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with a finite decision. This paper suggests that this agonistic approach needs de-cisions or simply put, temporary … decisions drawn from seeing a decision as a solution for now. A de-cision is not a no-decision, but a decision recognised as … planning process from being a matter of reaching a finite decision to a strife about how to understand the present and which …
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This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards (or monetary policy committees) across countries. We discuss the possible determinants of a board's size. The empirical relevance of these factors is examined using a new dataset that covers the de jure membership...
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. The impact of individual characteristics and country macroeconomic variables on the decision to migrate is analyzed in one … factors do affect migration decision indirectly through life satisfaction. We also find that at all levels of life …
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It has been shown that in decision making evaluations of evidence and attributes are modified. In three studies it was … deci-sion making (Exp. 2 & 3). It was found that even in environments with considerable real-world cue knowledge (weather …, but that they are changed to form coherent representations of the decision situation. The findings conflict with the basic …
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relatively little is known about the cognitive processes underlying the two decision modes. Therefore, we analyzed processes of … processes in the deliberate decision mode. We manipulated decision mode between-participants by means of instructions and … the deliberate decision mode. …
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status and the level of education of the head of the household both affect remittances. The decision to participate in the …
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the public good and leisure is valuable. Existing experiments start with a given number of tokens for each decision … to (or simultaneously with) the decision of how to allocate that income between private and public goods. …
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Impaired decision behavior of schizophrenia patients has been repeatedly observed. We investigated the aspects of the …, using the process tracing paradigm Mouselab, which allows for an in-depth exploration of various decision-making processes … ambiguous nature of the task, unjustified confidence. Both groups mainly used weighted additive decision strategies for …
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, available options can be objectively ranked allowing us to examine optimal decision making. First, the probability of a person … subjects. Second, heuristics differ by age with older subjects relying more on suboptimal decision rules. In a heuristics …
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Individual leaders have been central to the transformation of political institutions, organizations and many instances of social and economic reform. Why are some leaders able to take advantage of opportunities to successfully catalyze large-scale change while others fail? In this paper we argue...
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