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Error Prone Inference from Response Time : The Case of Intuitive Generosity

Recalde, Maria P. - 2017

Research on public-good games reveals greater contributions by fast decision-makers than by slow decision …, we find that fast decision-makers give more than slow decision-makers when the equilibrium is below the mid-point of the …. Consistent with mistakes decreasing with decision time, we find that individuals who make (or have to make) fast decisions are …

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Public Goods Games and Psychological Utility : Theory and Evidence

Dhami, Sanjit - 2018

We consider a theoretical model of a public goods game that incorporates reciprocity, guilt-aversion/surprise-seeking, and the attribution of intentions behind these emotions. In order to test our predictions, we implement the ‘induced beliefs method' and a within-subjects design, using the...

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Offshoring along the Production Chain

Harms, Philipp - 2009

Recent contributions on off shoring often assume that firms can freely split their production process into separate steps which can be ranked according to the cost savings from producing abroad. We replace this assumption by the notion of a technologically determined sequence of production...

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Noblesse Oblige? Determinants of Survival in a Life and Death Situation

Frey, Bruno S. - 2008

This paper explores the determinants of survival in a life-and-death situation created by an external and unpredictable shock. We are interested in seeing whether pro-social behaviour matters in such extreme situations. We therefore focus on the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a quasi-natural...

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Levelized Product Cost : Concept and Decision Relevance

Reichelstein, Stefan J. - 2014

This paper examines a life-cycle cost concept that applies to both manufacturing and service industries in which upfront capacity investments are essential. Borrowing from the energy literature, we refer to this cost measure as the levelized product cost (LC). Per unit of output, the levelized...

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Homo Moralis : Personal Characteristics, Institutions, and Moral Decision-Making

Deckers, Thomas - 2016

institutions compared to situations of individual decision-making. Intelligence, female gender, and the existence of siblings …

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Excessive Herding in the Laboratory : The Role of Intuitive Judgments

March, Christoph - 2018

We designed four observational learning experiments to identify the key channels that, along with Bayes-rational inferences, drive herd behavior. In Experiment 1, unobserved, whose actions remain private, learn from the public actions made in turn by subjects endowed with private signals of...

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Decision Initiation, Decision Implementation, and the Allocation of Decision Rights

Sloof, Randolph; von Siemens, Ferdinand - 2021

implemented. Fama & Jensen (1983) argue that the same members of many organization are often responsible for both decision … to express their discontent with the allocation of decision rights. How decisions come about also affects implementation …

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Do Managers with Limited Liability Take More Risky Decisions? An Information Acquisition Model

Malcomson, James M. - 2021

actions. The resulting decisions may be less, rather than more, risky. Making a decision after acquiring information provides …

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Cake Division by Majority Decision

Gersbach, Hans; Pachl, Bernhard - 2021

quantity of resources. Afterwards, one of the proposals is chosen by majority decision. If no proposal obtains a majority, a …

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