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I experimentally examine whether feedback about others' choices provides an anchor for decision-making under ambiguity …
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We examine generational differences in risk-taking behavior by means of a laboratory experiment with monetary …, probability weightings and reference point adoption of elderly and young groups. The results of our experiment indicate that the …
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We study risk-aversion and prudence in medical treatment decisions. In a laboratory experiment, we investigate the … frequency and intensity of second- and third-order risk preferences, as well as the effect of the medical decision context. Risk … risk, medical decision theory predicts lower treatment thresholds for risk-averse than for risk-neutral decision makers …
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We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral ….S.A. than anywhere else. -- conditional cooperation ; public goods ; experiment …
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the United States, although most of the arguments translate immediately to decision-making in other countries. There are …-cost analysis ; environmental policy ; decision making ; choice behavior ; public goods ; willingness-to-pay ; willingness …
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We conduct a laboratory experiment where third-party spectators can redistribute resources between two agents, thereby … bad uncontrollable luck. Instead, they condition such compensation on the agent's decision regarding controllable luck …
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We investigate whether depleting people's cognitive resources (or "willpower") affects the degree to which they are susceptible to framing effects. Recent research in social psychology and economics has suggested that willpower is a resource that can be temporarily depleted and that a depleted...
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We conduct an experiment to test whether the size of a loss and the time in a losing position affect investors … performance, together influence the decision to hold on to or to capitulate on an investment. We study the relative contribution … decision to capitulate an investment, however, only depends directly on the expectation about the stock’s future performance …
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revealing the subject's privately held information. In an experiment, we apply the mechanisms to reveal beliefs about …
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We correlate competitive bidding and profits in symmetric independent private value first-price auctions with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol in more than 200 subjects. Females bid significantly higher and earn significantly lower profits than males. Moreover,...
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