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We study beliefs and choices in a repeated normal-form game. In addition to a baseline treatment with common knowledge … beliefs as well as for the accuracy of their beliefs (relative to the opponent’s true choice). In the baseline treatment we … observe more sophisticated play as well as more accurate beliefs and more best responses to beliefs over time. We isolate …
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This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the …
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We examine rational learning among expert chess players and how they update their beliefs in repeated games with the …
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malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …
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update their beliefs about the probability of being audited, both before and after audits are definitely withdrawn. We find … that when individuals have initially experienced systematic audits, they decrease both their beliefs and their … irregular, they maintain high beliefs about the probability of being audited and continue cooperating long after audits have …
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and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people's beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-connected information sources, implying a pattern of "overshooting" beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …
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impact of schooling on superstitious beliefs. We find that more education, due to increased mandatory years of schooling …
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We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior. This link is interesting because field … influenced by leaders (CEOs, politicians) and beliefs about others' behavior. Our framework is an experimental public goods game … with a leader. We find that leaders strongly shape their followers' initial beliefs and contributions. In later rounds …
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, imagination and independence in children) to five different measures of religiosity, including beliefs and attendance. We control …
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Research on public goods mainly focuses its attention on the ability of incentives, beliefs and group structure to … difference can be explained by a shift in subjects' beliefs about contributions. We also find a significant impact of priming on …
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