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"Let me dream on!" : anticipatory emotions and preference for timing in lotteries
Kocher, Martin; Krawczyk, Michal; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2009 - This version: September 2009
We analyze one of the explanations why people participate in lotteries. Our hypothesis stipulates that part of the … value that a unit of money buys in lotteries is consumed before the actual resolution in the form of emotions such as hope … emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …
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Gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes : experimental evidence from a matrilineal and a patrilineal society
Pondorfer, Andreas; Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rehdanz, Katrin; … - 2014
We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes about risk preferences …
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Mindfulness, preferences and well-being : mindfulness predicts adolescents' field behaviour
Lima de Miranda, Katharina - 2019
Mindfulness could influence economic and health related behaviour by bringing about increased and unbiased attention to the present moment, for example to a decision making process. This study explores the relationship between mindfulness and economic preferences, and consequently well-being, of...
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Financial literacy, economic preferences, and adolescents' field behavior
Razen, Michael; Huber, Jürgen; Hueber, Laura; … - 2020
Financial literacy and economic preferences are considered to be important drivers of health, income, and general well-being. In this paper we bridge the gap between studies on financial literacy and research on economic preferences by how they interplay with each other and the field behavior of...
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Framing effects and impatience : evidence from a large scale experiment
Heijden, Eline C. van der; Klein, Tobias J.; Müller, … - 2012
. -- framing ; choice under risk ; time preference ; experiment …
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Higher order risk preferences : experimental measures, determinants and related field behavior
Schneider, Sebastan O.; Sutter, Matthias - 2020 - This version: March 1, 2020
relations have never been investigated with field data. In a large-scale experiment with 658 adolescents, we relate experimental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012438117
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Framing Effects and Impatience : Evidence from a Large Scale Experiment
van der Heijden, Eline - 2013
We confront a representative sample of one 1,102 Dutch individuals with a series of incentivized investment decisions and also elicit their time preferences. There are two treatments that differ in the frequency at which individuals decide about the invested amount. The low frequency treatment...
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Does Nurture Matter : Theory and Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Working Environment on Risk and Time Preferences
Nguyen, Quang - 2013
between environment and preferences. To verify the model's prediction, we use a combined artefactual field experiment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079227
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When do reference points update? : a field analysis of the effect of prior gains and losses on risk-taking over time
Rüdisser, Maximilian; Flepp, Raphael; Franck, Egon - 2017
We study how temporal separations affect recurring decision-making under risk and thus ask when reference points update. Using both experimental and panel data from a casino, we analyze how individual risk-taking behavior during a casino visit depends on the outcomes of temporally separated...
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Least unmatched price auctions : a first approach
Eichberger, Jürgen; Vinogradov, Dmitri - 2008
Least-Unmatched Price Auctions have become a popular format of TV and radio shows. Increasingly, they are also applied in internet trading. In these auctions the lowest single (unique) bid wins. We analyze the game-theoretic solution of least unmatched price auctions when prize, bidding cost and...
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