Francesco D'Acunto

Georgetown University

Washington, DC 20057

United States

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The Promises and Pitfalls of Robo-Advising

8th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference 2017
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Feb 2018
Francesco D'Acunto, Nagpurnanand Prabhala and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Georgetown University
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FinTech, Portfolio Choice, Behavioral Finance, Individual Investors, Financial Literacy, Technology Adoption.

The Promises and Pitfalls of Robo-Advising

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6907
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2018
Francesco D'Acunto, Nagpurnanand Prabhala and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Georgetown University
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FinTech, portfolio choice, behavioral finance, individual investors, financial literacy, technology adoption

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Identity, Overconfidence, and Investment Decisions

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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Gender Identity, Stereotypes, Experimental Economics, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Individual Investors

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Robo-Advising

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Mar 2020
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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Robo-advisors, algorithmic aversion, machine learning, artificial intelligence, hybrid robo-advice, holistic advice, conflicts of interest, fiduciaries, preferences, beliefs

Robo-Advising

CESifo Working Paper No. 8225
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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FinTech, behavioral economics, algorithmic advice, A1, financial regulation, financial literacy

The Effect of Unconventional Fiscal Policy on Consumption Expenditure

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 02 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2017
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Zero-Lower Bound, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Durable Consumption, Survey Data, Natural Experiments in Macroeconomics

Unconventional Fiscal Policy, Inflation Expectations, and Consumption Expenditure

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5793
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 08 Apr 2016
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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durable consumption, zero lower bound, fiscal and monetary policy, survey data

The Effect of Unconventional Fiscal Policy on Consumption Expenditure

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2018-17
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 19 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2018
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Zero-Lower Bound, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Durable Consumption, Survey Data, Household Consumption

The Effect of Unconventional Fiscal Policy on Consumption Expenditure

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6059
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Oct 2016
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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zero-lower bound, fiscal and monetary policy, durable consumption, survey data

The Effect of Unconventional Fiscal Policy on Consumption Expenditure

NBER Working Paper No. w22563
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 31 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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New Frontiers of Robo-Advising: Consumption, Saving, Debt Management, and Taxes

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Feb 2021
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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Algorithmic Advice, FinTech, Income Aggregators, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Financial Apps, Financial Regulation, Machine Learning Applications to Finance, TechFin, Disclosure, Credit Cards, Financial Regulation, Financial Literacy, Household Finance, Personal Finance, Trust, Financial Advisors, Peer

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How Costly are Cultural Biases? Evidence from FinTech

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 08 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Pulak Ghosh and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore and Georgetown University
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Taste-based Discrimination, Statistical Discrimination, Cultural Finance, Robo-Advising, Lending, Disintermediation, Cultural Economics

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IT Meets Finance: Financial Decision Making in the Digital Era

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 May 2022 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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Consumer Finance, Household Economics, Beliefs, Investment, Debt Management, Taxes, Volatility, Wealth Accumulation, Wealth Inequality

Punish One, Teach A Hundred: The Sobering Effect of Peer Punishment on the Unpunished

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-06, Fama-Miller Working Paper, University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-12
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 08 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Michael Weber and Jin Xie
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Finance and Peking University HSBC Business School
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Corporate Governance, Cultural Finance, Information Transmission, Peer Effects, Reputational Sanctions, Related Party Transactions, Emerging Markets, Corporate Fraud, Government Ownership.

Punish One, Teach A Hundred: The Sobering Effect of Punishment on the Unpunished

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-12
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Michael Weber and Jin Xie
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Finance and Peking University HSBC Business School
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Corporate Governance, Cultural Finance, Reputational Sanctions, Related Party Transactions, Minority Shareholders, Emerging Markets, Corporate Fraud, Government Ownership

Punish One, Teach a Hundred: The Sobering Effect of Punishment on the Unpunished

CESifo Working Paper No. 7512
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Feb 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Michael Weber and Jin Xie
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Finance and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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corporate governance, cultural finance, reputational sanctions, related party transactions, minority shareholders, emerging markets, corporate fraud, government ownership

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Regressive Mortgage Credit Redistribution in the Post-crisis Era

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2833961
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 04 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2017
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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Mortgage Market, Financial Crisis, Dodd-Frank, Income Inequality

Crowdsourcing Financial Information to Change Spending Behavior

CESifo Working Paper No. 7533
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Mar 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Alberto G. Rossi and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Georgetown University and University of Chicago - Finance
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FinTech, learning, beliefs and expectations, peer pressure, financial decision-making, saving, consumer finance

Crowdsourcing Peer Information to Change Spending Behavior

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-09, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 22 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Alberto G. Rossi and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Georgetown University and University of Chicago - Finance
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Social Finance, Visibility Bias, Conspicuous Consumption, Robo-advising, FinTech, Information Economics, Household Finance.

