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The effect of sorority membership on eating disorders and body mass index
Averett, Susan; Terrizzi, Sabrina; Yang Wang - 2013
Eating disorders affect 12-25% of college women. Previous research established a positive correlation between sorority membership and eating disorders. We investigate a possible causal link between sororities and weight-related behaviors and eating disorders using data from the American College...
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Do friendship networks improve female education?
Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asad; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2017
that random groups with identical compositions to those of friendship groups do not produce similar effects. Our study thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636679
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Gender differences in the effect of employee-manager friendships on salary dynamics in CPA firms
Tobol, Yossef; Bar-El, Ronen; Arbel, Yuval; Azar, Ofer H. - 2019
findings suggest that the degree of friendship with the team manager is positively correlated with the rate of the salary …
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The emotional timeline of unemployment : anticipation, reaction, and adaptation
Scheve, Christian von; Esche, Frederike; Schupp, Jürgen - 2013
-being by analyzing the frequency with which specific emotions are experienced in anticipation of and reaction to job loss … unemployed leads to more frequent experiences of unpleasant emotions only in the short run and that adaptation occurs more …
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Current emotion research in economics
Wälde, Klaus; Moors, Agnes - 2016
utility theory. Beyond feelings, economic theorists use full-fledged specific emotions to explain behavior that otherwise … could not be understood or they study emotions out of interest for the emotion itself. While some analyses display a strong …
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Mind, body, bubble! : psychological and biophysical dimensions of behavior in experimental asset markets
Butler, David J.; Cheung, Stephen L. - 2018
efficiency, while incidental emotions can impair it. Signals in specific brain areas can be a trigger precipitating a bubble …
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When the market drives you crazy : stock market returns and fatal car accidents
Guilietti, Corrado; Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2018
tests support a causal interpretation of this finding. Our results are consistent with immediate emotions stirred by a …
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Anger management : aggression and punishment in the provision of public goods
Gee, Laura K.; Lyu, Xinxin; Urry, Heather - 2017
emotions could decrease the use of punishments while keeping welfare high, possibly depending on pre-existing levels of … net earnings and self-reported emotions compared to a control condition (Natural). Although the interaction between the …
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Rain, emotions and voting for the status quo
Meier, Armando N.; Schmid, Lukas; Stutzer, Alois - 2016
Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580862
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Famous after death : the effect of a writer's death on book sales
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2022
ask if consumers are affected by factors such as emotions and limited attention, as highlighted in behavioral economics … when the news is covered more extensively, suggesting that emotions and media attention are the main drivers of the impact. …
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