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beliefs about a candidate after acquiring more information, and persists in final evaluations. This bias has a significantly …
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discuss the measurement of subjective beliefs, including the role of incentives and ways to reduce measurement error. We also …
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As evidence is accumulating that subjective expectations influence behavior and that these expectations are sometimes biased, it becomes policy-relevant to know how to influence individuals' expectations. Information in the media is likely to affect how people picture the future. This paper...
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This paper investigates the direct and indirect effects of others' beliefs on respondents' own beliefs and consumer … pandemic, we implement two information treatments. Both treatments contain cross-country information about others' beliefs … sentiment in Vietnam is strongly affected by both treatments when the information goes against respondents’ prior beliefs. …
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, presenting evidence that people overweight 'good news' relative to 'bad news' when updating ego-relevant beliefs. In this paper …
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, presenting evidence that people overweight 'good news' relative to 'bad news' when updating ego-relevant beliefs. In this paper …
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, presenting evidence that people overweight 'good news' relative to 'bad news' when updating ego-relevant beliefs. In this paper …
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This paper investigates the direct and indirect effects of others' beliefs on respondents' own beliefs and consumer … pandemic, we implement two information treatments. Both treatments contain cross-country information about others' beliefs … sentiment in Vietnam is strongly affected by both treatments when the information goes against respondents' prior beliefs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012543061
their content effectively to update their beliefs. To answer these questions, I set up an online experiment informed by a … number of available sources increases. Also, ceteris paribus, their performance in updating their beliefs using the selected …
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How people form beliefs is crucial for understanding decision-making under uncertainty. This is particularly true in a … situation such as a pandemic, where beliefs will affect behaviors that impact public health as well as the aggregate economy. We … information people choose to consume and how they incorporate this information into their beliefs. In the first experiment, people …
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