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Choosing and using information in evaluation decisions
Coffman, Katherine B.; Kostyshak, Scott; Saygın, … - 2024
information about them. But, in many settings of interest, evaluators have a choice about how much information to acquire about a … information acquisition amplifies discriminatory outcomes in a simulated hiring environment. Across evaluators, we vary the … beliefs about a candidate after acquiring more information, and persists in final evaluations. This bias has a significantly …
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CCS : failing to pass decision gates
Emhjellen, Magne; Osmundsen, Petter - 2013
Socio-economic criteria for climate projects have been used in analysing the value of the climate benefit of a reduction in CO2. These reports are optimistic, yet CCS demonstration plants are not implemented as expected. Little attention has been devoted to profitability assessments based on...
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CCS : failing to pass decision gates
Emhjellen, Magne; Osmundsen, Petter - 2014
There is a planning gap for CCS projects in Europe. CCS demonstration plants are not implemented as expected. This fact is at odds with optimistic valuation reports that apply socio-economic valuation criteria for climate projects. However, CCS plants are in most cases to be implemented by...
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Complexity and choice
Salant, Yuval; Spenkuch, Jörg L. - 2021
confirm these predictions in a novel data set with information on hundreds of millions of decisions in chess endgames. First …
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A tractable theory of choice based on cell behavior
Valdés-Edwards, Gonzalo; Valdés Prieto, Salvador - 2013
This paper presents a choice model based on a model for the behavior of brain cells that is based on neurological findings. The paper shows that it is possible to define choice as the result of a series of interconnected cellular processes, instead of framing the problem from the point of view...
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Deception under time pressure : conscious decision or a problem of awareness?
Konrad, Kai A.; Lohse, Tim; Simon, Sven A. - 2017
Time is a crucial determinant of deception, since some misreporting opportunities come as a surprise and require an intuitive decision while others allow for extensive reflection time. To be able to pursue a deceptive strategy, however, a subject must be aware of the misreporting opportunity....
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Implicit preferences inferred from choice
Cunningham, Tom; De Quidt, Jonathan - 2016 - Preliminary draft
A longstanding distinction in psychology is between implicit and explicit preferences. Implicit preferences are ordinarily measured by observing non-choice data, such as response time. In this paper we introduce a method for inferring implicit preferences directly from choices. The necessary...
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Nudging: an experiment on transparency, controlling for reactance and decision time
Schütze, Tobias; Spitzer, Carsten; Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2023
Is being informed about nudging detrimental to the effect of the nudge? This paper reports results from an experimental study (n = 623) testing the effects of transparency on the effectiveness of a default nudge while controlling for reactance and decision time. Overall, the data show that more...
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Reforming budgetary language
Bradford, David F. - 2001
In the context of several examples of problems associated with present budgetary conventions, I revisit Musgrave's conceptual division of the government's program into Allocation, Distribution and Stabilization Branch subbudgets. I suggest progress towards Musgrave's ideal of a more informative...
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How information affects support for education spending : evidence from survey experiments in Germany and the United States
West, Martin R.; Woessmann, Ludger; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2016
education spending and teacher salaries falls when respondents receive information about existing levels. Treatment effects vary … by prior knowledge in a manner consistent with information effects rather than priming. Support for salary increases is …' lower support for increases. Information about the tradeoffs between specific spending categories shifts preferences from …
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