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We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes about risk preferences …
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This note presents an experimental study of the random lottery incentive mechanism. In the baseline treatment we observe risk behavior in a given choice problem. We show that by integrating a second, asymmetrically dominated choice problem in a random incentive mechanism risk behavior can be...
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This doctoral thesis investigates the influence of overconfidence on the outcomes in experimental asset markets, both on the market and individual levels. Thesis consists of three parts. In the first part an instrument (test) is developed that is later used in economic experiments to measure...
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There is a large literature showing that willingness-to-accept (WTA) is usually much higher than willingness-to-pay (WTP) in empirical studies although they should be roughly equal according to traditional economic theory. A second stream of literature shows that people are typically ambiguity...
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This research integrates a standard "cheating" experiment into a broad household survey and finds relationships between … individual characteristics and cheating behavior. We allow for attendance of others at the cheating experiment, addressing the …, while affluence makes cheating costly, as it allows behaving honestly. The underlying experiment in rural Thailand …
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