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Commitment Savings Devices

Commitment Savings Devices is a financial mechanism designed to restrict access to saved funds until a specified goal or time is reached, thereby helping individuals overcome self-control problems in saving behavior.

24

Publications

3K

Citations

46

Authors

43

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

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Publications

24

Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Naeem Ashraf, Dean Karlan, Wen‐Yan Yin · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2006 · 1.6K citations

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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Dean Karlan, Nava Ashraf, Wesley Yin et al. · AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA) · 2006 · 458 citations · Full text

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Mutual Insurance, Individual Savings, and Limited Commitment

Ethan Ligon, Jonathan P. Thomas, Tim Worrall · Review of Economic Dynamics · 2000 · 179 citations

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Hyperbolic Discounting and the Sustainability of Rotational Savings Arrangements

Karna Basu · American Economic Journal Microeconomics · 2011 · 87 citations

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Self Control and Liquidity: How to Design a Commitment Contract

John Beshears, James Choi, David Laibson et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2011 · 79 citations · Full text

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Authors

46

  1. DK
    Dean Karlan

    Yale University, United States

    8 publications · 2.7K citations

    7

    h-index

  2. WY
    Wesley Yin

    University of Chicago, United States

    5 publications · 616 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. NA
    Nava Ashraf

    Harvard University, United States

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

    h-index

  4. JS
    Jung Sakong

    Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. KB
    Karna Basu

    City University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

43

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    709 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    367 citations

  3. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    493 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Kellogg's (Canada)

    Mississauga, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

  6. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

  8. Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica

    Barcelona, Spain

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    95 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 231 citations

    6

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  2. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

    Repository · 2 publications · 469 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 45 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

    1 publications · 58 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. American Economic Journal Microeconomics

    1 publications · 87 citations

    1

    h-index

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