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By facilitating the flow of information in society, communications technology (CT; e.g., newspapers, radio, television, the internet) can help terrorists to (i) spread their message, (ii) recruit followers, and (iii) coordinate among group members. However, CT also facilitates monitoring and...
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Digital platforms, empowered by artificial intelligence algorithms, facilitate efficient interactions between consumers and merchants that allow the collection of profiling information which drives innovation and welfare. Private incentives, however, lead to information asymmetries resulting in...
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In this paper we investigate the relationship between news sources and media firms. Although empirically important, this channel for supply-driven media bias has not previously been analyzed in economics literature. We model the relationship as an informal contract based on trust and punishment,...
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Algorithm-based decision support systems play an increasingly important role in decisions involving exploration tasks … rather than exploitation, and model the participants' decision-making processes using a learning model comparable to the …
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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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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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. Second, even highly experienced decision-makers are more likely to make mistakes when choosing from sets with higher …
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to what a traditional rational optimizing agent would choose. This model is a first step to understand decision-making in …
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intuitive decision while others allow for extensive reflection time. To be able to pursue a deceptive strategy, however, a … dimension for dishonest decision-making and for the cognition process of the chance to deceive. We conduct a laboratory … opportunity and the conscious decision to misreport, reveals that more reflection time increases awareness of the misreporting …
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.g. gender, race, sugar) have a stronger effect when the attribute is mixed with others, and so the decision becomes less …
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