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In this paper I consider a complex decision problem where subjects have to cope with a time horizon of uncertain … economic theory suggests to solve the decision problem. But since real decision makers can hardly be expected to behave …
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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 … with systematic deviations that are consistent with well-known decision anomalies. Risk propensity is found to have an …
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We consider an investor maximizing his expected utility from terminal wealth with portfolio decisions based on the available information flow. This investor faces the opportunity to acquire some additional initial information G.. The subjective fair value of this information for the investor is...
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This note contributes to the discussion of decision problems with imperfect recall from an empirical point of view. We …
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The general framework of decision emergence (Güth, 2000a) is applied to the specific decision task of a proposer in …. This illustrates the applicability of the general framework of boundedly rational decision emergence. …
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Deriving advice that can in fact be utilized by boundedly rational decision makers is a central function of modeling …
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The second–generation GSM spectrum auction in Germany is probably the most clear cut example of a low price outcome in a simultaneous ascending-bid auction. The present paper gives an account of the events, describes the auction rules and market conditions, and provides a theoretical...
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This paper considers the introduction of stock options in an (dynamically) incomplete securities market made up of a riskless bond and the stock. The stock price follows a geometric Brownian motion with constant drift. However, there is incomplete information about the unknown stochastic...
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The third generation UMTS auction in Germany raised an enormous amount of revenue, and at the same time achieved a more competitive market structure than other UMTS auctions in Europe. The present paper explains the design of that auction, and presents a game theoretic explanation of observed...
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We compare the standard one-bid first price auction to a corresponding two-bid first price auction where each buyer may place two bids: a high bid and a low one and the winner pays his low bid if this was higher than all other bids. We characterize the equilibria of the two mechanisms and prove...
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