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A psychological approach to individual differences in intertemporal consumption patterns
Brandstätter, Hermann; Güth, Werner - 1998
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578010
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Presents or investments? : an experimental analysis
Genîzî, Ûrî; Güth, Werner; Verboven, Frank - 1998
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578011
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How accurate do markets predict the outcome of an event? : the Euro 2000 soccer championships experiment
Schmidt, Carsten; Werwatz, Axel - 2002 - Rev.
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621415
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Intuitive optimizing for time allocation decisions in newly formed ventures
Lévesque, Moren; Schade, Christian D. - 2002
experiment where respondents have to detect corner solutions, that is, they should allocate to the venture either the maximum or … Allocation Strategy ; Entrepreneurship ; Questionnaire Experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621420
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Low-probability insurance decisions : the role of concern
Schade, Christian D.; Kunreuther, Howard; Kaas, Klaus Peter - 2002
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621421
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A comparison of punishment rules in repeated public good games : an experimental study
Decker, Torsten; Stiehler, Andreas; Strobel, Martin - 2002
by the collective rule is essential for the degree of support by the participants. -- cooperation ; experiment ; public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627290
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E-privacy : evaluating a new search cost in online environments
Annacker, Dirk; Spiekermann, Sarah; Strobel, Martin - 2001
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615417
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The false consensus effect disappears if representative information and monetary incentives are given
Engelmann, Dirk; Strobel, Martin - 1999
In this paper we present an experiment on the false consensus effect. Unlike previous experiments, we provide monetary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581106
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Tax liability side equivalence in experimental posted-offer markets
Borck, Rainald; Engelmann, Dirk; Müller, Wieland; … - 2000
In theory, the incidence of a tax should be independent of which side of the market it is levied on. This principle of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009582390
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An experimental study of the repeated trust game with incomplete information
Anderhub, Vital; Güth, Werner; Engelmann, Dirk - 1999
, player 2 between exploiting player 1 or rewarding him. In our experiment, player 2 can be a notorically rewarding player … repeated games with changed partners. In our computerized experiment, participants can explicitly rely on mixed strategies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009582410