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variable is the particular decision stage at which a global risk is resolved: (i) before the investment decision; (ii) after … the investment decision but before the resolution of the investment risk; (iii) after the resolution of the investment … anticipated and experienced emotions in the choice problem. Main findings are a violation of the isolation effect, and support for …
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We investigate a novel dynamic choice problem in an experiment where emotions are measured through self-reports. The … choice problem concerns the investment of an amount of money in a safe option and a risky option when there is a 'global risk … of emotions, using the emotion data from the experiment and recent psychological findings. We also find that people …
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The question of whether lawyers and managers behave selfishly or fairly has inspired discussion for a long time. Empirical evidence, however, is sparse. Using data from an experiment with 359 law and business administration students, we investigate this question empirically and provide first...
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This chapter surveys literature on experimental law and economics. Long the domain of legally minded psychologists and criminologists, experimental methods are gaining significant popularity among economists interested in exploring positive and normative aspects of law. Because this literature...
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We investigate the relationship between violence and economic risk preferences in Afghanistan combining: (i) a two-part experimental procedure identifying risk preferences, violations of Expected Utility, and specific preferences for certainty; (ii) controlled recollection of fear based on...
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We analyze the investment decision of a population of time inconsistent entrepreneurs who overweight current payoffs … (or an excessive level of investment in the economy) without assuming the existence of boundedly rational, 'intrinsically …
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, modulated by the probability of investment success. Emotions are found to play a significant role in this respect and explain …This experimental study is concerned with the impact of the timing of the resolution of risk on investment behavior … risk resolution (2days) on investment choices. Besides the resolution timing all other factors, including the timing of …
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investment task. Moreover, emotions were explicitly measured, including anticipatory emotions experienced during the waiting … take risks, with a special focus on the role of affect. While the importance of anticipatory emotions has so far been only … measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …
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This study investigated the emotional response in a disjunction condition. Participants were presented with a hypothetical three-condition scenario in which they imagined that they had submitted their application for admission to two universities. In the two conditions of certainty, the...
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