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find that within the time horizon which we investigate, learning does not drive toward risk neutral equilibrium bidding and … characterize some features of observed learning: Bid functions are adjusted globally rather than locally, decision time matches the … sequencing structure of game types, game rules do matter, and directional learning theory offers a partial explanation for bid …
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In this paper we present an experiment on the false consensus effect. Unlike previous experiments, we provide monetary …
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In standard rational choice modelling decisions are made according to given information and preferences. In the model presented here the 'information technology' of individual decision makers as well as their preferences evolve in a dynamic process. In this process decisions are made rationally...
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administered incentives. -- principal agent ; experiment ; specific human capital …
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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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In a model with private information of the worker about her ability and unobservable effort choice, the role of public and private employment services is analyzed. The coexistence of an inefficient employment exchange and an efficient private agency may lead to optimal screening with first best...
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We study behavior in experimental beauty contests with, first, boundary and interior equilibria, and, second, homogeneous and heterogenous types of players. We find quicker and better convergence to the game-theoretic equilibrium with interior equilibria and homogeneous players. -- beauty...
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Robust learning experiments confront participants with structurally different decision environments which they encounter, furthermore, repeatedly. Since the decision format does not depend on the rules (of game), forward looking deliberation (the shadow of the future) can be detected by...
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player can obtain a signal for free (as in the experiment by Anderson and Holt, 1997, American Economic Review), the case of …
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