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Explaining gender differences in competitiveness : gender-task stereotypes
Große, Niels D.; Riener, Gerhard - 2010
able to explain a large part of the under-representation of women in tournament like environments. We conduct an experiment …-sex groups given different incentive schemes. Furthermore, we report the results of a framed field experiment, where we explore a … our interpretation. -- Competition, piece rate ; revenue sharing ; gender-task stereotype ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944236
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On whom would I want to depend; Humans or nature?
Farjam, Mike - 2015
We study in an experiment whether humans prefer to depend on decisions of other humans (social uncertainty) or states … other humans. This is the first experiment that studies social uncertainty that does not derive from a strategic situation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392605
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Psychology and economics rather than psychology versus economics : cultural differences but no barriers!
Brandstätter, Hermann; Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut - 2008
During the last three decades the ascent of behavioral economics clearly helped to bring down artificial disciplinary boundaries between psychology and economics. Noting that behavioral economics seems still under the spell of the rational choice tradition and, indirectly, of behaviorism we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809939
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Overweighting private information : three measures, one bias?
Fellner, Gerlinde; Krügel, Sebastian - 2010
Overweighting private information is often used to explain various detrimental decisions. In behavioral economics and finance, it is usually modeled as a direct consequence of misperceiving signal reliability. This bias is typically dubbed overconfidence and linked to the judgment literature in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669956
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(Non-) behavioral economics : a programmatic assessment
Güth, Werner (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003593213
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Imperfect recall and time inconsistencies : an experimental test of the absentminded driver “paradox”
Levati, M. Vittoria; Uhl, Matthias; Zultan, Ro'i - 2010
. -- imperfect recall ; absentmindedness ; dynamic inconsistency ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003980493
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Behavioral social learning
March, Christoph; Ziegelmeyer, Anthony - 2009
We revisit the economic models of social learning by assuming that individuals update their beliefs in a non-Bayesian way. Individuals either overweigh or underweigh (in Bayesian terms) their private information relative to the public information revealed by the decisions of others and each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003924223
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Challenging the intrapersonal empathy gap : an experiment with self-commitment power
Uhl, Matthias - 2011
Loewenstein (1996, 2005) identifies an intrapersonal empathy gap. In the respective experiments, subjects make choices with delayed consequences. When entering the state where these consequences would unfold, they get the possibility to revise their initial choice. Revisions are more substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008990904
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Are groups more rational, more competitive or more prosocial bargainers?
Vollstädt, Ulrike; Böhm, Robert - 2012
. -- alternating offers bargaining experiment ; inter-group behavior ; inter-individual behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579900
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Moral emotions and partnership
Bracht, Juergen; Regner, Tobias - 2011
Actual behaviour is influenced in important ways by moral emotions, for instance guilt or shame (see among others … consider such emotions to explain other-regarding behaviour. Our study links recent advances in psychological theory on moral … important determinant of kind behaviour. This applies to private as well as public settings. -- social preferences ; other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230371