also on the decisions of others. In the present article, we review the literature on decision making made by groups of the …

and decision time. Overall, the data show that more people follow the default if the nudge is made transparent. More … importantly, though, effects of transparency differ depending on whether people are fast or slow in their decision making. In … particular, (only) slow decision makers react more positively (keeping the default) if nudging is made transparent. Moreover, the …

Belief elicitation is central to inference on economic decision making. The recently introduced Binarized Scoring Rule …

such positive spin? We use a theoretical model and a laboratory experiment to study the strategic use of vagueness in a … interval that contains her actual type. Theory predicts that when facing a possibly naive receiver, the sender discloses an … interval that separates her from worse types but is upwardly vague. Senders in the experiment adopt this strategy and some …

related testable predictions, and design an experiment based on a variant of the dictator game that tests for empirical …

theory, while sociological theories of social ties and intergroup comparisons suggest that bilateral cooperation can be … strengthened if there exist outsiders that gain from cooperative break down. We investigate this in a laboratory experiment …

individual’s intrinsic ability and on an external variable. We analyze the mistakes made by decision-makers who hold inaccurate … external factors if they fail. They are too easily dissatisfied with their environment, which leads them to experiment in … variable environments and revise their self-confidence over time. In contrast, underconfident decision-makers might be trapped …

supported by the laboratory experiment, although those regarding individuals’ contribution decisions are consistent with the …

prediction in a lab experiment allowing us to cleanly separate the selection effect from other effects of low incentives. Results …

-comes. This paper contributes to solving this puzzle by means of a controlled laboratory experiment. We study the causal …