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Unequal opportunities and distributive justice
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Fischbacher, Urs; Föllmi-Heusi, … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 51-61
We provide experimental evidence on how unequal access to performance enhancing education affects demand for … subjects. We compare situations in which randomly chosen people get access to performance enhancing education with situations … unequal access to education are more likely to disagree about the appropriate distribution. …
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Skill formation under incomplete information
Weinschenk, Philipp - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 2, pp. 209-217
We model child development as a multi-stage investment problem, where the child's specific ability is unknown at the early stage of childhood and learnt at the late stage. We show that this form of incomplete information weakens the importance of early investments in children if inter-stage...
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Grade inflation, social background, and labour market matching
Schwager, Robert - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 1, pp. 56-66
A model is presented where workers of differing abilities and from different social backgrounds are assigned to jobs based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low-ability students. Such grade inflation is shown to reduce...
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A Theory of Price Adjustment under Loss Aversion
Ahrens, Steffen; Pirschel, Inske; Snower, Dennis J. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 134 (2017), pp. 78-95
We present a new partial equilibrium theory of price adjustment, based on consumer loss aversion. In line with prospect theory, the consumers’ perceived utility losses from price increases are weighted more heavily than the perceived utility gains from price decreases of equal magnitude. Price...
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2D:4D does not predict economic preferences: Evidence from a large, representative sample
Neyse, Levent; Johannesson, Magnus; Dreber, Anna - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 185 (2021), pp. 390-401
The digit ratio (2D:4D) is considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero, and there has been a recent surge of studies testing whether 2D:4D is associated with economic preferences. Although the results are not conclusive, previous studies have reported statistically significant...
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Strategic complexity and cooperation: An experimental study
Jones, Matthew T. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 352-366
This study investigates whether cooperation in an indefinitely repeated prisoner's dilemma is sensitive to the complexity of cooperative strategies. An experimental design which allows manipulations of the complexity of these strategies by making either the cooperate action or the defect action...
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Conspicuous consumption, conspicuous health, and optimal taxation
Mujcic, Redzo; Frijters, Paul - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 111 (2015) C, pp. 59-70
We present a simple model of status-seeking over multiple socioeconomic domains by introducing the concept of conspicuous health as an argument in the utility function, in addition to the well-established conspicuous consumption term. We explore the implications of such a utility function for...
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Price complexity and buyer confusion in markets
Kalaycı, Kenan - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 111 (2015) C, pp. 154-168
This paper reports a duopoly market experiment that examines the effects of price complexity on market prices. In my experimental posted-offer markets, each seller offers an identical good to buyers with homogeneous preferences. First, sellers simultaneously decide on the price and the tariff...
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No myopic loss aversion in adolescents? – An experimental note
Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias; Zeileis, Achim - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 111 (2015) C, pp. 169-176
Myopic loss aversion (MLA) has been found to play a persistent role for investment behavior under risk. We study whether MLA is already present during adolescence. Quite surprisingly, we find no evidence of MLA in a sample of 755 adolescents. This finding is at odds with previous findings, and...
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Cultural integration: Experimental evidence of convergence in immigrants’ preferences
Cameron, Lisa; Erkal, Nisvan; Gangadharan, Lata; Zhang, … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 111 (2015) C, pp. 38-58
general associated with a convergence to Western norms of behaviour. Specifically, the share of education an individual …
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