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Moralische Voraussetzungen und Grenzen wirtschaftlichen Handelns

Streeck, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2007

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De, Shipra - 2011

Frequent criticism in dynamic decision making research pertains to the overly complex nature of the decision tasks used in experimentation. To address such concerns we study dynamic decision making with respect to the simple race game Hog, which has a computable optimal decision strategy. In the...

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FORECASTING: EXPECTATIONS, INTENTIONS, AND CONFIDENCE

Rothschild, David Michael - 2011

All three articles in my dissertation gather information from individuals, analyze it, and aggregate that information into forecasts of upcoming events. The motivation is to make forecasts more efficient (accurate and timely), more versatile (provide the most useful information for each...

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Perspectives on Firm Decision Making During Risky Technology Acquisitions

Powell, Adam C. - 2011

theoretical comparisons are conducted. In the first, economic theory, behavioral theory (the Behavioral Theory of the Firm and … Prospect Theory), and Bounded Rationality are tested as potential determinants of acquisition uncertainties. In the second …, economic theory and Prospect Theory are tested as potential determinants of the value of the machine acquired.To answer these …

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Essays on the Information Acquisition of Doubt-Prone Decision Makers

alaoui, larbi - 2010

There are many situations in which individuals have a choice of whether or not to observe the eventual outcome. In these instances, individuals often prefer to avoid observing the outcome. The standard von Neumann-Morgenstern (vNM) Expected Utility model cannot accommodate these cases, since it...

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The Impact of Salient Privacy Information on Decision-Making

Tsai, Janice Y. - 2009

People value their privacy; however, they typically do not make the protection of their privacy a priority. Privacy is oftentimes not tangible, complicating the efforts of technology users to express and act according to their privacy needs. Additionally, people may not be fully aware of the...

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Punish in Public

Xiao, Erte; Houser, Daniel - 2006

Convergent evidence for detrimental effects of punishment on cooperation has been obtained in a wide variety of environments, ranging from American students facing punishment in laboratory experiments, to Israeli parents facing fines for arriving late to their child’s day care. We show here...

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ASYMMETRY IN RAW MILK SAFETY PERCEPTIONS AND INFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK IN FRESH PRODUCE MARKETING AND POLICY

Knutson, Ronald D.; Currier, Russell W.; Ribera, Luis; … - 2010

Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantialdisease-inducing health risks. While federal U.S. policy mandates that milk moving in interstatecommerce be pasteurized; within 41 of 50 states, raw milk can be obtained for consumption.Warning labels...

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HYPOTHETICAL BIAS AND AN EXPLICIT CONTRACT

Tabatabaei, Maryam - 2010

A concern about the contingent valuation method (CVM) is the finding that hypothetical and actual payments often differ. In particular, hypothetical payments are generally higher than actual payments resulting in “hypothetical bias”. Many methods have been proposed for reducing this bias,...

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Behavioral Public Finance: Tax Design as Price Presentation

Krishna, Aradhna; Slemrod, Joel B. - 2003

In this essay we review the evidence from marketing research about price presentation of consumer products and discuss how these lessons have been applied—consciously or unconsciously—in the design of the U.S. tax system. Our perspective is that, in most situations, the designers of the tax...

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