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Digit ratio and risk taking: Evidence from a large, multi-ethnic sample

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Galizzi, Matteo M.; Nieboerc, … - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2014

Using a large (n=543) multi-ethnic sample of laboratory subjects, we systematically investigate the link between the digit ratio (the ratio of the length of the index finger to the length of the ring finger, also called 2D:4D ratio) and two measures of individual risk taking: (i) risk...

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Personality and the Consistency of Risk Taking Behavior: Experimental Evidence

Deck, Cary; Lee, Jungmin; Reyes, Javier - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2010

Deck et al. (2009) suggest that personality may help explain the apparent inconsistency, offering support to Borghans et al … paper also asks whether personality can explain the well documented behavioral difference between first price and Dutch …

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(Bad) Luck or (Lack of) Effort?: Comparing Social Sharing Norms between US and Europe.

Rey-Biel, Pedro; Sheremeta, Roman M.; Uler, Neslihan - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2011

We compare the determinants of individual giving between two countries, Spain and the US, which differ in their redistribution policies and their beliefs over the causes of poverty. By varying the information about the determinants of income, we find that, although overall giving is similar in...

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Principal-Agent Settings with Random Shocks

Rubin, Jared; Sheremeta, Roman - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2012

Using a gift exchange experiment, we show that the ability of reciprocity to overcome incentive problems inherent in principal-agent settings is greatly reduced when the agent’s effort is distorted by random shocks and transmitted imperfectly to the principal. Specifically, we find that gift...

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You Can’t Put Old Wine in New Bottles: The Effect of Newcomers on Coordination in Groups

Sheremeta, Roman M.; McCarter, Matthew W. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013

group plays the game for the second part of the experiment. Our results show that the arrival of newcomers decreases trust … among group members and this decrease in trust negatively affects group performance. Knowing the performance history of the …

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Religious Identity and the Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from the Indian Princely States.

Chaudhary, Latika; Rubin, Jared - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013

Religious identity affects preferences and can consequently affect policy. We propose two mechanisms through which a ruler's religious identity can affect public good provision: i) greater provision of goods in regions where more subjects are the ruler's co-religionists, and ii) lower provision...

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The New Hampshire Effect: Behavior in Sequential and Simultaneous Election Contests

Irfanoglu, Zeynep B.; Mago, Shakun D.; Sheremeta, Roman M. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2014

This experimental study compares sequential and simultaneous election contests. Consistent with the theory, we find evidence of the “New Hampshire effect” in the sequential contests, i.e., the winner of the first electoral battle wins the overall contest with much higher probability than the...

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Trust, Reciprocity and Rules

Rietz, Thomas A.; Schniter, Eric; Sheremeta, Roman M.; … - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2011

In the absence of enforceable contracts, many economic and personal interactions rely on trust and reciprocity … on reciprocation prevent the most egregious trust violations, but may also undermine behavior that would have otherwise … trust games. We find that rules fail to increase trust and trustworthiness. Thus low minimum standards significantly …

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Double Bubbles in Assets Markets with Multiple Generations

Deck, Cary; Porter, David; Smith, Vernon L. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2011

We construct an asset market in a finite horizon overlapping-generations environment. Subjects are tested for comprehension of their fundamental value exchange environment, and then reminded during each of 25 periods of its declining new value. We observe price bubbles forming when new...

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Resolving Conflicts by a Random Device

Kimbrough, Erik O.; Sheremeta, Roman M.; Shields, Timothy - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2011

We examine conflict resolution via a random device. We model conflict as a two-agent rent-seeking contest for a fixed prize. Before conflict arises, both agents may agree to allocate the prize by coin flip to avoid the costs of conflict. In equilibrium, risk-neutral agents with relatively...

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