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Measuring individual risk attitudes in the lab : task or ask? ; an empirical comparison

Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Verkasalo, Markku; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2014

the lab - here the amount sent in a trust game (Berg, Dickaut, McCabe, 1995). As it turns out, the measures themselves are … correlations with a Big Five personality measure and is correlated with actual risk-taking behaviour. The results suggest that the …. Moreover, with respect to behaviour in the trust game, we find a high re-test stability of transfers (p = .70). This further …

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A social heuristics hypothesis for the stag hunt : fast- and slow-thinking hunters in the lab

Belloc, Marianna; Bilancini, Ennio; Boncinelli, Leonardo; … - 2017

In this paper, we analyze the role of intuitive versus deliberative thinking in stag hunt games. To do so we, first, provide a conceptual framework predicting that, under the assumption that stag is the ruling social convention in real life interactions, players who make their choices fast and...

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Children do not behave like adults : gender gaps in performance and risk taking within a random social context in the high-stakes game shows Jeopardy and Junior Jeopardy

Säve-Söderbergh, Jenny; Sjögren Lindquist, Gabriella - 2014

Using unique panel data, we compare cognitive performance and wagering behavior of children (10-11 years) with adults playing in the Swedish version of the TV-shows Jeopardy and Junior Jeopardy. Although facing the same well-known high-stakes game, and controlling for performance differences,...

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Emotion at stake : the role of stake size and emotions in a power-to-take game experiment in China with a comparison to Europe

Bosman, Ronald; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; Winden, Frans A. … - 2016

This paper experimentally investigates how monetary incentives and emotions influence behaviour in a two-player power-to-take game. In this game, one player can claim any part of the other's endowment (take rate), and the second player can respond by destroying his or her own endowment. We focus...

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The causal effect of cultural identity on cooperation

Butler, Jeffrey; Fehr, Dietmar - 2021

The impact of culture on non-kin cooperation has been singled out as critical for economic activity. However, causal evidence of culture's influence on cooperation remains scant. In this paper we provide such evidence, focusing on two key components of culture: preferences and beliefs. Adopting...

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Climatic roots of loss aversion

Galor, Oded; Savitskiy, Viacheslav - 2018

This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...

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Does revealing personality data affect prosocial behavior?

Drouvelis, Michalis; Georgantzís, Nikolaos - 2019

Many modern organisations collect data on individuals' personality traits as part of their human resource selection … processes. We test experimentally whether revealing information on personality data impacts on pro-social behaviour as measured … in a one-shot modified dictator game and a public goods game. Our focus is on the personality trait of agreeableness …

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