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Susceptibility to default training options across the population
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H. - 2015
This paper analyzes the tendency of people to choose default options when offered courses to acquire job related skills. We ask a random sample of Dutch people aged 6-80 which three skills are most important in their (future or past) jobs. Further on in the survey, we randomly select one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295555
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Theoretical and experimental evidence on stock market volatilities : a two-phase flow model
Wang, Limin; Xu, Yingying; Salem, Sultan - In: Economic research 34 (2021) 1,3, pp. 3245-3269
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014233517
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The economic consequences of a Tobin tax: An experimental analysis
Hanke, Michael; Huber, Jürgen; Kirchler, Michael; … - 2007
The effects of a Tobin tax on foreign exchange markets have long been disputed. We present an experiment with currency … exist. Concerning the controversial issues we find that (i) volatility effects depend on the existence of tax havens and on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293390
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An Options Pricing Experiment with Professional Traders
Abbink, Klaus; Kuon, Bettina - University of Bonn, Germany
This paper reports an option pricing experiment on the binomial model, which has been conducted with professional … traders of financial assets. The experimental results are compared to a corresponding experiment with students. The data show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004968286
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A Simple Note on Informational Cascades
Fiore, Annamaria; Morone, Andrea - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-1, pp. 1-21
Seminal models of herd behaviour and informational cascades point out existence of negative information externalities, and propose to ?destroy? information in order to achieve social improvements. Although in the last years many features of herd behaviour and informational cascades have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295299
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Der Einsatz quantitativer Methoden zur Messung der Wirkung von Kunst auf junge Menschen am Beispiel einer Skulptur von Katharina Grosse
Quack, Helmut - 2015
statistically highly significant. The results of the experiment are interpreted psychologically and discussed in the light of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348238
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An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis
Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - 2003
period and individuals are not too risk averse. This paper tests the POUM hypothesis by means of a within subjects experiment … inequality aversion are (partially) controlled for via either the experiment design or the information collected during the … experiment. We find that the POUM hypothesis holds under alternative specifications, even when we control for individual fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261622
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Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay : An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Villeval, Marie-Claire; Eriksson, Tor - 2004
experiment that analyzes the influence of other-regarding preferences on sorting and incentives. Experimental evidence shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261940
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A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; von Rosenbladt, Bernhard; … - 2003
representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262013
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Punishing Free-Riders : How Group Size Affects Mutual Monitoring and the Provision of Public Goods
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2004
Because costly punishment is not credible, subgame perfection suggests that punishment will not deter free riding, regardless of the size or structure of groups. However, experiments show that people will punish free riders, even at considerable cost. To examine the implications of agents who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262078