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Social Preferences in Private Decisions
Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - 2012
earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326434
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HIV/AIDS, Risk Aversion and Intertemporal Choice
Lammers, Judith; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - 2010
This study analyses the relation between perceived health status and intertemporal choice. We use data from experiments with real monetary rewards conducted among students in South Africa to estimate risk and time preferences. These experimental data, based on multiple price lists developed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220473
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Risk Aversion and the Subjective Time Discount Rate: A Joint Approach
van Praag, Bernard M.S.; Booij, Adam S. - 2003
ignored, we find completely differentestimates for ? . We conclude that in the case of lotteries with big prizes a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324926
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Investment, Resolution of Risk, and the Role of Affect
van Winden, Frans; Krawczyk, Michal; Hopfensitz, Astrid - 2008
-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants' preferencesfor resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment.Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325960
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Errors in Judicial Decisions
Sonnemans, Joep; van Dijk, Frans - 2008
verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325809
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Deal or No Deal? Decision-making under Risk in a Large-payoff Game Show
Post, Thierry; Baltussen, Guido; van den Assem, Martijn - 2006
We examine the risky choices of contestants in the popular TV game show “Deal or No Deal” and related classroom experiments. Contrary to the traditional view of expected utility theory, the choices can be explained in large part by previous outcomes experienced during the game. Risk aversion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325560
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Eliciting Discount Functions when Baseline Consumption changes over Time
Gerber, Anke; Rohde, Kirsten I.M. - 2009
Many empirical studies on intertemporal choice report preference reversals in the sensethat a preference between a small reward to be received soon and a larger reward to bereceived later reverses as both rewards are equally delayed. Such preference reversals arecommonly interpreted as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325966
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HIV/AIDS, Risk Aversion and Intertemporal Choice
Lammers, Judith; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - 2007
This study analyses the relation between perceived health status and intertemporal choice. We use data from experiments with real monetary rewards conduEted among students in South Africa to estimate risk and time preferences. These experimental data, based on muitiple price lists developed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325511
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Employee Recognition and Performance : A Field Experiment
Bradler, Christiane; Dur, Robert; Neckermann, Susanne; … - 2013
This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039321
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Ability Dispersion and Team Performance : A Field Experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, Mirjam - 2012
conduct a large field experiment in which teams start up and manage real companies under identical circumstances. Exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039713