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The media report news that in turn influences behaviors. This news is drawn from a set of available information. In … this paper, we study how the set of information is "exante" affected by anticipated media coverages. First, we take an … coverage shocks significantly impact the production of information. More precisely, stories that are substitute to sport news …
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information about the deception of his peers. The experimental data confirm this. We conclude that concern for relative standing …
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This paper tests two explanations for apparent undersaving in lifecycle models: Bounded rationality; and a preference for immediacy. Each was addressed in a separate experimental study. In first study, subjects saved too little initially - providing evidence for bounded rationality - but learned...
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different types of information and intertemporal behavior (i.e., discounting) in guiding energy efficiency behavior. We find … that simple information on the economic value of saving energy was the most important element guiding more cost …-efficient investments in appliance energy efficiency, with information on physical energy use and carbon dioxide emissions having additional …
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choice experiment with alternative labels, we disentangle the relative importance of different types of information and … intertemporal behavior (i.e., discounting) in guiding energy efficiency behavior. We find that simple information on the economic … information on physical energy use and carbon emissions having additional but lesser importance. The degree to which the current …
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, specifically a Pigouvian subsidy, and four non-price interventions. The non-price policies are information alone, information with …-enhancing intervention. Information provision, communication, normative appeals, and normative appeals combined with communication all reduce … over-extraction (though by less than the subsidy) without exacerbating over-compliance; however, the effects of information …
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congestion. Subjects receive feedback information on the actual travel times of both modes. We find that individuals exhibit a …
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-specific information in the group effort levels chosen by players in an experimental CPR game. We examine two basic treatments, one with … incomplete information and the other with complete information. In the former, subjects are informed only about their own … provision of subject-specific performance information (i.e. individual’s effort levels and payoffs) improve or worsen the …
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. We apply GPAL to a homogeneous good Bertrand duopoly experiment with random matching and population pricing information … own experience overwhelmingly dominates learning, despite the useful information about behavior of potential future …
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When we become aware that our past actions carry information about qualities that we possess or lack, which others use … this information? We study this question experimentally using generosity as a sign and a signal of trustworthiness, and a … content with the information conveyed by their past actions. Those neither miserly nor generous in the first dictator game, an …
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