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Biased probability judgment : evidence of incidence and relationship to economic outcomes from a representative sample

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Marklein, Felix - 2009

Many economic decisions involve a substantial amount of uncertainty, and therefore crucially depend on how individuals process probabilistic information. In this paper, we investigate the capability for probability judgment in a representative sample of the German population. Our results show...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845575

Defaults and donations : evidence from a field experiment

Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Heidhues, Paul; … - 2014

We study how website defaults affect consumer behavior in the domain of charitable giving. In a field experiment that was conducted on a large platform for making charitable donations over the web, we exogenously vary the default options in two distinct choice dimensions. The first pertains to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441688

Truth-telling : a representative assessment

Abeler, Johannes; Becker, Anke; Falk, Armin - 2012

A central assumption of the canonical cheap talk literature is that people misreport their private information if this is to their material benefit. Recent evidence from laboratory experiments with student subjects suggests, however, that while many people do report the payoff-maximizing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629592

The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2006

We investigate whether two crucial determinants of economic decision making willingness to take risks and willingness to trust other people are transmitted from parents to children. Our evidence is based on survey questions that ask about these attitudes directly, and are good measures in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003481849

Charitable giving as a gift exchange : evidence from a field experiment

Falk, Armin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002043960

Choosing the Joneses : endogenous goals and reference standards

Falk, Armin (contributor); Knell, Markus (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002071958

Beliefs and utility : experimental evidence on preferences for information

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - 2016

Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future consumption have direct utility-consequences. This gives rise to informational preferences, i.e., preferences over the timing and structure of information. Using a novel and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528156

The effect of worker representation on employment behavior in Germany : another case of -2.5%

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115406

Unemployment and right-wing extremist crime

Falk, Armin (contributor); Zweimüller, Josef (contributor) - 2005

previously not used data set which includes all officially recorded right-wing criminal acts in Germany. These data are recorded … based solely on the different socialization in former communist East Germany and the liberal West German states. Our data …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002694257

The state of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany : the erosion continues

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010

This paper investigates trends in collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany from 2000 to 2008. It … western Germany. Arguably, the path of erosion will continue until rough and ready convergence is reached with eastern Germany … appears to be so. -- Erosion of the dual system ; collective bargaining/works council coverage ; eastern and western Germany …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984795