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Motivated political reasoning: the formation of belief-value constellations
Barron, Kai; Becker, Anna; Huck, Steffen - 2021
We study the causal relationship between moral values ("ought" statements) and factual beliefs ("is" statements) and show that, contrary to predictions of orthodox Bayesian models, values exert an influence on beliefs. This effect is mediated by prior political leanings and, thus, contributes to...
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Motivated procrastination
Cordes, Charlotte A.; Friedrichsen, Jana; Schudy, Simeon - 2023
Traditionally, economic models have attributed procrastination to present bias. However, procrastination may also arise when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding motivated, overly optimistic beliefs about the workload they need to complete. This study provides a rigorous...
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Toward a holistic approach to central bank trust
Eickmeier, Sandra; Petersen, Luba - 2024
We examine public trust in the European Central Bank (ECB) and its determinants using data from the Bundesbank Household Panel survey for Germany. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates insights from political science and psychology, we offer a fresh perspective on the factors...
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Leadership styles and labor-market conditions
Dur, Robert A. J.; Kvaloy, Ola; Schöttner, Anja - 2021
social preferences. In a single-period setting, only moderately altruistic leaders use praise as a motivation tool, whereas …
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Monetary incentives and the contagion of unethical behavior
Le Maux, Benoît; Masclet, David; Necker, Sarah - 2021
We analyze both theoretically and empirically how monetary incentives and information about others’ behavior affect dishonesty. We run a laboratory experiment with 560 participants, each of whom observes a number from one to six with there being a payoff associated with each number. They can...
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Monetäre Stabilität unter Unsicherheit : eine Analyse aus der Perspektive der Vermögensmarkttheorie und Handlungstheorie
Muchlinski, Elke - 2011
Es ist das theoretische Ziel des Forschungsvorhabens, die Bestimmungsfaktoren der "monetäre Stabilität unter Unsicherheit" aus einer Vermögensmarktperspektive und aus einer handlungstheoretischen Perspektive zu erklären. Die im Vermögensmarktansatz bislang nicht explizierten...
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The (in)elasticity of moral ignorance
Serra-Garcia, Marta; Szech, Nora - 2019
We investigate the elasticity of moral ignorance with respect to monetary incentives and social norm information. We propose that individuals suffer from higher moral costs when rejecting a certain donation, and thus pay for moral ignorance. Consistent with our model, we find significant...
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Why consciousness?
Aumann, Robert J. - 2021
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Reforming an institutional culture of corruption : a model of motivated agents and collective reputation
Valasek, Justin - 2015
difficultly of selecting workers whose motivation is aligned with the mission of the institution -- in direct contrast to evidence …-wage argument, empirical evidence from developing countries suggests that motivation is weakly increasing in wages. This paper …-wage equilibrium. Importantly, the comparative statics of motivation and wage differ between the equilibria: starting from low …
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Dynamic reform of public institutions : a model of motivated agents and collective reputation
Valasek, Justin - 2016 - Revised October 2016
State capacity is optimized when public institutions are staffed by individuals with public-service motivation. However … and low aggregate motivation (reputation) in the mission-oriented sector exist. Reforming a low-motivation institution … requires a non-monotonic wage path: since the effect of higher wages on motivation is negative for a highreputation institution …
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