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Jonathan Meer

Assistant Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University
Verified email at econmail.tamu.edu
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Exploring the health-wealth nexus

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J Meer, DL Miller… - Journal of Health Economics, 2003 - Elsevier
The causal links between health and economic resources have long concerned social
scientists. We use four waves of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to
analyze the impact of wealth upon an individual's health status. The difficulty in ...
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Insurance and the utilization of medical services

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J Meer… - Social Science & Medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Most data sets indicate a positive correlation between having health insurance and utilizing
health care services. Yet the direction of causality is not at all clear. If we observe a positive
correlation between the utilization of health care services and insurance status, we do not ...
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Evidence on the returns to secondary vocational education

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J Meer - Economics of Education Review, 2007 - Elsevier
Vocational education in high schools has frequently been stigmatized as an anachronistic,
dead-end path for students. We use data from the National Education Longitudinal Survey of
1988 to examine claims that students on a vocational track would benefit from a more ...
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[BOOK] How Much Value Do Real Estate Brokers Add?: A Case Study

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BD Bernheim, J Meer… - 2008 - www-siepr.stanford.edu
ABSTRACT Sales commissions for residential real estate brokers historically average nearly
six percent of a home's closing price. Do brokers add sufficient value to justify those
commissions? We address this question using a unique data set pertaining to sales of ...
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Altruism and the child cycle of alumni donations

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J Meer… - American Economic Journal: Economic …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We study alumni contributions to an anonymous research university. If alumni
believe donations will increase the likelihood of their child's admission, and if this belief
helps motivate their giving, then the pattern of giving should vary systematically with the ...
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The impact of athletic performance on alumni giving: An analysis of micro data

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J Meer… - 2008 - nber.org
An ongoing controversy in the literature on the economics of higher education centers on
whether the success of a school's athletic program affects alumni donations. This paper uses
a unique data set to investigate this issue. The data contain detailed information about ...
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Altruism and the child-cycle of alumni giving

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J Meer… - 2007 - nber.org
This paper uses a unique data set to assess whether donors' contributions to a nonprofit
institution are affected by the perception that the institution might confer a reciprocal benefit.
We study alumni contributions to an anonymous research university. Inter alia, the data ...
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[BOOK] Insurance, Health, and the Utilization of Medical Services

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J Meer, HS Rosen… - 2002 - princeton.edu
ABSTRACT Most data sets indicate a positive correlation between having health insurance
and good health, and between having health insurance and utilizing health care services.
Yet the direction of causality is not at all clear. If we observe a positive correlation between ...
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[PDF] The habit of giving

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J Meer - 2008 - econweb.tamu.edu
Abstract Many charitable organizations believe it is worthwhile to solicit very small
donations, particularly from young people, because these gifts form a habit of giving which
leads to larger donations in the future. Indeed, there is some evidence of a positive ...
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Brother, can you spare a dime? Peer pressure in charitable solicitation

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J Meer - Journal of Public Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
While the effects of peer pressure in charitable giving have been of considerable interest to
social scientists, there is little empirical evidence on the magnitude of these effects. A
correlation between giving or volunteering by one's peers and one's own giving can be ...
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[PDF] Brother, can you spare a dime? Peer effects in charitable solicitation

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J Meer - Discussion Papers, 2009 - www-siepr.stanford.edu
Abstract While the effects of peers on charitable giving have been of considerable interest to
social scientists, there is little empirical evidence on the magnitude of these effects. A
correlation between giving or volunteering by one's peers and one's own giving can be ...
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Highway Robbery Online: Is E-Rate Worth the Fraud

J Meer - BYU Educ. & LJ, 2006 - HeinOnline
In today's digital agef there is an increasing societal pressure to be connected to the Internet
and those who are not are being left behind. The digital divide is separating many groups of
Americans from mainstream society, particularly low-income Americans. Public access to ...
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[CITATION] rHow Much Value do Real Estate Brokers Add: A Case Studysmimeo Stanford University

D Bernheim… - 2007
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Do Sellers' Brokers Raise Or Reduce Home Prices? Evidence Of Agency Costs From An Unusual Real Estate Market

