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Social memory, social stress, and economic behaviors
Takahashi, Taiki - EconWPA - 2005
trait (i.e., general trust scale) and social stress-induced cortisol elevations. We found that (1) social stress acutely … impairs social memory during social interaction and (2) interpersonal trust reduces social stress response. Together …, interpersonal trust may modulate economic behaviors via stress hormonefs action on social cognition- related brain regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408231
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Comment on "Promises and Partnership"
Deck, Cary; Servátka, Maroš; Tucker, Steven - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2011
their experiment is driven by guilt aversion. By modifying the procedures to include a double blind social distance protocol …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914311
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Do People Keep Socially Unverifiable Promises?
Deck, Cary; Servátka, Maroš; Tucker, Steven - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2011
increases the overall level of cooperation in our double blind experiment. However, our results are due in part to the high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371391
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Enjoy the silence: an experiment on truth-telling
Sánchez-Pagés, Santiago; Vorsatz, Marc - In: Experimental Economics 12 (2009) 2, pp. 220-241
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999647
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Implicit vs. explicit deception in ultimatum games with incomplete information
Kriss, Peter H.; Nagel, Rosemarie; Weber, Roberto A. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 337-346
We explore bargaining, using ultimatum games, when one party, the proposer, possesses private information about the pie size and can either misrepresent this information through untruthful statements (explicit deception) or through information-revealing actions (implicit deception). Our study is...
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Measuring lying aversion
Gneezy, Uri; Rockenbach, Bettina; Serra-Garcia, Marta - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 293-300
We introduce a new method for measuring the decision to lie in experiments. In the game, the decision to lie increases own payment independent of the counterpart's decision, but potentially at a cost for the counterpart. We identify at the individual level the decision to lie, and measure how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702954
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Payoff levels, loss avoidance, and equilibrium selection in the Stag Hunt: an experimental study
Feltovich, Nick; Iwasaki, Atsushi; Oda, Sobei H. - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2010
becoming negative, or vice versa. We report the results of a human–subjects experiment designed to test for two types of loss … a sure gain). Subjects in the experiment play three versions of Stag Hunt, which are identical up to the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010565739
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Forecasting clients’ reactions: How does the perception of strategic behavior influence the acceptance of advice?
Jodlbauer, Barbara; Jonas, Eva - In: International Journal of Forecasting 27 (2011) 1, pp. 121-133
confidence, and a reputation for accuracy. However, clients cannot always be sure that an advisor is actually using a knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577324
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Evolutionary economics and household behavior
Horioka, Charles Yuji - In: Philippine Review of Economics 51 (2014) 2, pp. 67-82
This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of household behavior. It shows that the goal of evolutionary economics is to improve upon neoclassical economics by incorporating more realistic and empirically grounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261245
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Empathy Conditioned Conservation: "Walking-in-the-Shoes-of-Others" as a Conservation Farmer
Sheeder, Robert; Lynne, Gary D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
Since the destruction and despair caused by the dust bowl of the 1930’s, Americans and their government have taken a keen interest in natural resource conservation policy on agricultural land. The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was the first farm bill to include...
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