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Perceived Ambiguity and Relevant Measures

Mukerji, Sujoy; Klibanoff, Peter; Seo, Kyoungwon - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

We axiomatize preferences that can be represented by a monotonic aggregation of subjective expected utilities generated by a utility function and some set of i.i.d. probability measures over a product state space, S1. For such preferences, we define relevant measures, show that they are treated...

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Dictator games in the lab and in nature: External validity tested and investigated in Ugandan primary schools

Barr, Aibgail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

This paper tests the external validity of a simple Dictator Game as a laboratory analogue for a naturally occurring policy-relevant decision-making context. In Uganda, where teacher absenteeism is a problem, primary school teachers' allocations to parents in a Dictator Game are positively but...

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Conflict of interest as a barrier to local accountability

Barr, Abigail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

Using a specially designed lab-type experiment conducted in the field, we compare the willingness of head teachers, centrally appointed public servants, and community representatives to hold Ugandan primary school teachers to account. We find no difference in the willingness of centrally...

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CHOICES BETWEEN SIMPLE AND COMPOUND LOTTERIES: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE AND NEURAL NETWORK MODELLING.

Zizzo, D.J. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2001

An experiment on choices between single and compound lotteries is presented, and results are calibrated with neural network models. Many subjects tend to average out probabilities, though behaviour becomes more rational with more exposure to compound lotteries in the practice stage. The Prior...

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Interpersonal Comparison, Status and Ambition in Organisations

Patacconi, Andrea; Ederer, Florian - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2005

This paper argues that the prevalence of compensation systems which reward winners without explicitly identifying losers can be rationalized by workers` concern for relative payoffs. If the workers` participation constraints are binding, the firm must compensate its employees for the disutility...

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The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression, Beliefs, and Economic Outcomes

Bhat, Bhargav; De Quidt, Jonathan; Haushofer, Johannes; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

only $66 per recipient. Therapy changed people's beliefs about themselves in three ways. First, it reduced their likelihood …

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Gender Differences in Response to Competitive Organization? Differences Across Fields from a Product Development Platform Field Experiment

Boudreau, Kevin; Kaushik, Nilam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Prior research, primarily based on lab experiments, suggests that females might be more averse to competition than …

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Envy and Agricultural Innovation: An Experimental Case Study from Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket; Zizzo, Daniel John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

The underlying motivations for envy or related social preferences and their impact on agricultural innovations are examined by combining data from money burning experimental game and household survey from Ethiopia. In the first stage of the money burning experimental game, income inequality is...

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Intra-household efficiency: An experimental study from Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

Using data from experimental games and household survey from 1,200 married couples in three sites in Ethiopia, this paper uses different versions of a voluntary contribution mechanism to test for household efficiency. The experimental and econometric analyses provide many interesting results...

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Competing Narratives in Action : An Empirical Analysis of Model Adoption Dynamics

Angrisani, Marco; Samek, Anya Savikhin; Serrano-Padial, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We use a longitudinal dataset measuring beliefs and behaviors to study the dynamics of model - or narrative - adoption … during the Covid-19 pandemic. We show that individuals switch beliefs about the effectiveness of preventive behaviors … competing narratives in which agents exhibit motivated beliefs. Adopting misspecified narratives increases infection rates …

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