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Some contributions of economics to the study of personality

Heckman, James J.; Jagelka, Tomáš; Kautz, Tim - 2019

This paper synthesizes recent research in economics and psychology on the measurement and empirical importance of personality skills and preferences. They predict and cause important life outcomes such as wages, health, and longevity. Skills develop over the life cycle and can be enhanced by...

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Psychological and biological foundations of time preference : evidence from a day reconstruction study with biological tracking

Daly, Michael (contributor); Delaney, Liam (contributor); … - 2008

This paper considers the relationship between the economic concept of time preference and relevant concepts from psychology and biology. Using novel data from a time diary study conducted in Ireland that combined detailed psychometric testing with medical testing and real-time bio-tracking, we...

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Psychological foundations of incentives

Fehr, Ernst; Falk, Armin - 2002

During the last two decades economists have made much progress in understanding incentives, contracts and organisations. Yet, they constrained their attention to a very narrow and empirically questionable view of human motivation. The purpose of this paper is to show that this narrow view of...

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Psychological momentum and gender

Cohen-Zada, Danny; Krumer, Alex; Shtudiner, Ze'ev - 2016

We exploit a natural experiment in which two professionals compete in a one-stage contest without strategic motives and where one contestant has a clear exogenous psychological momentum advantage over the other in order to estimate the causal effect of psychological momentum on performance. We...

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The effect of conflict history on cooperation within and between groups : evidence from a laboratory experiment

Beekman, Gonne; Cheung, Stephen L.; Levely, Ian - 2014

previously been (i) in conflict with one another, (ii) in conflict with a different group, or (iii) not previously exposed to … conflict. We model conflict using an inter-group Tullock contest, and measure its effects upon cooperation using a multi …-level public good game. We demonstrate that conflict increases cooperation within groups, while decreasing cooperation between …

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Diversity and conflict

Arbatli, Cemal Eren; Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded; … - 2018

This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity has contributed significantly to the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an exogenous source of variations in population diversity across...

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Does war foster cooperation or parochialism? : evidence from a natural experiment among Turkish conscripts

Kıbrıs, Arzu; Cesur, Resul - 2023

conflict exposure (ACE) among Turkish conscripts. Our empirical framework identifies the causal impact and isolates the … evidence that ACE fosters parochialism, measured by increased opposition to peaceful means of conflict resolution, animosity …

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Inequity aversion in subjective evaluations : evidence from referees' decisions in soccer

Morabito, Leo; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2024

Subjective evaluations in many contexts might be affected by decision-makers' social preferences. To explore this phenomenon, we use data from soccer referees' decisions. According to soccer rules, referees are expected to evaluate each episode independently, without taking into account previous...

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Predictors of social distancing and mask-wearing behavior: panel survey in seven U.S. states

Nikolov, Plamen; Pape, Andreas D.; Tonguc, Ozlem; … - 2020

This paper presents preliminary summary results from a longitudinal study of participants in seven U.S. states during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to standard socio-economic characteristics, we collect data on various economic preference parameters: time, risk, and social preferences, and...

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Further from the truth: the impact of in-person, online, and mTurk on dishonest behavior

Dickinson, David L.; McEvoy, David M. - 2020

Recent policies require some interactions previously conducted in close social proximity (e.g., school, workplace) to take place remotely, which motivates our investigation of how in-person versus online environments impact honesty. We modify a well-known coin-flip task and examine the influence...

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