We analyze one of the explanations why people participate in lotteries. Our hypothesis stipulates that part of the … value that a unit of money buys in lotteries is consumed before the actual resolution in the form of emotions such as hope … emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …

ignored, we find completely differentestimates for ? . We conclude that in the case of lotteries with big prizes a …

In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We …, it raised the lowest revenue per household in the field. Our experiment reveals two potential explanations for this …

We conducted a field experiment to increase our understanding of lottery participation. Using representative data for …

field experiment examines the extent to which this is the case. At different points in time, the same participants allocated … experiment on stationarity, time invariance and time consistency finds using a different design among a different type of …

-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants' preferencesfor resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment.Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …

perform a large "lab-in-the-field" experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers - a suitable comparison group - and …