Essays in Public and Behavioral Economics

This thesis examines how psychological forces and non-standard preferences affect poverty and the design of social welfare programs for low-income households. The first chapter, "Eviction as Bargaining Failure: Hostility and Misperceptions in the Rental Housing Market" (co-authored wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rafkin, Charlie
Other Authors: Finkelstein, Amy
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155487