Trust and Contracts: Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Jin Xie and Jiaquan YAO
Georgetown University, Peking University HSBC Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Empirical Contract Theory, Incomplete Contracts, Cultural Economics, Beliefs and Choice, Personnel Economics, Organizational Economics, FinTech and Textual Analysis, Consulting, Management, Non-Compete Agreements, Big Five, Fraud, Accounting, Disclosure

Trust and Contracts: Empirical Evidence

LawFin Working Paper No. 32
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Jin Xie and Jiaquan Yao
Georgetown University, Peking University HSBC Business School and Jinan University - Management School
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Empirical Contract Theory, Incomplete Contracts, Cultural Economics, Beliefs and Choice, Personnel Economics, Organizational Economics, FinTech and Textual Analysis, Consulting, Management, Non-Compete Agreements, Big Five, Fraud, Accounting, Disclosure

Trust and Contracts: Empirical Evidence

CESifo Working Paper No. 8714
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Dec 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Jin Xie and Jiaquan Yao
Georgetown University, Peking University HSBC Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Salient Price Changes, Inflation Expectations, and Household Behavior

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Jun 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier, Juan Ospina and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Finance
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Salience, Frequency Bias, Financial Literacy, Household Finance, Transmission of Monetary Policy

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Citation 57

Exposure to Grocery Prices and Inflation Expectations

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-17 , Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier, Juan Ospina and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Finance
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Beliefs formation, heterogeneous agents, macroeconomics with micro data, household finance, behavioral finance

Exposure to Daily Price Changes and Inflation Expectations

CESifo Working Paper No. 7798
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Oct 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier, Juan Ospina and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Finance
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beliefs formation, rational inattention, realized inflation, transmission of monetary policy

Exposure to Daily Price Changes and Inflation Expectations

NBER Working Paper No. w26237
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier, Juan Ospina and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Finance
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What Do the Data Tell Us About Inflation Expectations?

CESifo Working Paper No. 9602
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Mar 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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beliefs formation, heterogeneous agents, macroeconomics with micro data, inflation exposure, experience effects, financial sophistication

What Do the Data Tell Us About Inflation Expectations?

Chicago Booth Research Paper 22-09, Fama-Miller Working Paper, University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-41
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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Beliefs formation, heterogeneous agents, macroeconomics with micro data, inflation exposure, experience effects, financial sophistication

What Do the Data Tell Us About Inflation Expectations?

NBER Working Paper No. w29825
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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What Do the Data Tell Us About Inflation Expectations?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP17094
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Mar 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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Beliefs formation, Experience effects, financial sophistication, Heterogeneous Agents, inflation exposure, macroeconomics with micro data

The Subjective Inflation Expectations of Households and Firms: Measurement, Determinants, and Implications

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Forthcoming, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 22-10, Fama-Miller Working Paper, University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper 2022-40
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 26 May 2022
University of Chicago - Finance, Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Texas at Austin
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Macroeconomics, Intertemporal Choice, Consumption, Savings, Surveys, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Experiments, Financial Decision-making, Cognition, Communication

The Subjective Inflation Expectations of Households and Firms: Measurement, Determinants, and Implications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15391
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Jul 2022
University of Chicago - Finance, Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Texas at Austin
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macroeconomics, intertemporal choice, consumption, savings, surveys, monetary policy, fiscal policy, experiments, financial decision-making, cognition, communication

The Subjective Inflation Expectations of Households and Firms: Measurement, Determinants, and Implications

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-64
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 May 2022
University of Chicago - Finance, Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Texas at Austin
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The Subjective Inflation Expectations of Households and Firms: Measurement, Determinants, and Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w30046
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
University of Chicago - Finance, Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Texas at Austin
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The Long Shadow of Jewish Persecution on Financial Decisions

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 10 May 2017
Francesco D'Acunto, Marcel Prokopczuk and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Chicago - Finance
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Cultural Economics, Social Stereotypes, Household Finance, History & Finance

