These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Crystal Hall (Princeton University)

Sunday, January 6, 12:30 PM

Sunday, January 6, 12:30 PM
Session: Determinants of Financial Decision Making Among The Poor: Risk, Impatience and Trust (AEA)
Presiding: Erin Krupka (IZA)

The Trouble With (Subjective) Discount Rates: What Do Patterns of Impatience Among the Very Poor Tell Us?
Erin Krupka (IZA)

Loving a bad bet: Factors that induce low income individuals to purchase state lottery tickets
Emily Haisley (Carnegie Mellon University)
George Loewenstein (Carnegie Mellon University)
Romel Mostafa (Carnegie Mellon University)
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Measuring the Individual-Level Effects of Access to Credit: Evidence from Payday Loans
Paige Marta Skiba (Vanderbilt University)
Jeremy Tobacman (University of Oxford)

Trust and Decision Making in the Context of Poverty
Crystal Hall (Princeton University)
Eldar Shafir (Princeton University)


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