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On the construction of social preferences in lab experiments
Borgloh, Sarah; Dannenberg, Astrid; Aretz, Bodo - 2010
This paper studies the construction of social preferences in the lab. Experimental subjects have the opportunity to donate to a charity and to allocate money in a conventional dictator game. The results show that charitable donations and dictator game allocations are positively correlated. The...
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Algorithmic advice as a credence good
Biermann, Jan; Horton, John J.; Walter, Johannes - 2022
assumption that humans can assess the quality of algorithms. We test this assumption by conducting an online experiment with 1263 … - decision-makers cannot verify the quality of such goods, even after "consuming" them. Based on this finding, we test two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013502147
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The curse of knowledge increases self-selection into competition: Experimental evidence
Danz, David - 2014
-informed others. This paper presents a controlled experiment showing that this "curse of knowledge" can cause comparative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397879
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Negotiation under the curse of knowledge
Pierrot, Thibaud - 2019
negotiation situations. We report the results of a laboratory experiment that was designed to isolate the effect of the curse of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141849
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Tax compliance under tax regime changes
Heinemann, Friedrich; Kocher, Martin G. - 2010
In this paper we focus on the compliance effects of tax regime changes. According to the economic model of tax evasion, a tax reform should affect compliance through its impact on tax rates and incentives. Our findings demonstrate the importance of at least two further effects not covered by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300014
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Social preferences under risk: an experimental analysis
Bradler, Christiane - 2009
whether this type of behavior persists when risk comes into play. I devise an experiment which sheds light on the … interrelation of risk and social preferences by measuring (1) individual risk preferences, (2) interpersonal risk preferences, and … (3) social preferences under certainty. The results reveal that a large share of subjects choose to accept more risk or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299505
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Aggregation and convergence in experimental general equilibrium economies constructed from naturally occurring preferences
Crockett, Sean; Friedman, Daniel; Oprea, Ryan - 2017
Prior laboratory experiments have studied general equilibrium economies constructed from "induced preferences" for artificial goods. We introduce new methods that allow us to study economies constructed instead from subjects' actual, "homegrown" preferences. Our subjects reveal their preferences...
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Everyday econometricians: Selection neglect and overoptimism when learning from others
Barron, Kai; Huck, Steffen; Jehiel, Philippe - 2019
In this paper, we design an investment game which allows us to study the influence of selection when learning from … others. Using the theoretical study of selection neglect in Jehiel (2018) as a guide, we test (i) for the presence of … selection neglect in this investment context, and (ii) some comparative static predictions of the model. We find strong evidence …
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The Decision of Venture Capitalists on Timing and Extent of IPOs
Tykvová, Tereza - 2003
We analyze the venture capitalist's decision on the timing of the IPO, the offer price and the fraction of shares he sells in the course of the IPO. A venture capitalist may decide to take a company public or to liquidate it after one or two financing periods. A longer venture capitalist's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298130
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Stability and explanatory power of inequality aversion: an investigation of the house money effect
Dannenberg, Astrid; Riechmann, Thomas; Sturm, Bodo; … - 2010
In this paper, we analyse if individual inequality aversion measured with simple experimental games depends on whether the monetary endowment in these games is either a windfall gain ("house money") or a reward for a certain effort-related performance. Moreover, we analyse whether the way of...
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