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This paper provides an overview of the work of Herbert Simon and his ideas about rational decision making. By his own …’s research is how human beings organize themselves in different structures of distributed decision making in order to achieve a … view on rational decision making in economics and other social sciences. …
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. Behind the debate, it is argued, lies a fundamental different idea of how human decision-making is to be understood and …
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In stated choice (SC) data inconsistent and lexicographic choice behavior is often observed. It is sometimes recommended to remove data with these characteristics from the analysis. In this paper we reconsider this recommendation. In our data many respondents have inconsistent choice patterns,...
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the experiment. Hence for so-called induced budget experiments the Generalized Axiom of Revealed Preference is a necessary …
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verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective … acquired. Roughly half of the participants do not base their decision on a subjective belief of the probability of guilt. The …
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We examine the risky choices of contestants in the popular TV game show “Deal or No Deal” and related classroom experiments. Contrary to the traditional view of expected utility theory, the choices can be explained in large part by previous outcomes experienced during the game. Risk aversion...
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Many empirical studies on intertemporal choice report preference reversals in the sensethat a preference between a small reward to be received soon and a larger reward to bereceived later reverses as both rewards are equally delayed. Such preference reversals arecommonly interpreted as...
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