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Limited self-knowledge and survey response behavior
Falk, Armin; Neuber, Thomas; Strack, Philippe - 2021
We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of self-reports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
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Self-confidence and strategic behavior
Charness, Gary; Rustichini, Aldo; Ven, Jeroen van de - 2013
We test experimentally an explanation of over and under confidence as motivated by (perhaps unconscious) strategic concerns, and find compelling evidence supporting this hypothesis in the behavior of participants who send and respond to others ́statements of confidence about how well they have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223063
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Identifying and overcoming gender barriers in tech : a field experiment on inaccurate statistical discrimination
Feld, Jan; Ip, Edwin; Leibbrandt, Andreas; Vecci, Joseph - 2022
Women are significantly underrepresented in the technology sector. We design a field experiment to identify statistical discrimination in job applicant assessments and test treatments to help improve hiring of the best applicants. In our experiment, we measure the programming skills of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013383603
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Econographics
Chapman, Jonathan; Dean, Mark; Ortoleva, Pietro; … - 2018
We study the pattern of correlations across a large number of behavioral regularities, with the goal of creating an empirical basis for more comprehensive theories of decision-making. We elicit 21 behaviors using an incentivized survey on a representative sample (n = 1;000) of the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897575
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422534
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Beliefs as a means of self-control? : evidence from a dynamic student survey
Bönisch, Felix; König, Tobias; … - 2024
We repeatedly elicit beliefs about the returns to study effort, in a large university course. A behavioral model of … quasi-hyperbolic discounting and malleable beliefs predicts that the dynamics of beliefs mirrors the importance of exerting … the hypothesized mechanism that beliefs serve as a means of self-control. …
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Spreading consensus : correcting misperceptions about the views of the medical community has lasting impacts on Covid-19 vaccine take-up
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; … - 2022
were gradually rolled out. We find that the treatment recalibrates beliefs and leads to a lasting and stable increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938953
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Does public policy affect attitudes? : evidence from age-based health insurance coverage policies in the United States
Yörük, Barış K. - 2022
The existing literature provides evidence that public opinion and attitudes often affect public policy. However, little … adopted, and highlight the importance of age in attitude formation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255849
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Beliefs about racial discrimination and support for pro-black policies
Haaland, Ingar; Roth, Christopher - 2019
representative samples of Americans, we elicit quantitative and incentivized beliefs about the extent of hiring discrimination … receive a callback. An information treatment substantially narrows Republican-Democrat differences in beliefs, but fails to … narrow differences in political behavior. Overall, the results demonstrate that correcting biases in beliefs about the extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064322
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Beliefs about the gender gap in salary negotiations
Capozza, Francesco - 2024
This paper investigates beliefs concerning the gender gap in salary negotiations (GGSN) in a sample of 4,300 women, 1 … its magnitude. Providing respondents with accurate information changes their beliefs about it. However, this does not lead …
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