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CEP discussion paper
Machiavelli versus concave utility functions: should bads be spread out or concentrated?

Is wellbeing higher if the same number of negative events is spread out rather than bunched in time? Should positive events be spread out or bunched? We answer these questions exploiting quarterly data on six positive an...Read more...

Paul Frijters, Christian Krekel and Aydogan Ulker

13 March 2020

CEP discussion paper
Team adaptation

We model an organization as a team choosing between a status quo project and a potentially superior alternative. We show that the members’ concern for each other’s motivation leads to a lack of communication, resulting i...Read more...

Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Marc Möller

6 April 2016

CEP discussion paper
Adaptation to Poverty in Long-Run Panel Data

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first...Read more...

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio and Simone Ghislandi

21 November 2014

CentrePiece article
In brief: The long reach of childhood bullying

Does the fear of being bullied in childhood affect people's resilience to adverse life events they may face in adulthood? The author investigates whether the 'scarring' effects are particularly damaging to individuals wh...Read more...

Nattavudh Powdthavee

27 June 2013

CEP discussion paper
Decision–Making and Implementation in Teams

We use a mechanism–design approach to study a team whose members choose a joint project and exert individual efforts to execute it. Members have private information about the qualities of alternative projects. Informatio...Read more...

Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Marc Möller

7 May 2013

CEP discussion paper
Smoking, Income and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Smoking Bans

This paper investigates the effects of local smoking bans on different outcomes using county and time variation over the last 20 years in the US. First, I find no evidence that local smoking bans in bars, restaurants and...Read more...

Abel Brodeur

29 April 2013

CEP discussion paper
Resilience to Economic Shocks and the Long Reach of Childhood Bullying

This paper investigates whether people’s ability to withstand and adapt to one of the most important economic shocks – job loss – is determined early on in childhood. Using nationally representative longitudinal data tha...Read more...

Nattavudh Powdthavee

19 October 2012

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Towards the Resilient Region?: Policy Activism and Peripheral Region Development

Discussions of local and regional development have recently broadened from a preoccupation with growth to one which captures the notion of resilience. This paper makes two main contributions to these debates. First, the ...Read more...

Stuart Dawley, Andy Pike and John Tomaney

September 2010

CEP discussion paper
Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

We look for evidence of habituation in twenty waves of German panel data: do individuals, after life and labour market events, tend to return to some baseline level of well-being? Although the strongest life satisfaction...Read more...

Andrew E. Clark, Ed Diener, Yannis Georgellis and Richard E. Lucas

November 2007