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Rationality in economics : theory and evidence
Dhami, Sanjit S.; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2018
We examine the various senses in which economist use the term "rationality" and then outline some of the commonly drawn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793877
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Restraining the genuine homo economicus : why the economy cannot be divorced from its governance
Skaperdas, Stergios - 2003
The Homo economicus of traditional economics is far from being completely self-interested, rational, or as individualistic as he is purported to be; he will haggle to death over price but will not take what he wants by force. Implicitly, he is assumed to behave ruthlessly within a welldefined...
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Boundedly rational decision emergence : a general perspective and some selective illustrations
Güth, Werner - 2000
A general framework is described specifying how boundedly rational decision makers generate their choices. Starting from a Master Module which keeps an inventory of previously successful and unsuccessful routines several submodules can be called forth which either allow one to adjust behavior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781608
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Electoral competition with rationally inattentive voters
Matĕjka, Filip; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2016 - This version: January 2016
How do voters allocate costly attention to alternative political issues? And how does selective ignorance of voters interact with policy design by politicians? We address these questions by developing a model of electoral competition with rationally inattentive voters. Rational inattention...
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Theories of fairness and reciprocity : evidence and economic applications
Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2000
Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...
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Selling to the mean
Kos, Nenad; Messner, Matthias - 2015
We study optimal selling strategies of a seller who is poorly informed about the buyer’s value for the object. When the maxmin seller only knows that the mean of the distribution of the buyer's valuations belongs to some interval then nature can keep him to payoff zero no matter how much...
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Quantifying qualitative survey data : new insights on the (ir)rationality of firms' forecasts
Botsis, Alexandros; Görtz, Christoph; Sakellarēs, … - 2020
Using a novel dataset that contains qualitative firm survey data on sales forecasts as well as balance-sheet data on realized sales, we document that only major forecast errors are predictable and display autocorrelation. This result is a particular violation of the Full Information Rational...
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On the causes and consequences of deviations from rational behavior
Zēgners, Dainis; Sunde, Uwe; Strittmatter, Anthony - 2020
This paper presents novel evidence for the prevalence of deviations from rational behavior in human decision making – and for the corresponding causes and consequences. The analysis is based on move-by-move data from chess tournaments and an identification strategy that compares behavior of...
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Wealth preference and rational bubbles
Michau, Jean-Baptiste; Ono, Yoshiyasu; Schlegl, Matthias - 2018
We consider a neoclassical economy where households derive utility from holding wealth. We show that, under some conditions, there can be rational bubbles. Hence, we provide a microfoundation for bubbles that relies on a frictionless infinite-horizon economy without any heterogeneity across...
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Rationality, irrationality and economic cognition
Whalley, John (contributor) - 2005
This paper contrasts the modern use of the assumption that rationality guides individual economic behaviour, as … notions of rationality based on the availability of information, ability to reason (cognitive skills), and even morality …. Learning played a major role in individuals achieving what was referred to as complete rationality. I draw on these ideas, and …
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