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Updating behavior in cascade experiments is usually investigated on the basis of urn prediction. But urn predictions alone can only provide a very rough information on individual updating behavior. Therefore, we implement a BDM mechanism. Subjects have to submit maximum prices that they are...
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In this paper individual overconfidence within the context of an experimental asset market is investigated. Overall, 72 participants traded one risky asset on six markets of 12 participants each. The results indicate that individuals were not generally overconfident. Moreover, overconfidence was...
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Empirical studies in family economics usually rely on questionnaires, statistical or panel data. Here we try to study experimentally some crucial aspects of engaging in a marriage. First the female partner can end the relationship or suggest one of the two forms of joint venture. Whereas a full...
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In this experimental study of tax evasion and its determinants participants earn their income in a complex stochastic intertemporal environment including the possibility to invest into a risky asset. The earned income has to be declared in four tax returns which are randomly verified. If tax...
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know the distribution. We first derive the market results when sellers are risk averse, similarly to Ponssard (1979) who … assumed risk neutrality throughout. With the help of these results evolutionary processes are formulated according to which …
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Electronic Commerce environments increasingly witness a conflict on the subject of e-privacy: While marketers want to maximize their customer knowledge and grasp the identity of their online users, consumers often want to stay anonymous and not reveal private information. The conflict suggests...
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For the Euro 2000 Soccer Championships an experimental asset market was condueted, with traders buying and selling contracts on the winners of individual matches. Market-generated probabilities are compared to professional bet quotas, and factors that are responsible for the quality of the...
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experiment where respondents have to detect corner solutions, that is, they should allocate to the venture either the maximum or … with systematic deviations that are consistent with well-known decision anomalies. Risk propensity is found to have an … have their decision partially driven by their risk propensity. Implications of our findings for entrepreneurs and …
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On the basis of a real high stakes insurance experiment with small probabilities of losses, we demonstrate that concern … coverage, a result we are able to replicate. In our experiment, belonging to either the group of "threshold persons" or to …
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