BD Bernheim… - 2008 - nber.org
This paper measures the effects of real estate brokerage services provided to sellers, other
than MLS listings, on the terms and timing of home sales. Because the relationship between
the homeowner and the broker resembles a classical principal-agent problem, the broker ...
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Family Bonding with Universities

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J Meer… - Research in Higher Education, 2010 - Springer
Abstract One justification offered for legacy admissions policies at universities is that that
they bind entire families to the university. Proponents maintain that these policies have a
number of benefits, including increased donations from members of these families. We ...
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[CITATION] Insurance and the utilization ofmedical services

J Meer… - Social Science&Medicine, 2O04
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[CITATION] Essays on the Economics of Education

J Meer - 2009 - Stanford University
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How Much do Real Estate Brokers Add? A Case Study

BD Bernheim… - Discussion Papers, 2007 - ideas.repec.org
Sales commissions for residential real estate brokers historically average nearly six percent
of a home's closing price. Do brokers add sufficient value to justify those commissions? We
address this question using a unique data set pertaining to sales of faculty and staff ...
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[PDF] A Test of Confidence-Enhanced Performance: Evidence from US College Debaters

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J Meer… - Manuscript, Stanford University, 2007 - econweb.tamu.edu
Abstract We test the theory put forth by Compte and Postlewaite (2004) that overconfidence
might persist because it is welfare improving. They argue that because confidence
enhances performance, some overconfidence is optimal in spite of its negative effect on ...
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Does Generosity Beget Generosity? Alumni Giving and Undergraduate Financial Aid

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J Meer… - 2012 - nber.org
We investigate how undergraduates' financial aid packages affect their subsequent donative
behavior as alumni. The empirical work is based upon micro data on alumni giving at an
anonymous research university. We focus on three types of financial aid, scholarships, ...
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[CITATION] The effects of external law on collective bargaining: the case of the UAW and health and safety bargaining

JD Meer - 1986 - Cornell University
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Is the Federal Government Making VoIP Safer

JE Meer - Comm. Law., 2007 - HeinOnline
Page 1. Is the Federal Government Making VoIP Safer? JONATHAN E. MEER As Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoTP) has increased in popularity and become a mainstream
communications technology with more than eight million ...
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Do Consumers Exploit Precommitment Opportunities? Evidence from Natural Experiments Involving Liquor Consumption

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BD Bernheim, J Meer… - 2012 - nber.org
The object of this paper is to provide evidence concerning the extent to which consumers of
liquor exhibit a demand for precommitment devices. One of the most frequently mentioned
strategies for exercising self-control is to limit the availability of a problematic good by not ...
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[PDF] Transactions Costs and Social Distance in Philanthropy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

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J Meer… - 2011 - econweb.tamu.edu
Abstract The importance of various motivations for altruistic behavior is still an open
question. We use data from a field experiment at Kiva, the online microfinance platform, to
examine the role of transactions costs and social distance in philanthropy. Requests for ...
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[CITATION] AEJ: Economic Policy Annual Report Statistics

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J Meer… - American Economic Journal: Economic …, 2009 - econpapers.repec.org
Downloads: (external link) http://hdl.handle.net/10.1257/pol.1.1.87 (text/html) http://www.aeaweb
.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/pol.1.1.87 (application/pdf) Access to full text is restricted to AEA
members. ... Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: ...
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[CITATION] Learning Learning and Overconfidence Bias and Overconfidence Bias and Overconfidence Bias: Evidence from US College Debaters Evidence from US …

J Meer… - 2006
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[CITATION] DO CONSUMERS EXPLOIT PRECOMMITMENT OPPORTUNITIES? EVIDENCE FROM NATURAL EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING LIQUOR CONSUMPTION

B Douglas Bernheim, J Meer… - NBER Working Paper Series-National …, 2012

Effects of Health Insurance Mandates on Employment

J Meer - 2010 - research.upjohn.org
This research will address the economic implications of mandated health insurance benefits.
Given that mandates almost inevitably increase the cost of providing health insurance and
therefore overall compensation, it seems obvious that they will have effects on ...
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Do Real Estate Brokers Add Value When Listing Services are Unbundled?

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B Bernheim… - 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper measures the effects of real estate brokerage services provided to
sellers, other than MLS listings, on the terms and timing of home sales. It is not obvious that
sellers benefit from those services. On the one hand, brokers offer potentially useful ...
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