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Biased
 Information 
and
 Effort
Rosaz, Julie - HAL - 2012
information at the principal's advantage, we test experimentally the principal's willingness to bias (overestimate or under …) principals do bias information, ii) agents trust the cheap-talk messages they receive and adjust their effort accordingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790485
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Earnings forecast bias - a statistical analysis
Michalon, Karine; Lardic, Sandrine; Dossou, François - HAL - 2005
well-known phenomenon, namely the existence of a positive bias in experts' anticipations: the latter tend to over …-estimate earnings. In this paper, we study the properties of this bias according to various aspects, that is to say according to country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788892
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Can earnings forecasts be improved by taking into account the forecast bias?
Dossou, François; Lardic, Sandrine; Michalon, Karine - HAL - 2008
The recent period has highlighted a well-known phenomenon, namely the existence of a positive bias in experts … contributions are twofold: we provide explanatory bias prediction models which will subsequently allow the calculation of earnings … adjusted forecasts, for horizons from 1 to 24 months. We explain the bias using macroeconomic as well as sector and firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792953
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What shapes the generosity of short- and long-term benefits? A political economy approach
Françon, Baptiste; Zemmour, Michaël - HAL - 2013
Degressivity of unemployment benefits is a major feature of social protection in most industrialised countries: the replacement rate (the ratio between the level of welfare benefits and the previous income) typically declines with the length of the unemployment spell. Moreover degressivity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011025804
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Democracy and voting survey: first results from Ethiopia
Valfort, Marie-Anne - HAL - 2009
This working paper contains the first results of a questionnaire that was conducted in May 2004 (May, 8-9) among 331 students of the Addis Ababa University to know their opinion about democracy and the political preferences they express through voting. The paper takes the form of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793964
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Effect of Uncertainty about Others' Rationality in Experimental Asset Markets: An Experimental Analysis
Akiyama, Eizo; Hanaki, Nobuyuki; Ishikawa, Ryuichiro - HAL - 2012
We investigate the extent to which price deviations from fundamental values in an experimental asset market are due to the uncertainty of subjects regarding others' rationality. We do so by comparing the price forecasts submitted by subjects in two market environments: (a) all six traders are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933826
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It is Not Just Confusion! Strategic Uncertainty in an Experimental Asset Market
Akiyama, Eizo; Hanaki, Nobuyuki; Ishikawa, Ryuichiro - HAL - 2013
To what extent is the observed mis-pricing in experimental asset markets caused by strategic uncertainty (SU) and by individual bounded rationality (IBR)? We address this question by comparing subjects initial price forecasts in two market environments - one with six human traders, and the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933940
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Ingratiation and Favoritism: Experimental Evidence
Robin, Stéphane; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Villeval, … - HAL - 2012
We provide experimental evidence of workers' ingratiation by opinion conformity and of managers' discrimination in favor of workers with whom they share similar opinions. In our Baseline, managers can observe both workers' performance at a task and opinions before assigning unequal payoffs. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929091
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Impact of information on intentions to vaccinate in a potential epidemic: swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1)
Chanel, Olivier; Luchini, Stephane; Massoni, Sébastien; … - HAL - 2010
Vaccination campaigns to prevent the spread of epidemics are successful only if the targeted populations subscribe to the recommendations of health authorities. However, because compulsory vaccination is hardly conceivable in modern democracies, governments need to convince their populations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930176
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Social- and Self-Image Concerns in Fair-Trade Consumption: Evidence from Experimental Auctions for Chocolate
Teyssier, Sabrina; Etilé, Fabrice; Combris, Pierre - HAL - 2012
-image concerns (when everybody sees everyone else). A laboratory experiment is designed to identify separately these concerns, using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930214