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Accuracy of food preference predictions in couples
Scheibehenne, Benjamin; Mata, Jutta; Richter, David - 2018
The goal of this study was to identify and empirically test variables that indicate how well partners in relationships know each other's food preferences. Participants (n = 2,854) lived in the same household and were part of a large, nationally representative panel study in Germany. Each partner...
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Inducing perspective-taking for prosocial behaviour in natural resource management
Ortiz-Riomalo, Juan Felipe; Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; … - 2021
Natural resource management often involves social dilemmas. Institutional and behavioural economics have shown that other-regarding preferences and pro-social behaviour can help overcome such dilemmas. Interventions that induce resource users to consider a perspective broader than their own may...
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Power asymmetry and escalation in bargaining
Vollstädt, Ulrike - 2011
Bargaining is prevalent in economic interactions. Under complete information, game theory predicts efficient bargaining outcomes (immediate acceptance of first offer) (see Rubinstein, 1982). However, continuous rejections of offers leading to inefficient delays (escalation) have regularly been...
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Conflicting identities: cosmopolitan or anxious? Appreciating concerns of host country population improves attitudes towards immigrants
Heidland, Tobias; Wichardt, Philipp C - In: Social Forces (2024), pp. 1-20
This paper connects insights from the literature on cosmopolitan worldviews and the effects of perspective-taking in political science, (intergroup) anxiety in social psychology, and identity economics in a vignette-style experiment. In particular, we asked German respondents about their...
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Between global collaboration and national competition: Unraveling the many faces of Arctic science diplomacy
Rüffin, Nicolas; Rüland, Anna-Lena - In: Polar Record 58 (2022) (Art. No.:) e20, pp. 1-12
It has been argued that science diplomacy (SD) helps avoid or mitigate conflicts among stakeholders in the Arctic. Yet underlying some of these well-intended and sometimes successful initiatives is a one-sided understanding of SD. The most recent literature takes a more differentiated approach...
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The quality of risk reports: Integrating requirement levels of standard setters into text analysis
Helms, Nils; Hölscher, Reinhold; Nelde, Matthias; … - In: Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance 32 (2021) 3, pp. 7-23
The intention of this paper is to shed light on the analysis of financial disclosure through the integration of requirement levels. This in return will lead to the development of a general applicable evaluation methodology based on Bloom's taxonomy system. Therefore, it will be possible to...
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From automation to databased business models - digitalization and its links to innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises
Thomä, Jörg; Bischoff, Thore S. - 2022
innovation, the present paper examines the digitalization-innovation link in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Starting … firm-level innovation. Its empirical application confirms the heterogeneity of innovating SMEs with regard to digital … transformation. While some SMEs are slow to find their way into digitalizing their innovation processes, others have started to use …
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Identifying research gaps in supply chain innovation
Seidiaghilabadi, Fatemeh; Seidiaghilabadi, Zahra; … - 2019
Purpose: In recent years, supply chain innovation (SCI) has become a central characteristic of firms in creating …
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A note on empathy in games
Grohn, Jan; Huck, Steffen; Valasek, Justin Mattias - 2014
theory: the concept of empathy. Specifically, we illustrate how some insights from the psychological literature on empathy … through the channel of empathy. …
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Who Gives? On Empathy and Impulsiveness
Andreoni, James; Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; Serra-Garcia, Marta - 2017
We investigate the impact of empathy and impulsiveness on charitable giving using a real donation experiment. We … confirm that greater empathy predicts greater charitable giving. Contrary to recent literature, however, we find a significant …
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