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investment choices) depend on the decisions of their peers. One hypothesized cause of peer group effects is social interaction …
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uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be studied in a controlled lab experiment. We … present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but where the number of winners is either uncertain …
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uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be studied in a controlled lab experiment. We … present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but where the number of winners is either uncertain …
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studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the …
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studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the …
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Experiments in psychology, where subjects estimate confidence intervals to a series of factual questions, have shown that individuals report far too narrow intervals. This has been interpreted as evidence of overconfidence in the preciseness of knowledge, a potentially serious violation of the...
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We implement an experiment to elicit subjects’ ambiguity attitudes in the spirit of Ellsberg’s three-color urn. The … on the low end of the range of results in the surveyed studies, and are comparable to a control test where "strategic …
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choice between risky and ambiguous Ellsberg urns, we let them choose between a safe option and a risky lottery, whose risk is …, subjects can reduce or even eliminate the ambiguity and turn the decision situation into one of risk. Under the assumption that … request more information. Moreover, we investigate whether the relation between attitudes towards risk and ambiguity is linked …
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households and lower investment by firms, and hence leads to lower aggregate investment and growth. This paper argues that … although risk can be measured, uncertainty cannot be measured. Even though risk can be measured, a simple symmetric measure … attempt at "measuring" risk or (fundamental) uncertainty is flawed. …
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an increase in ambiguity is associated with increased investor activity. It also leads to a reduction in risk …
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