Browsing by Subject "wealth"

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    • Elderly Entitlements and Wealth Inequality 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-12-21)
      By most measures, wealth inequality has risen significantly over the last three decades and is a growing concern. However, standard wealth definitions require that individuals possess a legal claim to assets included as ...
    • Generosity Across the Income and Wealth Distributions 
      Meer, Jonathan; Priday, Benjamin A. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-06-29)
      Despite widespread interest, there is little systematic evidence on the relationship between income, wealth, and charitable giving. Although the media suggests that the well-off are stingy, the misuse of data, incomplete ...
    • Income, Wealth, and Charitable Giving 
      Wulfsberg, Elisa; Miller, David (2017-04-27)
      Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we will study the relationship between charitable giving and income. We will use the data from years 2001 to 2013 to study the relationship between giving and income within ...
    • Interparty Competition, Region, Socio-economic Development and Policy Differences in the American States 
      Thomas, Kristi (1997)
      What kind of impact does party competition, region, and wealth have on state policy? This research attempts to determine the effect these variables have in three basic state policy areas: welfare, heath care, and education. ...
    • Portfolio Choice in the Model of Expected Utility With a Safety-First Component 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-05-10)
      Whereas the majority of economists interpret risk as dispersion or variation in an outcome variable, many everyday decision makers tend to associate risk with the outcome failing to meet a certain “safety� level. Here, ...
    • Social Security Wealth and Federal Liabilities 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-02-15)
      In the U.S., wealth inequality has risen in recent years. However, past estimates of wealth inequality tend to ignore Social Security benefits – even though these accrued benefits are almost 40% of the size of conventional ...
    • Top Management Team Personal Wealth, Within-Team Diversity and the Implications for Firm-Level Risk Taking 
      Campbell, Joanna (2012-07-16)
      The manager's personal wealth is one of the central building blocks of agency theory, which considers wealth to be an especially important source of individual utility. The managers' financial position, or the portion of ...