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Risk taking and information aggregation in groups

Bougheas, Spiros P.; Nieboer, Jeroen; Sefton, Martin - 2015

We report a controlled laboratory experiment examining risk-taking and information aggregation in groups facing a … common risk. The experiment allows us to examine how subjects respond to new information, in the form of both privately …

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Risk taking in social settings : group and peer effects

Bougheas, Spiros P.; Nieboer, Jeroen; Sefton, Martin - 2013

We investigate experimentally the effect of consultation (unincentivized advice) on choices under risk in an incentivized investment task. We compare these choices to two benchmark treatments: one with isolated individual choices, and a second with group choice after communication. Our...

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Risk-taking in social settings : group and peer effects

Bougheas, Spiros P.; Nieboer, Jeroen; Sefton, Martin - 2013 - Revised version of 2013-01, This version: June 6, 2013

We investigate experimentally the effect of consultation (unincentivized advice) on choices under risk in an incentivized investment task. We compare consultation to two benchmark treatments: one with isolated individual choices, and a second with group choice after communication. Our benchmark...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757008

Risk taking and information aggregation in groups

Bougheas, Spiros P.; Nieboer, Jeroen; Sefton, Martin - 2014

We report an experiment examining risk taking and information aggregation in groups. Group members come to the table …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371298

Risk taking in diverse groups : gender matters

Nieboer, Jeroen - 2013

Using an experiment with incentivized decisions of groups in the economics laboratory, I investigate the effect of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010187863

An inquiry into the nature and causes of the description - experience gap

Cubitt, Robin P.; Kopsacheilis, Orestis; Starmer, Chris - 2020

, the nature, causes and implications of the phenomenon for economic theory remain unclear. We present a new experiment …

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Adriani, Fabrizio; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2019

We use a simple cost-benefit analysis to derive optimal similarity judgments - addressing the question: when should we expect a decision maker to distinguish between different time periods or different prizes? Our key premise is that cognitive resources are costly and are to be deployed only...

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