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Entrepreneurial Teams: Diversity of Skills and Early-Stage Growth

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Geoffrey A. Tate and Liu Yang
Georgetown University, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Economic Growth, Startups, Teams, Diversity, Innovation, Personnel Economics

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Citation 25

Flexible Prices and Leverage

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2692893
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2017
Georgetown University, BlackRock, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Finance
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Capital Structure, Nominal Rigidities, Bank Deregulation, Industrial Organization and Finance, Price Setting, Bankruptcy

Flexible Prices and Leverage

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6317
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 28 Feb 2017
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Finance
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capital structure, nominal rigidities, bank deregulation, industrial organization and finance, price setting, bankruptcy

Flexible Prices and Leverage

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2901025
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 19 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2017
Georgetown University, BlackRock, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and University of Chicago - Finance
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Capital Structure, Nominal Rigidities, Bank Deregulation, Industrial Organization and Finance, Price Setting, Bankruptcy

Flexible Prices and Leverage

NBER Working Paper No. w23066
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
Georgetown University, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - Finance and University of California, Berkeley
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Perceived Precautionary Savings Motives: Evidence from Digital Banking

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-26, Fama-Miller Working Paper, University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-140
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 06 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Thomas Rauter, Christoph Scheuch and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, wikifolio Financial Technologies AG and University of Chicago - Finance
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Digital Footprint, Beliefs, Bank Credit, Household Finance, Behavioral Finance

Perceived Precautionary Savings Motives: Evidence from FinTech

CESifo Working Paper No. 8123
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Feb 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Thomas Rauter, Christoph Scheuch and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, wikifolio Financial Technologies AG and University of Chicago - Finance
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household finance, consumption, behavioral finance

Perceived Precautionary Savings Motives: Evidence from Fintech

NBER Working Paper No. w26817
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 16 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Thomas Rauter, Christoph Scheuch and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, wikifolio Financial Technologies AG and University of Chicago - Finance
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IQ, Expectations, and Choice

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-20, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 12 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Behavioral Macroeconomics, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Limited Cognition, Expectations Formation, Household Finance

IQ, Expectations, and Choice

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-08
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 31 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Behavioral Macroeconomics, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Limited Cognition, Expectations Formation, Household Finance

IQ, Expectations, and Choice

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 2/2019
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 24 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Behavioral Macroeconomics, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Limited Cognition, Expectations Formation, Household Finance

IQ, Expectations, and Choice

NBER Working Paper No. w25496
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Banks' Screening and the Leverage of Newly Founded Firms

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2021
Maria Cecilia Bustamante and Francesco D'Acunto
University of Maryland - Department of Finance and Georgetown University
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Entrepreneurial Finance, Screening, Lending, Kauffman Firm Survey, Capital Structure

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Identity and Choice Under Risk

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 18 Oct 2019
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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Cultural Finance, Expectations, Motivated Beliefs, Behavioral Finance, Overconfidence, Financial Decision-Making, Risk Attitudes, Heterogeneous Agents, Cultural Economics.

Identity and Choice Under Risk

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 01 Nov 2018
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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Cultural Economics, Motivated Beliefs, Salience, Overconfidence, Risk Attitudes, Heterogeneous Agents, Expected Utility Theory

Identity and Choice Under Risk

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 18 Mar 2020
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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Cultural Economics, Subjective Beliefs, Oveconfidence, Norms, Stereotypes, Financial Decision-Making, Heterogeneous Agents.

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Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 20-03, Fama-Miller Working Paper , University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-11, Initiative on Global Markets Paper No. 162
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 29 May 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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Gender Gap, Expectations, Perceptions, Experiences, Exposure

Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap

LawFin Working Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Mar 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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Gender Gap, Expectations, Perceptions, Experiences, Social Conditioning

Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap

CESifo Working Paper No. 8158
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Mar 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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gender gap, expectations, perceptions, experiences, exposure

Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap

NBER Working Paper No. w26837
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14932
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Jun 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Finance
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Expectations, Experiences, exposure, Gender Gap, Perceptions

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Unconventional Fiscal Policy

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 18-02, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 Jan 2018
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Unconventional Fiscal Policy

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2018-4
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Jan 2018
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Unconventional Fiscal Policy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6862
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Unconventional Fiscal Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w24244
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Human Frictions in the Transmission of Economic Policy

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-07
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 31 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Macroeconomic Beliefs, Limited Cognition, Heterogeneous Agents, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Survey Data, Household Finance

Human Frictions in the Transmission of Economic Policy

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-21, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Cognition, Behavioral Macroeconomics, Heterogeneous Agents, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Beliefs, Redistribution, Inequality, Survey Data, Household Finance.

