Vegard M. Nygaard

University of Houston

Houston, TX 77204-5882

United States

http://https://sites.google.com/site/vegardmokleivnygaard/

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Acts of Congress and COVID-19: A Literature Review on the Impact of Increased Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Stimulus Checks

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2021
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Houston
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COVID-19, Unemployment Insurance, Stimulus Checks, CARES Act

Acts of Congress and COVID-19: A Literature Review on the Impact of Increased Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Stimulus Checks

FEDS Notes No. 2021-02-24-2
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2848
Posted: 01 Mar 2021
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Houston

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A Comparison of Living Standards across the United States of America

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2022
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Houston
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Welfare comparison, Living standards, Inequality

A Comparison of Living Standards Across the States of America

FEDS Working Paper No. 2020-41
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2021
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Houston
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Optimal Allocation of the COVID-19 Stimulus Checks

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 138 (May 1, 2022): 104352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2022.104352
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2022
Vegard M. Nygaard, Bent E. Sørensen and Fan Wang
University of Houston, University of Houston - Department of Economics and University of Houston - Department of Economics
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CARES Act, Heterogeneous Consumers, Propensity to consume, Stimulus Effect

Optimal Allocations to Heterogeneous Agents with an Application to Stimulus Checks

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15283
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
Vegard M. Nygaard, Bent E. Sørensen and Fan Wang
University of Houston, University of Houston - Department of Economics and University of Houston - Department of Economics
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American Rescue Plan, Consumption inequality, Economic Stimulus Act, Propensity to Consume, Welfare inequality

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Exercise or Extra Fries? Behavioral Drivers of Obesity Over the Life Cycle

Number of pages: 104 Posted: 27 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2024
Neha Bairoliya, Ray Miller and Vegard M. Nygaard
Marshall School of Business - University of Southern California, Colorado State University and University of Houston
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obesity, diet, exercise, frailty, BMI, medical spending, health production function

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Refining the Definition of the Unbanked 

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Jul 2024
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Houston
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unbanked, FDIC, banking, checking, fintech, financial inclusion

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The impact of U.S. employer-sponsored insurance in the 20th century

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Dec 2021
Vegard M. Nygaard and Gajendran Raveendranathan
University of Houston and McMaster University
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employer-sponsored insurance, general equilibrium life-cycle, heterogeneous agents, universal health-care insurance, welfare

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Optimal Allocations to Heterogeneous Agents with An Application to Stimulus Checks

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 138 (May 1, 2022): 104352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2022.104352
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2022
Vegard M. Nygaard, Bent E. Sørensen and Fan Wang
University of Houston, University of Houston - Department of Economics and University of Houston - Department of Economics
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Economic Stimulus Act; American Rescue Plan; Consumption inequality; Propensity to consume; Welfare inequality

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Implications of Increasing College Attainment for Aging in General Equilibrium

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
University of Barcelona, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Houston and McMaster University
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college attainment, aging, health care, taxation, general equilibrium