an Asian economy, we find that individuals with higher income uncertainty are more likely to donate, especially for religious donations, and after negative income uncertainty and health sh...
Keywords: donation, income uncertainty, spiritual insurance, wishful thinking, religion
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Annual Conference

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Household Finance

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May 2024

Selection markets create a multitasking environment where intermediary agents often need to increase consumer take-up as well as resolve information asymmetries about consumer expected cost during the sales process. I study how artificial intelligence (AI) affects attention allocation and informatio...
Keywords: AI, intermediary agents, rational inattention, information acquisition, multitasking, incentives, selection markets, insurance, InsurTech, advertising, digital footprints, adverse selection, side effects
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Annual Conference

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Household Finance

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May 2024

This study examines the impact of real estate developers on homeownership and the role of regulatory interventions. Over recent decades, developers have substantially influenced global homeownership trends. Despite their pivotal role, concerns persist over operational uncertainties, including projec...
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