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We study ultimatum and dictator experiments where the first moverchooses the amount of money to be distributed between the playerswithin a given interval, knowing that her own share is fixed. Thus, thefirst mover is faced with scarcity, but not with the typical trade-off betweenher own and the...
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We present an experiment designed to test the Modigliani-Miller theorem. Applyinga general equilibrium approach and not …, participantswell recognize changes in the systematic risk of equity associated with increasingleverage and, accordingly, demand higher … rate of return. Yet, this adjustment is notperfect: subjects underestimate the systematic risk of low-leveraged equity …
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This paper studies the response times of experimental subjects playingthe Ultimatum game in a laboratory setting using monetary incentives.We find that proposals are not significantly correlated with responsetime, whereas responders’ behavior is positively and significantlycorrelated. Hence,...
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Contrary to the models of deterministic life cycle saving, we take itfor granted that uncertainty of one's future is the essential problem ofsaving decisions. However, unlike the stochastic life cycle models, we capturethis crucial uncertainty by a non-Bayesian scenario-based...
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We perform an experimenta linvestigation using a dictator game inwhich individuals must make a moral decision —to give or not to give anamount of money to poor people in the Third World. A questionnaire inwhich the subjects are asked about the reasons for their decision showsthat, at least in...
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function is studied experimentally.The experiment allow us to study the main parametersof the model, suggesting that we should …
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A cyclical network of indirect reciprocity is derived organizing 3- or6-person groups into rings of social interaction where the first individualcan help the second, the second the third, and so on till the last, who inreturn can help the first. Mutual cooperation is triggered by assuming...
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undiversifiable labor income risk. Optimal portfolios are internationally diversified while positive correlation between domestic … with a small amount of buffer stock saving, while exchange rate risk makes foreign investments less appealing to risk …
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labor income risk and stock-market participation costs. In contrast to the initial motivation, we find that the model is not …
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simultaneously matching stock market participation and individual asset holdings. The high risk premium is driven by incomplete risk … negligible impact on the risk premium, contrary to the results of models where it is imposed exogenously. …
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