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Optimistic, but not in control: Life-orientation and the theory of mixed control
Urbig, Diemo; Monsen, Erik - 2009
Why are some people more optimistic about their life than others? Literature on locus of control suggests that optimism is associated with the belief that one's life outcomes are controlled by internal factors, such as ability, instead of external factors, such as powerful others or chance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266644
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Optimistic, but not in Control: Life-Orientation and the Theory of mixed Control
Urbig, Diemo; Monsen, Erik - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Why are some people more optimistic about their life than others? Literature on locus of control suggests that optimism is associated with the belief that one’s life outcomes are controlled by internal factors, such as ability, instead of external factors, such as powerful others or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051053
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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions: an evaluation of the junior achievement student mini-company program
Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, C. Mirjam; IJsselstein, Auke - 2007
Both the European Community, its member countries and the United States have stimulated schools to implement entrepreneurship programs into schooling curricula on a large scale, based on the idea that entrepreneurial competencies and mindsets must be developed at school. The leading and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276974
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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions: An evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van; IJsselstein, Auke - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Both the European Community, its member countries and the United States have stimulated schools to implement entrepreneurship programs into schooling curricula on a large scale, based on the idea that entrepreneurial competencies and mindsets must be developed at school. The leading and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032002
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Don't aim too high: the potential costs of high aspirations
Matthey, Astrid; Dwenger, Nadja - 2007
realistic expectations later on. This paper shows that the costs induced by high aspirations are not trivial. We first develop a … evidence from a lab experiment on the factor found to be crucial: the adjustment of reference states to changes in expectations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263846
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Yesterday's expectation of tomorrow determines what you do today: the role of reference-dependent utility from expectations
Matthey, Astrid - 2008
The paper introduces the concept of adjustment utility, that is, referencedependent utility from expectations. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263858
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Out-of equilibrium bids in auctions: wrong expectations or wrong bids
Kirchkamp, Oliver; Reiss, J. Philipp - 2008
Deviations from equilibrium bids in auctions can be related to inconsistent expectations with correct best replies (see … Eyster and Rabin, 2005; Crawford and Iriberri, 2007) or correct expectations but small (perhaps quantal-response) mistakes in … and study expectations together with best replies. We extensively test the internal validity of this setup. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263873
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Bubbles in hybrid markets: How expectations about algorithmic trading affect human trading
Farjam, Mike; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2015
effect algorithmic traders have we use a clean design where we can manipulate only the expectations of human traders. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500166
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More than outcomes: A cognitive dissonance-based explanation of other-regarding behavior
Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - 2011
Recent research has cast some doubt on the general validity of outcome-based models of social preferences. We develop a model based on cognitive dissonance that focuses on the importance of self-image. An experiment (a dictator game variant) tests the model. First, we find that subjects whose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281679
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Don't aim too high: the potential costs of high aspirations
Matthey, Astrid; Dwenger, Nadja - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
realistic expectations later on. This paper shows that the costs induced by high aspirations are not trivial. We ?rst develop a … evidence from a lab experiment on the factor found to be crucial: the adjustment of reference states to changes in expectations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090462