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This note offers two comments on the article "Social Influences towards Conformism in Economic Experiments" by Hargreaves Heap that is to appear in the Economics e-Journal. One relates to the concept of conformism, the other lines out some phenomena where an explicit recognition of group...
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Abstract This note offers two comments on the article “Social Influences towards Conformism in Economic Experiments” by Hargreaves Heap that is to appear in the Economics e-Journal. One relates to the concept of conformism, the other lines out some phenomena where an explicit recognition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427672
themes including Traveller values, autonomy, self-sufficiency and choice and we explore the manner in which the housing … opportunities to exercise choice and control over their own housing in addition to other spillover effects which can negatively …
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and choice converge. In particular, we test whether making the matching procedure in TTO less 'transparent' to the …There is recent interest in using Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) to derive health state utility values and results … can differ from Time Trade Off (TTO). Clearly DCE is 'choice-based' whereas TTO is generally considered to be a 'matching …
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choice and innovation. Second, however, efficiency gains have often been limited. This is due to a number of inter … diversity of choice. (c) Informational asymmetries (how good is this childcare which I cannot personally monitor, or this health …
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Recent research is exploring the case for choice-induced changes in preferences using the free-choice paradigm of Brehm … (1956). Participants are faced with a choice between items that they have given the same rating of liking, two items at a … time, and it is found that an item not chosen in one choice has a lower tendency of being chosen in a subsequent choice …
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Choice and competition in education have found growing support from both policy makers and academics in the recent past … for choice and competition is clear, in existing work there is rarely an attempt to distinguish between the two concepts … academic outcomes than those whose choice is more limited; and whether Primary schools facing more competition perform better …
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This paper evaluates general achievement effects of choice and competition between private and public schools at the …
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We propose an extension of Tversky's lexicographic semiorder to a model of boundedly rational choice. We explore the … connection with sequential rationalisability of choice, and we provide axiomatic characterisations of both models in terms of … observable choice data. …
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Using multinomial logit we analyze factors that influence the choice of mechanization technologies in Nyanza Province … the choice of mechanization technology. This study recommends increased formal and informal training, extension, credit …
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