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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...
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take risks, with a special focus on the role of affect. While the importance of anticipatory emotions has so far been only … investment task. Moreover, emotions were explicitly measured, including anticipatory emotions experienced during the waiting … risk involved, and that (among all the measures considered) only emotions can explain our results, albeit in ways that are …
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anticipated and experienced emotions in the choice problem. Main findings are a violation of the isolation effect, and support for … experienced emotions influence decision making. …
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bidders anticipate positive or negative emotions caused by the mere fact of winning or losing. Even if the "emotional" (dis …
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emotions. Individuals engage in protests if they are aggrieved and feel that they have been treated unfairly. This reaction is …
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We investigate a novel dynamic choice problem in an experiment where emotions are measured through self-reports. The … of emotions, using the emotion data from the experiment and recent psychological findings. We also find that people …
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Negotiations frequently end in conflict after one party rejects a final offer. In a large-scale internet experiment we …
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The tensions between books and book markets as expressions of culture and books as products in profit-making businesses are analysed and insights from the theory of industrial organisation are given. Governments intervene in the market for books through laws concerning prices of books, grants...
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past, not in the future. The Internet fails as a Great Invention because much of its use involves substitution of existing … activities from one medium to another, because much Internet investment involves defence of market share rather than creation of … something of social value, because much Internet activity duplicates existing activity like mail order catalogues, while the …
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intermediation on the Internet by allowing registration and transaction prices, and multiple registration. When only registration …
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