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preferences. Among the behavioral patterns that allow for a clear-cut interpretation on the decision level, we find that roughly …
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to reduce these insurance gaps. We examine insurance decisions in a computer-administered experiment that makes several …. Third, we find that once people have made a decision, they tend to repeat it, demonstrating a strong preference for the …
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We experimentally test overconfidence in investment decisions by offering participants the possibility to substitute their own for alternative investment choices. Overall, 149 subjects participated in two experiments, one with just one risky asset, the other with two risky assets. Overconfidence...
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not captured by existing models. -- investment decision ; delayed resolution of risk ; emotions ; experiment …-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants' preferences for resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …
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Does adverse selection hamper the effectiveness of voluntary risk sharing? How do differences in risk profiles affect adverse selection? We experimentally investigate individuals ́willingness to share risks with others. Across treatments we vary how risk profiles differ between individuals. We...
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In an experiment that elicits subjects' willingness to pay (WTP) for the outcome of a lottery, we confirm the fourfold …
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The completeness axiom of choice has been questioned for long, and in response, theoretical models of decision making … decision tasks where specific choice patterns are consistent with incomplete preferences under uncertainty but inconsistent …
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The decision how to share resources with others often needs to be taken under uncertainty on its allocational … interact in such situations. In this paper we provide experimental evidence on this question. In a first experiment givers are … the realized state of the world. In a second experiment, risk affects the earnings of givers but not of beneficiaries. We …
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An extensive literature has studied ambiguity aversion in economic decision making, and how ambiguity aversion can …
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the experiment. Moreover, the group effect on the ambiguity-generated insensitivity seems domain dependent. …
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