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increase their control over agents. However, building on psychological theory, I predict that experience with controlling … to increase their control over agents. Results of my experiment support my prediction and also showcase conditions under …
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This paper studies the effects that the revelation of information on the electorate's preferences has on voters' turnout decisions. The experimental data show that closeness in the division of preferences induces a significant increase in turnout. Moreover, for closely divided electorates (and...
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the AT coefficient will be positive even in the absence of conditional conservatism and it will vary with non-accounting … estimates vary in directions predicted by our theory. Specifically, we find that AT coefficient estimates increase with expected …
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employed to examine whether EVA® is more highly associated with stock returns than conventional accounting-based measures … concerns those components unique to EVA® that help explain these stock returns beyond that explained by other accounting … and accounting adjustments. Relative information content tests reveal returns to be more closely associated with earnings …
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We investigate whether the adoption of IFRS increases the value relevance of accounting information for firms listed on … in the subsamples of industrial firms, both large and small, and firms reporting an AGAAP-IFRS accounting reconciliation …-quality financial reporting and enforcement, IFRS adoption affects the associations between accounting information and market value …
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production in a standard voluntary contributions mechanism (VCM) experiment. Additionally, the effect of sleep restriction on an …
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We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, in which trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment starting with equal endowments, but decreases over time. In a...
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In this paper, I present an empirical model of learning under ambiguity in the context of clinical trials. Patients are concern with learning the treatment effect of the experimental drug, but face the ambiguity of random group assignment. A two dimensional Bayesian model of learning is proposed...
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Subgame perfect equilibrium predictions of ultimatum bargaining games correspond poorly to the data gathered from human subjects in laboratory environments. Attempts to reconcile this discrepancy have taken one or more of three routes: (1) expanding the agent foresight and scope of decisions,...
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