Browsing Working Papers by Author "GUISO, Luigi"

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    Title: What Do CEOs Do?  Author(s): BANDIERA, Oriana; GUISO, Luigi; PRAT, Andrea; SADUN, Raffaella Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We develop a methodology to collect and analyze data on CEO’s time use. The idea sketched out in a simple theoretical set-up is that CEO time is a scarce resource and its allocation can help us identify the firm’s priorities ...
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    Title: Detecting Propagation Effects by Observing Aggregate Distributions: The Case of Lumpy Investments  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; LAI, Chaoqun; NIREI, Makoto Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: By using an extensive panel data set of Italian firms, we show empirically that the fraction of firms that engage in a lumpy investment follows a non-normal, double-exponential distribution across region-year. We propose ...
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    Title: Understanding the Size and Profitability of Firms: The Role of a Biological Factor  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, Aldo Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We collect information on prenatal testosterone in a large sample of entrepreneurs by measuring the length of their 2th to 4th fingers in face to face interviews. Entrepreneurs with higher exposure to prenatal testosterone ...
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    Title: The Role of Intuition and Reasoning in Driving Aversion to Risk and Ambiguity  Author(s): BUTLER, Jeffrey V.; GUISO, Luigi; JAPPELLI, Tullio Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Using information on a large sample of retail investors and experimental data we find that risk aversion and risk ambiguity are correlated: individuals who dislike risk also dislike ambiguity. We show that what links these ...
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    Title: What Drives Women Out of Entrepreneurship? The Joint Role of Testosterone and Culture  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; RUSTICHINI, Aldo Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The ratio of second to fourth digit (2D4D) has been shown to correlate negatively with entrepreneurial skills and financial success. We document that in a sample of entrepreneurs women have a lower 2D4D ratio than men, in ...
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    Title: Civic Capital as the Missing Link  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, Luigi Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This chapter reviews the recent debate about the role of social capital in economics. We argue that all the difficulties this concept has encountered in economics are due to a vague and excessively broad definition. For ...
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    Title: A Trust-Driven Financial Crisis. Implications for the Future of Financial Markets  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The financial crisis has brought to light diffuse opportunistic behaviour and some serious frauds. Because of this trust towards banks, bankers, brokers and the stock market has collapsed to unprecedented levels and there ...
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    Title: The Determinants of Attitudes towards Strategic Default on Mortgages  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, Luigi Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We use survey data to study American households’ propensity to default when the value of their mortgage exceeds the value of their house even if they can afford to pay their mortgage (strategic default). The cost of ...
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    Title: Durable Consumption and Asset Management with Transaction and Observation Costs  Author(s): ALVAREZ, Fernando; GUISO, Luigi; LIPPI, Francesco Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The empirical evidence on rational inattention lags far behind the theoretical developments: micro evidence on the most immediate consequence of observation costs - the infrequent observation of state variables - is not ...
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    Title: Credit within the Firm  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; PISTAFERRI, Luigi; SCHIVARDI, Fabiano Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We exploit time variation in the degree of development of local credit markets and matched employer-employee data to assess the role of the firm as an internal credit market. In less developed local credit markets firms ...
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    Title: Moral and Social Constraints to Strategic Default on Mortgages  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, Luigi Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We use survey data to study American households‘ propensity to default when the value of their mortgage exceeds the value of their house even if they can afford to pay their mortgage (strategic default). We find that 26% ...
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    Title: A Test of Narrow Framing and Its Origin  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: I provide a test of narrow framing to explain why individuals turn down small positive expected value lotteries. Participants in a large survey have been asked whether they would accept a small lottery of winning 180 euros ...
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    Title: The Right Amount of Trust  Author(s): BUTLER, Jeffrey V.; GIULIANO, Paola; GUISO, Luigi Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: A vast literature has investigated the relationship between trust and aggregate economic performance. We investigate the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual ...
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    Title: Pension Risk, Retirement Saving and Insurance  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; JAPPELLI, Tullio; PADULA, Mario Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Using a representative sample of Italian investors, we estimate the risk associated with pension benefits by eliciting for each individual the subjective distribution of the replacement rate as a summary indicator of ...
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    Title: Financial Literacy and Portfolio Diversification  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; JAPPELLI, Tullio Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: In this paper we focus on poor financial literacy as one potential factor explaining lack of portfolio diversification. We use the 2007 Unicredit Customers’ Survey, which has indicators of portfolio choice, financial ...
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    Title: Matching Firms, Managers and Incentives  Author(s): BANDIERA, Oriana; GUISO, Luigi; PRAT, Andrea; SADUN, Raffaella Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We provide evidence on the match between firms, managers and incentives using a new survey designed for this purpose. The survey contains information on a sample of executives’ risk preferences and human capital, on the ...
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    Title: Long Term Persistence  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, Luigi Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions we test Putnam’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were ...
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    Title: Labor Adjustment: Disentangling Firing and Mobility Costs  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, Luigi Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper studies the costs of adjusting employment, distinguishing between firms’ firing and workers’ mobility costs. We construct a simple dynamic general equilibrium model of labor demand and supply and show that ...
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    Title: Risk Aversion, Wealth, and Background Risk  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; PAIELLA, Monica Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We use household survey data to construct a direct measure of absolute risk aversion based on the maximum price a consumer is willing to pay for a risky security. We relate this measure to consumers.endowments and attributes ...
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    Title: Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange?  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, Luigi Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: How much do cultural biases affect economic exchange? We try to answer this question by using the relative trust European citizens have for citizens of other countries. First, we document that this trust is affected not ...