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Individual and developmental differences in the relationship of preferences and theory of mind

Leipold, Kristina; Vetter, Nora C.; Dittrich, Marcus; … - 2012

Theory of mind and individual preferences are important determinants in social decision making. The current study … examined in a large sample whether being a cooperative preference type is related with better theory of mind skills …. Furthermore, by testing adolescents and adults, we examined the impact of age on this relation. Theory of mind is measured in a …

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Young Voters and Budget Deficits

Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne - 2023

(reduced net operating surplus) due to the extension of the youth voting franchise mainly appear in governments with low party …

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Cognitive Imprecision and Stake-Dependent Risk Attitudes

Khaw, Mel Win; Li, Ziang; Woodford, Michael - 2022

In an experiment that elicits subjects’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the outcome of a lottery, we confirm the fourfold pattern of risk attitudes described by Kahneman and Tversky. In addition, we document a systematic effect of stake sizes on the magnitude and sign of the relative risk...

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Behavioral New Keynesian Models : Learning vs. Cognitive Discounting

Meggiorini, Greta; Milani, Fabio - 2021

This paper estimates a New Keynesian model with new and old behavioral elements. Agents in the model exhibit cognitive discounting, or myopia: they discount variables far into the future at higher rates than typically implied in the benchmark model. We investigate the model under different...

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Cognitive Flexibility or Moral Commitment? Evidence of Anticipated Belief Distortion

Saccardo, Silvia - 2020

Do people anticipate the conditions that enable them to manipulate their beliefs when confronted with unpleasant information? We investigate whether individuals seek out the “cognitive flexibility” needed to distort beliefs in self-serving ways, or instead attempt to constrain it, committing...

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Political Support, Cognitive Dissonance and Political Preferences

Artiga González, Tanja; Capozza, Francesco; Granic, … - 2022

conceptualize our arguments in a theoretical model of policy preference changes rooted in cognitive dissonance theory. A pre …-registered, online experiment with 1,200 U.S. participants confirms our main hypotheses. As predicted by cognitive dissonance theory …

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Cognitive Imprecision and Strategic Behavior

Frydman, Cary; Nunnari, Salvatore - 2021

We propose and experimentally test a theory of strategic behavior in which players are cognitively imprecise and …

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A Note on Motivated Cognition and Discriminatory Beliefs

Stötzer, Lasse S.; Zimmermann, Florian - 2022

suggest an important role of motivated cognition …

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Prosociality, Political Identity, and Redistribution of Earned Income : Theory and Evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S. - 2018

that the choices of the proposers and the responders are consistent with social identity theory (higher offers and lower …

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It's Not My Fault! Self-Confidence and Experimentation

Hestermann, Nina - 2019

individual’s intrinsic ability and on an external variable. We analyze the mistakes made by decision-makers who hold inaccurate … variable environments and revise their self-confidence over time. In contrast, underconfident decision-makers might be trapped …

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