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Which measures of time preference best predict outcomes? : evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Götte, Lorenz; … - 2011
Economists and psychologists have devised numerous instruments to measure time preferences and have generated a rich … literature examining the extent to which time preferences predict important outcomes; however, we still do not know which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309461
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Overconfidence is a social signaling bias
Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Götte, Lorenz; … - 2010
lying, or both. We provide evidence that personality traits strongly affect relative ability judgments in a pattern that is … signaling ; field experiment ; IQ ; numeracy ; personality ; MPQ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944720
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Self selection does not increase other-regarding preferences among adult laboratory subjects, but student subjects may be more self-regarding than adults
Anderson, Jon; Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; … - 2010
scope for self-selection in this sample. We find no differences in the elicited other-regarding preferences between the self … experiment ; field experiment ; other-regarding behavior ; social preferences ; truckload ; trucker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314280
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Moving ahead by thinking backwards : cognitive skills, personality, and economic preferences in collegiate success
Burks, Stephen V.; Lewis, Connor; Kivi, Paul; Wiener, Amanda - 2014
We collected personality (Big Five) and demographic characteristics, and ran incentivized experiments measuring … cognitive skills (non-verbal IQ, numeracy, backward induction/planning), and economic (time, risk) preferences, with 100 … Agreeableness has a robust negative effect on both graduation outcomes, but not on GPA. Economic time preferences predict graduation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246051
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Moving ahead by thinking backwards : cognitive skills, personality, and economic preferences in collegiate success
Burks, Stephen V.; Lewis, Connor; Kivi, Paul; Wiener, Amanda - 2014
We collected personality (Big Five) and demographic characteristics, and ran incentivized experiments measuring … cognitive skills (non-verbal IQ, numeracy, backward induction/ planning), and economic (time, risk) preferences, with 100 … Agreeableness has a robust negative effect on both graduation outcomes, but not on GPA. Economic time preferences predict graduation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246768
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Self selection does not increase other-regarding preferences among adult laboratory subjects, but student subjects may be more self-regarding than adults
Anderson, Jon; Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; … - 2010
scope for self-selection in this sample. We find no differences in the elicited other-regarding preferences between the self … experiment ; otherregarding behavior ; social preferences ; truckload ; trucker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933787
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Moving Ahead by Thinking Backwards : Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success
Burks, Stephen V. - 2014
We collected personality (Big Five) and demographic characteristics, and ran incentivized experiments measuring … cognitive skills (non-verbal IQ, numeracy, backward induction/ planning), and economic (time, risk) preferences, with 100 … Agreeableness has a robust negative effect on both graduation outcomes, but not on GPA. Economic time preferences predict graduation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058320
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Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken? An Empirical Analysis Using Nationally Representative Data
Burks, Stephen V. - 2018
The US trucking industry trade press often portrays the US labor market for truck drivers as not working, citing persistent driver shortages and high levels of firm‐level turnover, and predicting significant resulting constraints on the supply of motor freight services. We investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910747
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The value of hiring through referrals
Burks, Stephen V.; Cowgill, Bo; Hoffman, Mitchell; … - 2013
Employee referrals are a very common means by which firms hire new workers. Past work suggests that workers hired via referrals often perform better than non-referred workers, but we have little understanding as to why. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is primarily because referrals allow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740343
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Is the U.S. labor market for truck drivers broken? : an empirical analysis using nationally representative data
Burks, Stephen V.; Monaco, Kristen A. - 2018
The US trucking industry trade press often portrays the US labor market for truck drivers as not working, citing persistent driver shortages and high levels of firm‐level turnover, and predicting significant resulting constraints on the supply of motor freight services. We investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011912801