Human Frictions in the Transmission of Economic Policy

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 12/2021
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Maritta Paloviita, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Bank of Finland - Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Cognition, Behavioral Macroeconomics, Heterogeneous Agents, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Beliefs, Redistribution, Inequality, Survey Data, Household Finance

Effective Policy Communication: Targets versus Instruments

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 20-38, Fama-Miller Working Paper , University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-148
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Oct 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Behavioral Macroeconomics, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Limited Cognition, Expectations Formation, Household Finance

Effective Policy Communication: Targets versus Instruments

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-148
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Oct 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Behavioral Macroeconomics, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Limited Cognition, Expectations Formation, Household Finance

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From Financial History to History & Finance

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Aug 2018
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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Finance, Talent Allocation, and Growth

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2018
Francesco D'Acunto and Laurent Frésard
Georgetown University and Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano)
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Finance Wage Premium, Skilled Labor, Misallocation, Growth, Innovation, STEM Education, Patents, Banking Sector, Value Added, Social Value of Finance

Finance, Talent Allocation, and Growth

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6883
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Apr 2018
Francesco D'Acunto and Laurent Frésard
Georgetown University and Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano)
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finance wage premium, skilled labor, misallocation, growth, innovation, banking sector

Historical Antisemitism, Ethnic Specialization, and Financial Development

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2018-19, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 17-26, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 01 Sep 2017
Francesco D'Acunto, Marcel Prokopczuk and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Chicago - Finance
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Cultural Economics, Intergenerational Transmission of Norms, Religious Identity, Household Finance, History & Finance

Historical Antisemitism, Ethnic Specialization, and Financial Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6643
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 22 Sep 2017
Francesco D'Acunto, Marcel Prokopczuk and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Chicago - Finance
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Cultural Economics, Intergenerational Transmission of Norms, Religious Identity, Household Finance, History & Finance

Historical Antisemitism, Ethnic Specialization, and Financial Development

NBER Working Paper No. w23785
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Marcel Prokopczuk and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Chicago - Finance
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Did Targeting Financial Constraints During COVID-19 Make Sense?

Chicago Booth Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Nov 2020
Dominik Boddin, Francesco D'Acunto and Michael Weber
Deutsche Bundesbank - Deutsche Bundesbank Research Data and Service Centre, Georgetown University and University of Chicago - Finance
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E44, E62, G32, G38, H32

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A Diverse Fed Can Reach Underrepresented Groups

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-95, LawFin Working Paper No. 21, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 21-20, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Andreas Fuster and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Chicago - Finance
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gender, race, subjective beliefs, monetary policy, trust, central bank communication, survey experiments

Diverse Policy Committees Can Reach Underrepresented Groups

NBER Working Paper No. w29275
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 20 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Andreas Fuster and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Chicago - Finance
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Diverse Policy Committees Can Reach Underrepresented Groups

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16563
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 22 Sep 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Andreas Fuster and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Chicago - Finance
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Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Feb 2020
Guglielmo Barone, Francesco D'Acunto and Gaia Narciso
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, Georgetown University and Trinity College Dublin
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Persuasion, Media Economics, Elections, Behavioral Economics

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Robo-Advice: Transforming Households into Rational Economic Agents

Forthcoming, Annual Review of Financial Economics (2023)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 May 2023
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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FinTech, Household Finance, Behavioral Finance, Consumption, Debt, Investments

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Tear Down This Wall Street: The Effect of Anti-Market Ideology on Investment Decisions

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Sep 2016
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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Cultural Economics, Behavioral Finance, Norms and Values, Context-dependent Beliefs, Trust, Priming

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How Costly are Cultural Biases? Evidence from FinTech

LawFin Working Paper No. 34
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 27 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Pulak Ghosh and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore and Georgetown University
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Trust, Social Capital, Discrimination, Cultural Norms, Robo-Advising, Biased Beliefs, Inter-ethnic Conflict, Social Conditioning, Religion, Caste

