We investigate whether experimental participants follow their private information and contradict herds in situations where it is empirically optimal to do so. We consider two sequences of players, an observed and an unobserved sequence. Observed players sequentially predict which of two options...

The payoff of actions is estimated and the resulting empirical payoff is controlled for in regression analyses to formulate a test of rational expectations in information cascade experiments. We show that the empirical payoff of actions is a function of estimates of choice probabilities and...

Weizsäcker (2010) estimates the payoff of actions to test rational expectations and to measure the success of social learning in information cascade experiments. He concludes that participants perform poorly when learning from others and that rational expectations are violated. We show that his...

We investigate whether experimental participants follow their private information and contradict herds in situations where it is empirically optimal to do so. We consider two sequences of players, an observed and an unobserved sequence. Observed players sequentially predict which of two options...

We revisit the economic models of social learning by assuming that individuals update their beliefs in a non-Bayesian way. Individuals either overweigh or underweigh (in Bayesian terms) their private information relative to the public information revealed by the decisions of others and each...

Le recrutement constitue un enjeu majeur dans toutes les organisations. Pour être certaines de ne pas commettre d'erreur dans leurs recrutements, les entreprises font appel à toutes sortes de tests et particulièrement des tests de personnalité. En effet, l'intégration d'un nouveau salarié...

In this article we develop a dynamic model where an endogenous evolution of trust impacts a politician's choice for bribe-taking and tax re-distribution. The politician obtains utility from net income that comes from his wage income, tax embezzlements and bribe-taking, and he also has incentives...

This paper analyses the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use recent survey data from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a difference-in-difference approach to assess the impact of the policy on labor migration decision. We find a...

La evolución contemporánea de las economías occidentales se ha caracterizado por un cambio estructural que ha llevado a la situación actual de fuerte terciarización. La economía española también ha participado del incremento de los servicios. El desarrollo capitalista moderno ha tenido...

Le renouvellement de la clientèle bancaire constituée par les très petites entreprises (TPE) est un élément déterminant de l'activité de financement des banques de réseaux. Ces TPE constituent l'essentiel de la clientèle professionnelle et les enjeux commerciaux sont importants. La...