Love and Taxes – and Matching Institutions by Kai A . Konrad and Kjell

Love and taxes - and matching institutions

FS IV 01 – 16 Geography of the Family

Geography of the Family by Kai A. Konrad, Harald Künemund, Kjell Erik Lommerud and Julio R. Robledo We study the residential choice of siblings who are altruistic towards their parents. The first-born child’s location choice influences the behavior of the second-born child and can shift some of the burden of providing care for the parents from one child to the other. These strategic considerati...

The Comparison of Decision Making and Identification Styles in Students with and without Experience of Love Trauma Syndrome

The purpose of this study was to compare decision making and identification styles in students with and without the experience of love trauma syndrome at Urmia University. The research design was causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students with the experience of Love Trauma Syndrome who were referred to Urmia University Counseling Center during the firs...

Geography of the Family

We study the residential choice of siblings who are altruistic towards their parents. If some sibling moves further away, he or she can shift some of the burden of taking care for the parents to his or her siblings. Thus, siblings have a strategic incentive to move away that only children do not have. Siblings locate further away from parents than only children, and, for some preferences, asymm...

Opinion Leaders, Influence Activities and Leadership Rents∗

Consumers may observe previous consumers’ choices. They may follow their choices if they think these consumers are better informed. In turn, firms may concentrate on influencing the early consumers. This, in turn, changes the nature of early consumers’ choice behavior as a signal for other consumers. In this paper I show that firms’ influence activities need not distort earlier consumers’ decis...