According to Chen's (2013) linguistic-savings hypothesis, languages which grammatically separate the future and the present (like English or Italian) induce less future-oriented behavior than languages in which speakers can refer to the future by using present tense (like German). We complement...

According to Chen's (2013) linguistic-savings hypothesis, languages which grammatically separate the future and the present (like English or Italian) induce less future-oriented behavior than languages in which speakers can refer to the future by using present tense (like German). We complement...

According to Chen's (2013) linguistic-savings hypothesis, languages which grammatically separate the future and the present (like English or Italian) induce less future-oriented behavior than languages in which speakers can refer to the future by using present tense (like German). We complement...

According to Chen's (2013) linguistic-savings hypothesis, languages which grammatically separate the future and the present (like English or Italian) induce less future-oriented behavior than languages in which speakers can refer to the future by using present tense (like German). We complement...

We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers, aged three to eighteen years. Using an easy math task for children older than eight years and a running task for the younger ones we find that boys are much more likely to...

We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers, aged three to eighteen years. Using an easy math task for children older than eight years and a running task for the younger ones we find that boys are much more likely to...

Diese Dissertation enthält fünf Studien zur Entwicklung ökonomischen Entscheidungsverhaltens von mehr als 1.000 Kindern im Alter von sechs bis elf Jahren in der zweisprachigen Stadt Meran. Mit Hilfe experimenteller Methoden untersuchen wir die Entwicklung von Geduld, Risikoeinstellung,...

Im Berufsleben ist es entscheidend, mit anderen Menschen "zu können" und ihre typischen Verhaltensweisen zu kennen. Das gilt auf allen Hierarchieebenen und in allen Bereichen der Zusammenarbeit und ist die Basis für persönlichen und unternehmerischen Erfolg. Dieses Buch präsentiert aktuelle...