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Biases in beliefs : experimental evidence
Bauer, Dominik; Wolff, Irenaeus - 2019 - This version: 20th February, 2019
everybody else or another "unspeci fied" individual is doing, they exhibit a consensus bias (believing that others are similar … shows that not accounting for the biases will typically bias estimates of game-theoretic thinking upwards. …
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Cooperating, fast and slow : testing the social heuristics hypothesis
Strømland, Eirik; Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute - 2016
Heuristics Hypothesis (SHH) proposes that fast instinctive decision making promotes cooperation in social dilemmas. In this paper …
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Are biases contagious? : the influence of communication on motivated beliefs
Grunewald, Andreas; Klockmann, Victor; Schenk, Alicia von; … - 2024
This paper examines the potential reinforcement of motivated beliefs when individuals with identical biases communicate. We propose a controlled online experiment that allows to manipulate belief biases and the communication environment. We find that communication, even among like-minded...
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Imperfect recall and time inconsistencies : an experimental test of the absentminded driver “paradox”
Levati, M. Vittoria; Uhl, Matthias; Zultan, Ro'i - 2010
Absentmindedness is a special case of imperfect recall which according to Piccione and Rubinstein (1997a) leads to time inconsistencies. Aumann, Hart and Perry (1997a) question their argument and show how dynamic inconsistencies can be resolved. The present paper explores this issue from a...
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Can we manage first impressions in cooperation problems? : an experimental study on "Broken (and Fixed) Windows"
Engel, Christoph; Kube, Sebastian; Kurschilgen, Michael - 2011
Cooperation problems are at the heart of many everyday situations. In this paper, we propose a very simple and light-handed mechanism to sustain cooperation and test its performance in a rich laboratory environment. The mechanism moderates cooperation by controlling experiences, more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009007141
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An eye-tracking study of feature-based choice in one-shot games
Devetag, Giovanna; Di Guida, Sibilla; Polonio, Luca - 2013
attention only to specific cells. Our results suggest that subjects apply boundedly rational decision heuristics that involve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009709528
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Lies and Reciprocity in Economic and Social Interactions
Sasaki, Shunichiro - 2020
We study experimentally how (un)selfish lies are reciprocated – or not – in subsequent economic interactions in the labor market. We find that while selfish lies are punished (negative reciprocity), prosocial and altruistic lies are neither punished nor rewarded (lack of positive...
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Asymmetric Naivete : Beliefs About Self-Control
Fedyk, Anastassia - 2018
Do individuals anticipate present bias in others? This paper jointly investigates beliefs about one's own and others …' present bias. In an online experiment, participants engaged in a real-effort task display little awareness of their own … present bias, but anticipate present bias in others. Structurally, I estimate a present bias parameter β of 0.82. Participants …
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Lab-sophistication : does repeated participation in laboratory experiments affect pro-social behaviour?
Medda, Tiziana; Pelligra, Vittorio; Reggiani, Tommaso - 2021
Experimental social scientists working at research-intensive institutions deal inevitably with subjects who have most likely participated in previous experiments. It is an important methodological question to know whether participants that have acquired a high level of lab-sophistication show...
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Cognitive flexibility or moral commitment? : evidence of anticipated belief distortion
Saccardo, Silvia; Serra-Garcia, Marta - 2020
Do people anticipate the conditions that enable them to manipulate their beliefs when confronted with unpleasant information? We investigate whether individuals seek out the "cognitive flexibility" needed to distort beliefs in self-serving ways, or instead attempt to constrain it, committing to...
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