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Mindfulness, preferences and well-being : mindfulness predicts adolescents' field behaviour

Lima de Miranda, Katharina - 2019

Mindfulness could influence economic and health related behaviour by bringing about increased and unbiased attention to the present moment, for example to a decision making process. This study explores the relationship between mindfulness and economic preferences, and consequently well-being, of...

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The influence of induced care and anger motives on behavior, beliefs and perceptions in a public goods game

Bartke, Simon; Bosworth, Steven; Snower, Dennis J.; … - 2016

This study analyzes the stability of preferences through the lens of psychological motives. We report the results of a public goods experiment in which subjects were induced with the motives of Care and Anger through autobiographical recall. Subjects' preferences, beliefs, and perceptions under...

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Insurance demand and prospect theory

Schmidt, Ulrich - 2012

Empirical evidence has shown that people are unwilling to insure rare losses at subsidized premiums and at the same time take-up insurance for moderate risks at highly loaded premiums. This paper explores whether prospect theory, in particular diminishing sensitivity and loss aversion, can...

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Donations to US based NGOs in international development cooperation : how (un-)informed are private donors?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2011

Apart from scaling up foreign aid by NGOs, informed choices of private donors could also encourage an efficient and targeted use of NGO funds in international development cooperation. We assess the determinants of private donations across a large sample of US based NGOs with foreign aid...

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Home-product bias, capital mobility, and the effects of monetary policy shocks in open economies

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Border effects in passenger air traffic

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Insurance demand under prospect theory : a graphical analysis

Schmidt, Ulrich - 2012

This paper analyzes insurance demand under prospect theory in a simple model with two states of the world and fair insurance contracts. We argue that two different reference points are reasonable in this framework, state-dependent initial wealth or final wealth after buying full insurance....

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