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unique natural experiment to demonstrate how collective uncertainty, induced by national government policy, affects the … the negative impact Brexit can have on their lives and livelihoods. We analyse encompassing interview data conducted among … natürliches Experiment um zu zeigen, wie kollektive Unsicherheit, die durch nationale Regierungspolitik induziert wird, das …
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experiment with a large representative sample (N = 1,832), we vary whether risky choices are induced to be based on either …
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experiment with a student subject pool in Germany. In addition, we replicate the experiment as an online experiment with citizens … of flood-prone areas in the city of Dornbirn (Austria). The experiment reflects two possible designs of governmental …
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increased online-search activity. Consistently, an experiment that just encourages search-engine usage produces very similar … results. Another experiment provides no evidence of experimenter-demand effects. Overall, results suggest that incentive …
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We study the relationship between overconfidence and the political and financial behavior of a nationally representative sample. Consistent with theoretical predictions, our findings indicate that excessive confidence in one's judgment is associated with lower portfolio diversification, greater...
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monitoring of a mobility experiment in the Graefekiez, a neighborhood in Berlin Kreuzberg, rarely heard as well as groups of …
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In this paper we study the effects that loss contracts - prepayments that can be clawbacked later - have on group coordination when there is strategic uncertainty. We compare the choices made by experimental subjects in a minimum effort game. In control sessions, incentives are formulated as a...
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This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
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A large number of recent experimental studies show that women are less likely to sort into competitive environments. While part of this effect may be explained by gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence, previous studies have attributed the majority of the gender gap to gender...
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