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Enke, Benjamin; Zimmermann, Florian - CESifo - 2013

and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people’s beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-connected information sources, implying a pattern of “overshooting” beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …

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Correlation Neglect in Belief Formation

Enke, Benjamin - 2013

and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people's beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-connected information sources, implying a pattern of “overshooting” beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072106

Learning About Job Search : A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany

Altmann, Steffen - 2015

We conduct a large-scale field experiment in the German labor market to investigate how information provision affects job seekers' employment prospects and labor market outcomes. Individuals assigned to the treatment group of our experiment received a brochure that informed them about job search...

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Beliefs and Utility : Experimental Evidence on Preferences for Information

Falk, Armin - 2016

Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future …

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