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Empirical studies show that agents often violate Bayes' rule in updating probability expectations. This paper deals … inference which are consistent with empirical behaviour. It is also shown that simple adaptive updating rules are more robust …
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Absentmindedness is a special case of imperfect recall which according to Piccione and Rubinstein (1997a) leads to time inconsistencies. Aumann, Hart and Perry (1997a) question their argument and show how dynamic inconsistencies can be resolved. The present paper explores this issue from a...
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Empirical studies show that decisions deviate from the predictions of expected utility theory and violate the axiomatic foundations. Hence, many generalizations to non-expected utility theory have been developped. But empirically they did not provide an improvement over the standard approach. In...
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The recent spate of theoretical models of behaviour under ambiguity can be partitioned into two sets: those involving …
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We test the implications of ambiguity aversion in a principal-agent problem with multiple agents. When output … distributions are uncertain, models of ambiguity aversion suggest that tournaments may become more attractive than independent wage …, under ambiguity), ambiguity averse agents should typically prefer tournaments, while ambiguity neutral agents prefer …
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The paradigm of bounded rationality considers the limited ability of individuals to make consistent and rational choices. Due to the scarcity of research on this phenomenon in information systems, we conducted an experimental study investigating decision-making regarding risk preferences and...
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The determinants of risk attitude amongst family members are explored using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period 2004 to 2009. The focus of the analysis is the repeated responses to the survey question about general willingness to take risk. Responses to this question are...
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We assess the empirical validity of the overall theoretical framework of other-regarding preferences by focusing on those preference axioms that are common to all the prominent theories of outcome-based other-regarding preferences. This common set of preference axioms leads to a testable...
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experimental investigation of multiple prior models of behaviour under ambiguity. Four models are considered: Expected Utility …
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Experimental studies of the WTP-WTA gap avoid social trading by implementing an incentive compatible mechanism for each individual trader. We compare a traditional random price mechanism and a novel elicitation mechanism preserving social trading, without sacrificing mutual incentive...
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