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Fisman, Raymond; Kariv, Shachar; Markovits, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005

This paper reports an experimental test of individual preferences for giving. We use graphical representations of modified Dictator Games that vary the price of giving. This generates a very rich data set well- suited to studying behavior at the level of the individual subject. We test the data...

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Learning in Economics: Where Do We Stand?

Slembeck, Tilman - EconWPA - 2000

This paper briefly reviews the current literature on learning in economics from a behavioral point of view. It critically compares theory with aspects of learning in real-life and with evidence from laboratory experiments, and argues that most customary approaches lack criteria for their...

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If people vote because they like to, then why do so many of them lie?

Harbaugh, William T. - EconWPA - 1996

rates of lying overall, but with increased rates of lying conditional on not voting. This paper proposes a model of voter … turnout in which people who claim to vote get praise from other citizens. Those who lie must bear a cost of lying. The model … has a stable equilibrium with positive rates of voting, honest non-voting, and lying. Reasonable parameter changes produce …

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Impact of Valuation Ranking Information on Bidding in First-Price

Elbittar, A. Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

efficiency of the allocation. The experiment reported here tests the behavioral components of these comparative …

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Does Competition Affect Giving? An Experimental Study

Duffy, John; Kornienko, Tatiana - EconWPA - 2005

laboratory experiment involving three different treatments of a sequential ``dictator game.'' Without disclosing the actual …

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ETHISCHE RATINGS FÜR UNTERNEHMEN AUS KONSUMENTENSICHT – MÖGLICHKEITEN, AUSWIRKUNGEN UND GRENZEN –

Ries, Barbara; Sträter, Norbert - EconWPA - 2004

Begriffe Ethik und Rating definiert. Anschließend wird ein ethisches Rating entworfen, das anhand von konkreten Kriterien eine …

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How Do People Learn by Listening to Others? Experimental Evidence from Thailand

Healy, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005

outside their ethnic group. In the experiment, Thai subjects observed information that came from Americans and other Thais …

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Necessary Conditions for Improving Civic Competence: A Scientific Perspective

Lupia, Arthur - EconWPA - 2005

Many attempts to increase civic competence are based on premises about communication and belief change that are directly contradicted by important insights from microeconomic theory and social psychology. At least two economic literatures are relevant to my effort to improve matters. One is the...

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A Behavioral Model of Cyclical Dieting

Suranovic, Steven M.; Goldfarb, Robert S. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents a behavioral economics model with bounded rationality to describe an individual¡¯s food consumption choices that lead to weight gain and dieting. Using a physiological relationship determining calories needed to maintain weight, we simulate the food consumption choices of a...

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An Economic Model of Youth Smoking: Tax and Welfare Effects

Suranovic, Steven M. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents a model of smoking choice in which rationality is bounded by limitations in intertemporal computational abilities. The model is applied to the youth decision to initiate smoking. Lifetime smoking paths of representative smokers indicate that youths may experience a reduction...

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