Managing Households' Expectations with Unconventional Policies

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-16 (2019), Fama-Miller Working Paper (2019)
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 10 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Expectations, Household Finance, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Cognitive Abilities, Behavioral Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics with Micro Data

Managing Households' Expectations with Salient Economic Policies

CESifo Working Paper No. 7793
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 14 Oct 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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expectations, natural experiments, consumption, fiscal policy, monetary policy, macroeconomics with micro data

Managing Households' Expectations with Unconventional Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w27399
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 14 May 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Big Brother Watches You (Even When He's Dead): Surveillance and Long-run Conformity

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 May 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Philip Schnorpfeil and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Chicago - Finance
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Cultural Finance, History & Finance, Social Learning, Beliefs, Persistence, Household Finance, Behavioral Finance, Big Data, FinTech

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How to Finance Climate Change Policies? Evidence from Consumers' Beliefs

CESifo Working Paper No. 9727
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 May 2022
Georgetown University, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of Chicago - Finance
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climate policy, fiscal policy, taxation, expectations, inequality

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Manpower Constraints and Corporate Policies

CESifo Working Paper No. 8698
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Francesco D'Acunto, Michael Weber and Shuyao Yang
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Finance and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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investment, skilled workers, immigration policies, education policies, economic growth

Manpower Constraints and Corporate Policies

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 21-03
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Jan 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Michael Weber and Shuayo Yang
Georgetown University, University of Chicago - Finance and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Frictions, Investment, Labor & Finance, Human Capital, Immigration Policies, Education Policies, Economic Growth

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Tear Down this Wall Street: Anti-finance Rhetoric, Subjective Beliefs, and Investment

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2019
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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Cultural Economics, Cultural Finance, Motivated Beliefs, Philosophy & Finance, Context-dependent Beliefs, Trust, Salience

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Political Partisanship and the Transmission of Fiscal Policy

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 05 May 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Pulak Ghosh and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore and Georgetown University
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Heterogeneous Beliefs, Government Spending, Loans, Political Beliefs, Fiscal Policy, Government Programs, Small Businesses, Media Economics, Information Economics.

Improving Household Debt Management with Robo-Advice

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Nov 2022
Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Conduct Authority, Georgetown University, Boston College - Department of Finance, Georgetown University and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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FinTech, Debt Management, Behavioral Finance, Financial Literacy, Technology Adoption.

Improving Household Debt Management with Robo-Advice

NBER Working Paper No. w30616
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Conduct Authority, Georgetown University, Boston College - Department of Finance, Georgetown University and Financial Conduct Authority
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Ditching the Middle Class with Financial Regulation

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 26 Oct 2017
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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Effective Policy Communication: Targets Versus Instruments

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 17/2020
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Jan 2021
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Cognitive Constraints and Economic Incentives

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 23-09
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 May 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Behavioral Economics, Limited Cognition, Consumption, Borrowing, Heterogeneous Agents, Redistribution, Inequality

Cognitive Constraints and Economic Incentives

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 9/2023
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Jun 2023
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Behavioral Economics, Limited Cognition, Consumption, Borrowing, Heterogeneous Agents, Redistribution, Inequality

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Managing Households’ Expectations with Simple Economic Policies

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-106
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2019
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and University of Chicago - Finance
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Household Finance, Savings, Heterogeneous Beliefs, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Macrofinance, Natural Experiments, Cognitive Abilities, Behavioral Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics with Micro Data

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Ditching the Middle Class with Consumer Protection Regulation

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Oct 2016
Francesco D'Acunto and Alberto G. Rossi
Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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Mortgage Market, Financial Crisis, Dodd-Frank, Household Finance, Banking

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Human Frictions in the Transmission of Economic Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w29279
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Francesco D'Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita and Michael Weber
Georgetown University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bank of Finland - Research and University of Chicago - Finance
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Banks' Market Power, Access to Finance, and Leverage

Posted: 16 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Maria Cecilia Bustamante and Francesco D'Acunto
University of Maryland - Department of Finance and Georgetown University

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IO and Finance, Bank Competition, Banks' Fees, Capital Structure, Asymmetric Information, Kauffman Firm Survey, Entrepreneurial Finance, Entrepreneurship, Market Segmentation, Economic Growth.

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Cultural Finance

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
Francesco D'Acunto
Georgetown University
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