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Vimal Balasubramaniam

University of Oxford, Saїd Business School

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The effect of subjective life expectancy on financial decisions

Abstract:  I investigate whether exposure to natural disasters and mass shootings influences subjective life expectancy and affect financial decisions. I show that being exposed to natural disasters and mass shootings significantly decreases an individual’s subjective life expectancy relative to life table probabilities. Lifespan optimists become less optimistic with a disaster experience and lifespan pessimists do […]

Research

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“Endowment effects in the field: Evidence from India’s IPO Lotteries“ – Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economic Studies. 

Recent research work:

Other research papers:

  • “Who cares about the Chinese Yuan?”, with Ila Patnaik, and Ajay Shah, 2011.
  • “The exchange rate regime in Asia: From crisis to crisis”, with Ila Patnaik, Ajay Shah, and Anmol Sethy, 2011.
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