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other participants. In treatments with no gains from trade, theory predicts no trading activity, whereas, in treatments with …
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behavior of others. This may lead to welfare-reducing ‘overreactions’ to public signals. We present an experiment based on a …
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This paper provides novel evidence on exchange rate expectations of both chartists and fundamentalists separately. These groups indeed form expectations differently. Chartists change their expectations more often; however, all professionals’ expectations vary considerably as they generally...
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standard results about a smooth trade-off between inflation and output volatility. Our results are: (i) The policy space … volatility of variables to be non monotone in policy parameters. (iii) When beliefs are diverse a central bank must also consider … the volatility of individual consumption and the related volatility of financial markets. We show aggressive anti …
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We test Uncovered Interest Parity (UIP) using LIBOR interest rates for a wide range of maturities. In contrast to other markets, LIBOR markets have minimal frictions which could lead to rejecting UIP. Using panel unit root test suggested by Palm, Smeekes, and Urbain (2010) and cointegration...
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We sort currencies by countries’ consumption growth over the past four quarters. Currency portfolios of countries experiencing consumption booms have higher Sharpe ratios than those of countries going through a consumption-based recession. A carry strategy that goes short in countries that are...
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candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …
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In some important multi-player situations, such as efforts to supply a global public good, players can choose the game they want to play. In this paper we conduct an experimental test of the decision to choose between a “tipping” game, in which every player wants to contribute to the public...
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environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment … behavior. Moreover, appointing leaders who are likely to have acted dishonestly in a preliminary stage of the experiment yields …
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Recent field evidence suggests a positive link between overconfidence and innovative activities. In this paper we argue that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In particular, we show theoretically and experimentally that...
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