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consumer electronics, and club memberships. We demonstrate that consumption is affected by contract structure (pay-peruse vs …. We also measure subjects' willingness to pay for a contract with free access units, and we find that nearly half of … strategy is therefore to offer a contract that presells access units at a very small discount; this strategy increases revenue …
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Contract compliance is key for economic growth. However, determinants affecting contract breach are not yet well … understood. In this paper, we focus on contract situations with a potential hold-up problem, such as contract farming agreements … payoff from the contract. Results from our lab experiment in Ghana indicate that overconfident agents, i.e., agents with …
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its representativeness: A bias exacerbating effect emerges when consumers’ privacy valuations and frame effects are … negatively correlated. On the other hand, such a volume-maximizing frame may also mitigate the bias by getting a high percentage …
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structure of the contract (i.e. two part vs. three part tariffs) although ex ante the contracts result in the same consumption … and optimal contract design. We study consumption models that take into account behavioral aspects of decision making and … opportunities. We also measure subjects' willingness to pay for a contract with free access units, and we find that nearly half of …
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Exponential-growth bias (EGB) is the tendency to neglect the power of compounding inter- est. A person with EGB will …
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I study experimental markets in which sellers interact with buyers who have biased beliefs about the characteristics of the product that is being sold. I examine whether such buyers can be exploited by sellers through the use of specifically designed pricing structures, as suggested by recent...
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This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its...
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This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219501
Should exporters worry about country-of-origin bias? Although the pervasiveness of country-level product advertising … suggests that they do, lack of data has limited the empirical study of subjective bias toward products from a specific country … impact of country-of-origin bias upon wine import prices. A hedonic pricing framework is used to control for vintage, blind …
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experiences lower. Furthermore, our study is closely linked to the emerging literature of attribution bias in economics and … psychology and provides a scenario in which we can empirically test two leading theories of attribution bias. In our paper, we … restaurants on special occasions. This result can be explained by one theory of attribution bias according to which people have …
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