equilibrium levels of safety and activity from the product’s usage under no liability, strict liability, and negligence rule. We …

full (marginal) costs of an action on the parties. However, institutional restrictions or bilateral activity choices can …

This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the … differences between former GDR and FRG residents regarding important attributes of personality (particularly the locus of control …, neuroticism, conscientiousness, and openness). To understand the inuence of the GDR’s socialist regime on personality, we test an …

correlations with a Big Five personality measure and is correlated with actual risk-taking behaviour. The results suggest that the …

panel, we investigate to what extent personality traits, human capital, and the employment history influence the start …

Many modern organisations collect data on individuals’ personality traits as part of their human resource selection … processes. We test experimentally whether revealing information on personality data impacts on pro-social behaviour as measured … in a one-shot modified dictator game and a public goods game. Our focus is on the personality trait of agreeableness …

Do the people around us influence our personality? To answer this question, we conduct an experiment with 543 … of peers’ extraversion, agreeableness, or neuroticism. To explain these results, we propose a simple model of personality … development under the influence of peers. Consistent with the model’s prediction, personality spillovers are concentrated in …

-consistent personality and environment. We explain when stressors reduce income. We also explain under which conditions rising income does …

and average personality traits. …

entrepreneurship literature has emphasised the important role of personality traits as predictors for start-up decisions and business … administrative-survey data allows us to incorporate usually unobserved personality measures in the evaluation and investigate their … that concerns about potential overestimation of programme effects in absence of personality measures might be less …