Supplementary appendix to Muslim family law, prenuptial agreements and the emergence of dowry in Bangladesh: dynamic analysis
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This is a companion paper to Ambrus, Field and Torrero (2008). We extend the theoretical analysis of a marriage market with prenuptial agreements to a dynamic setting, in which individuals can reenter the marriage market after failed marriages. We show that the qualitative conclusions of the static analysis remain valid in the dynamic framework.
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Supplementary appendix to Muslim family law, prenuptial agreements and the emergence of dowry in Bangladesh
This is a companion paper to Ambrus, Field and Torrero (2009). We extend the theoretical analysis of a marriage market with prenuptial agreements to a dynamic setting, in which individuals can reenter the marriage market after failed marriages. We show that the qualitative conclusions of the static analysis remain valid in the dynamic framework. Additionally, we provide examples, both in the st...
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