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Take a Chance on ABBA
Cohen-Zada, Danny; Krumer, Alex; Shapir, Offer Moshe - 2017
The order of actions in contests may generate different psychological effects which, in turn, may influence contestants' probabilities to win. The Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence in which the first 'n' moves is the exact mirror image of the next 'n' moves should theoretically terminate any advantage...
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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/10010269033
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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Disproportionately Affect the Poor? Evidence from a Six-Country Survey
Dang, Hai-Anh; Huynh, Toan L. D.; Nguyen, Manh-Hung - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havocs on economies around the world. Yet, barely any evidence currently exists on the distributional impacts of the pandemic. We provide the first study that offers new theoretical and empirical evidence on the distributional impacts of the pandemic on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270030
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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences
Dang, Hai-Anh; Trinh, Trong-Anh - 2020
Despite a growing literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, scant evidence currently exists on its impacts on air quality. We offer the first study that provides cross-national evidence on the causal impacts of COVID-19 on air pollution. We assemble a rich database consisting of daily,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270158
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The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh; Trinh, Trong-Anh - 2020
Little evidence currently exists on the effects of COVID-19 on air quality in poorer countries, where most air pollution-linked deaths occur. We offer the first study that examines the pandemic's impacts on improving air quality in Vietnam, a lower-middle income country with worsening air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322450
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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10004999933
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Contracts as reference points: experimental evidence
Fehr, Ernst; Hart, Oliver; Zehnder, Christian - 2008
In a recent paper, Hart and Moore (2008) introduce new behavioral assumptions that can explain long term contracts and important aspects of the employment relation. However, so far there exists no direct evidence that supports these assumptions and, in particular, Hart and Moore's notion that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269323
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Contracts as Reference Points: Experimental Evidence
Fehr, Ernst; Hart, Oliver; Zehnder, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In a recent paper, Hart and Moore (2008) introduce new behavioral assumptions that can explain long term contracts and important aspects of the employment relation. However, so far there exists no direct evidence that supports these assumptions and, in particular, Hart and Moore's notion that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763665
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Management economics in a large retail organization
Siebert, William Stanley; Zubanov, Nikolay - 2008
We study the impact of and reward to middle management ability using data from 245 stores of a nationwide retailer. The … company scores six broad areas of management practice, the most important of which turns out to be commercial awareness, where … managers do not receive higher pay all else equal, which implies that middle management ability is not fully tradable. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276680
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Management Economics in a Large Retail Organization
Siebert, W. Stanley; Zubanov, Nikolay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study the impact of and reward to middle management ability using data from 245 stores of a nationwide retailer. The … company scores six broad areas of management practice, the most important of which turns out to be "commercial awareness … managers do not receive higher pay all else equal, which implies that middle management ability is not fully tradable. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703534