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This paper argues for broadening the application of hysteresis to institutions, policy lockin, psychology, identity …
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Introductory psychology courses can be demotivating for students of social sciences degrees such as Audiovisual … Psychology course, taught in the first year of the Audiovisual Communication, Journalism and Joint Honours degree programmes at … pairs, a fictional audiovisual micro-story that addresses content or a theme directly related to psychology. The results …
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different names in behavioral economics and psychology, but so far, a systematic investigation of their influence on climate …
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predict and examine behavior, and psychology is among the most frequently drawn upon. Although the literature confirms that … background, we examine recent MAC research through a systematic review of the different subfields of psychology to investigate … and proportion of psychology-based MAC research and the diversity of psychology subfields all increase during our …
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Two subjects have to repeatedly choose between two alternatives, A and B, where payoffs of an A or B-choice depend on the choices made by both players in a number of previous choices. Locally, alternative A gives always more payoff than alternative B. However, in terms of overall payoffs...
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What makes entrepreneurs different? Using a cross-country dataset, this paper explores essential parts of the value system of entrepreneurs in Western European countries by comparing value items of the self-employed to that of the non-self-employed. The self-employed rate values higher that aim...
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We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns for social reputation or self-respect. Rewards or punishments (whether material or image-related) create doubt about the true motive for which good deeds are performed and this...
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I develop a model of ideologies as collectively sustained (yet individually rational) distortions in beliefs concerning the proper scope of governments versus markets. In processing and interpreting signals of the efficacy of public and market provision of education, health insurance, pensions,...
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questions in a model based on two stylized facts from psychology and behavioral economics: i) Goals serve as reference points …
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It is a puzzle why people often evaluate consequences of choices separately (narrow bracketing) rather than jointly (broad bracketing). We study the hypothesis that a present-biased individual, who faces two tasks, may bracket his goals narrowly for motivational reasons. Goals motivate because...
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