heterogeneity, sample selection and instrumenting for possible endogeneity is 0.21. Individual and institutional features are …

biological selection process in the sense that a population following any other preference for decision-making under risk will …

of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection … determinant for performance differentials within cohorts. We find that the optimal policy is pro-competitive at later selection … occur at early stages, where selection is either counter-competitive (i.e. individuals with low skill signals are selected …

that economics education does not make people act more selfishly. Rather, this natural experiment suggests that the … particular behavior of economists can be explained by a selection effect. …

to Swedish register data, suggests that intergenerational schooling associations are largely driven by selection …

suggests that self-selection of more prosocial students into experiments is not a major issue. Our second study compares … behavior of students and the general population in a trust experiment. We find very similar behavioral patterns for the two …-selected students as participants. This is potentially problematic as students participating in experiments may behave systematically …

amount. Furthermore, under certain conditions self-selection implies that participants with high observed strength levels …

In the reported experiment different payment schemes are examined on their incentive effects. Payment based on …