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economic theory suggests to solve the decision problem. But since real decision makers can hardly be expected to behave …In this paper I consider a complex decision problem where subjects have to cope with a time horizon of uncertain …
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This paper investigates the behaviour in repeated decision situations. The experimental study shows that subjects show … low or no risk-aversion, but put very high value on the opportunity to sell the lottery in every stage of the decision … behaviour ; decision-making experiments …
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Allocation Strategy ; Entrepreneurship ; Questionnaire Experiment …This article investigates whether decision makers intuitively optimize close to the normative prediction in … entrepreneurial decision situations where their time must be allocated between a wage job and a newly formed venture. We offer an …
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On a homogeneous oligopoly market informed sellers are fully aware of market demand whereas uninformed sellers only 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...
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When people decide about saving and consumption across the various periods of their life time they take into account their life expectancy when comparing present and future needs and resources for satisfying them. The experimental design, applied at two sites (Humboldt-University at Berlin and...
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design an experiment to study whether such commodity transfers can be viewed as investments based on trust and reciprocity …, or whether they rather resemble presents with distributional intentions. Our experiment essentially modifies Berg et al …
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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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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 … decision situation. …
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by the collective rule is essential for the degree of support by the participants. -- cooperation ; experiment ; public …
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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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