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Incentives, decision frames, and motivation crowding out : an experimental investigation
Irlenbusch, Bernd (contributor); Sliwka, Dirk (contributor) - 2005
A simple principal agent problem is experimentally investigated in which a principal repeatedly sets a wage and an agent responds by choosing an effort level. The principal's payoff is determined by the agent's effort. In a first setting the principal can only set a fixed wage in each period. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115144
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Choosing the Joneses : endogenous goals and reference standards
Falk, Armin (contributor); Knell, Markus (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002071958
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Social pressure influences decisions of individuals : evidence from the behavior of football referees
Dohmen, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
Analyzing the neutrality of referees during twelve German premier league (1st Bundesliga) football seasons, this paper documents evidence that social forces influence agents' preferences and decisions. Those, who are appointed to be impartial, tend to favor the home team as they systematically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002805382
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Gender identity and economic decision making
Brenøe, Anne Ardila; Eyibak, Zeynep; Heursen, Lea; … - 2024
Economic research on gender gaps has focused on variation based on the binary classification of "men" and "women". We explore whether a self-reported continuous measure of gender identity (CGI) explains variation in economic decisions and outcomes beyond the relationship with binary gender. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015162761
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Political ideology, mood response, and the confirmation bias
Dickinson, David L. - 2022
from two studies and three distinct decision tasks, we present data on over 1100 participants documenting the confirmation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286207
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Choices which change life satisfaction : revising SWB theory to account for change
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010
Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner’s personality, hours of work,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966917
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Strategic sophistication of adolescents : evidence from experimental normal-form games
Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2010
We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides making choices, subjects have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that choices are more often a best reply to beliefs if any player has a dominant strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003987136
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Partner (dis)agreement on moving desires and the subsequent moving behaviour of couples
Coulter, Rory; Ham, Maarten van; Feijten, Peteke - 2011
20.1% of shared moving desires lead to a subsequent move. -- residential mobility ; household decision making ; moving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235588
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Effects of stress on economic decision-making : evidence from laboratory experiments
Delaney, Liam; Fink, Guenther; Harmon, Colm - 2014
economics and public policy. We conducted a laboratory experiment to investigate the effects of stress on financial decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337421
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The effect of wealth and earned income on the decision to retire : a dynamic probit examination of retirement
Bender, Keith A.; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Theodossiou, … - 2014
This paper estimates the propensity to retire and the persistence of remaining retired once the decision to retire has … substitution effect of earned income is negative, thus decreasing the retirement probability. The retirement decision is strongly … state persistent for up to three years after the initial retirement decision and the state persistence of retirement is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239270