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Time Will Tell : Recovering Preferences When Choices are Noisy
Alós-Ferrer, Carlos - 2019
The ability to uncover preferences from choices is fundamental for both positive economics and welfare analysis. Overwhelming evidence shows that choice is stochastic, which has given rise to random utility models as the dominant paradigm in applied microeconomics. However, as is well known, it...
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The Devil You Know : Rational Inattention to Discrete Choices When Prior Information Matters
Pellegrino, Bruno - 2023
In the seminal rational inattention model of Matĕjka and McKay (2015), logit demand arises from the discrete choice of agents who are uncertain about choice payoffs and who have access to a flexible, costly information acquisition technology (RI-logit). A notable limitation of this powerful...
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Laboratory Measure of Cheating Predicts Misbehavior at School
Cohn, Alain; Maréchal, Michel André - 2015
We study the external validity of a standard laboratory measure of cheating. The results show that cheating in the lab significantly predicts classroom misbehavior in middle and high school students.
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Do Professional Norms in the Banking Industry Favor Risk-taking?
Cohn, Alain; Fehr, Ernst; Maréchal, Michel André - 2017
In recent years, the banking industry has witnessed several cases of excessive risk-taking that frequently have been attributed to problematic professional norms. We conduct experiments with employees from several banks in which we manipulate the saliency of their professional identity and...
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Differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests: evidence from the GRE test
Schlosser, Analia; Neeman, Zvika; Attali, Yigal - 2019
We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in “high” and “low” stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a...
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Increasing Workplace Diversity: Evidence from a Recruiting Experiment at a Fortune 500 Company
Flory, Jeffrey A.; Leibbrandt, Andreas; Rott, Christina; … - 2018
experiment to test several hypotheses on effective means to attract minority candidates for top professional careers. By randomly …
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Are Economic Preferences Shaped by the Family Context? The Impact of Birth Order and Siblings' Sex Composition on Economic Preferences
Detlefsen, Lena; Friedl, Andreas; Lima de Miranda, Katharina - 2018
. We study in an experiment with 525 teenagers how both birth order and siblings’ sex composition affect risk, time and …
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Discrimination at Young Age: Experimental Evidence from Preschool Children
Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2018
framed field experiment, we let 142 three to six-year old preschool children allocate a fixed endowment between an in …
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The Truth-Telling of Truth-Seekers: Evidence from Online Experiments with Scientists
Drupp, Moritz A.; Khadjavi, Menusch; Voss, Rudi - 2024
,300 scientists. Experiment I, with predominantly European and North-American scientists, shows that fewer scientists over …-report winning tosses when their professional identity is salient. The global Experiment II yields heterogeneous effects. We … replicate Experiment I's effect for North-American scientists, but find the opposite for Southern European and East …
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Discrimination in the General Population
Angerer, Silvia; Brosch, Hanna; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2024
We present representative evidence of discrimination against migrants through an incentivized choice experiment with …
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