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When the Market Drives You Crazy: Stock Market Returns and Fatal Car Accidents
Giulietti, Corrado; Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2018
tests support a causal interpretation of this finding. Our results are consistent with immediate emotions stirred by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931685
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Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk-Taking among Children, Teenagers, and College Students: Evidence from Jeopardy!
Jetter, Michael; Walker, Jay K. - 2017
Studying competitiveness and risk-taking among Jeopardy! contestants in the US, this paper analyzes whether and how gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10–12), 310 teenagers (aged 13–17), and 299 undergraduate college students....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816473
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Gender Match and the Gender Gap in Venture Capital Financing: Evidence from Shark Tank
Jetter, Michael; Stockley, Kieran - 2021
Although the gender gap in entrepreneurs' success rates to secure funding is staggering, we know little about its causes. This is because observing both sides of investor-entrepreneur interactions (especially for unsuccessful pitches) is difficult in reality, and the associated extraordinary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497970
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Anger Management: Aggression and Punishment in the Provision of Public Goods
Gee, Laura Katherine; Lyu, Xinxin; Urry, Heather - 2017
emotions could decrease the use of punishments while keeping welfare high, possibly depending on pre-existing levels of … net earnings and self-reported emotions compared to a control condition (Natural). Although the interaction between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653227
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Competition and well-being
Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno; van Winden, Frans - 2005
This paper experimentally studies the effects of competition in an environment where people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that, in comparison with no competition, the presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any gains in earnings for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277250
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Emotions, sanctions and cooperation
Joffily, Mateus; Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles N.; … - 2011
cooperators relieve negative emotions when they punish free riders. In response, the free-riders experience negative emotions when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278702
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Emotions, Sanctions and Cooperation
Joffily, Mateus; Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles N.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
cooperators relieve negative emotions when they punish free riders. In response, the free-riders experience negative emotions when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876559
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News, Emotions, and Policy Views on Immigration
Manzoni, Elena; Murard, Elie; Quercia, Simone; Tonini, Sara - 2024
How do emotions affect policy views on immigration? How do they influence the way people process and respond to factual … theft. Consistent with a causal role of emotions, we find that the rape news triggers a stronger emotional reaction than the … negative emotions are triggered, having more accurate factual knowledge no longer matters for forming policy views on …
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Famous after Death: The Effect of a Writer's Death on Book Sales
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2022
ask if consumers are affected by factors such as emotions and limited attention, as highlighted in behavioral economics … when the news is covered more extensively, suggesting that emotions and media attention are the main drivers of the impact. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426350
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Anti-Social Behavior in Groups
Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; Celik Katreniak, Dagmara - 2018
This paper provides strong evidence supporting the long-standing speculation that decision-making in groups has a dark side, by magnifying the prevalence of anti-social behavior towards outsiders. A large-scale experiment implemented in Slovakia and Uganda (N=2,309) reveals that deciding in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984504