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and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people’s beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-conncected information sources, implying a pattern of “overshooting” beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …
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and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people's beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-connected information sources, implying a pattern of "overshooting" beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706055
and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people’s beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-connected information sources, implying a pattern of “overshooting” beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010718532
We set up an experiment to study whether disclosure of the advisor's interests can foster truthfulness and trust. We measure how advisors expect decisionmakers to react to their advice in order to distinguish between strategic and moral reactions to disclosure by advisors. Results indicate that...
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, we test the relevance of their input variables (second-order beliefs and general dispositions for guilt/reciprocity). The … data confirm the predictions of belief-dependant models. Both second-order beliefs and a participant's sensitivity to guilt …/reciprocity are relevant for the decisions taken. Second-order beliefs appear to have an inverse U-shaped effect on the extent of kind …
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(outgroup treatment). Dictators condition their amount sent on second-order beliefs. I find that, the positive influence of … second-order beliefs on how much the dictator sends is stronger in the ingroup treatment than in the outgroup treatment. From …
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theory on moral emotions to belief-dependant models in economics. We find that - in addition to second-order beliefs and …
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The psychology literature provides ample evidence that people have difficulties taking the perspective of less informed others. This paper presents a controlled experiment showing that this "curse of knowledge" can cause comparative overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader...
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performance feedback, leading to overly pessimistic beliefs. This is in contrast to the corresponding self-irrelevant setup, where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576946
The psychology literature provides ample evidence that people have difficulties taking the perspective of less-informed others. This paper presents a controlled experiment showing that this "curse of knowledge" can cause comparative overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955334