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Attribution bias in major decisions : evidence from the United States Military Academy
Haggag, Kareem; Patterson, Richard W.; Pope, Nolan G.; … - 2019
Using administrative data, we study the role of attribution bias in a high-stakes, consequential decision: the choice … of results is consistent with attribution bias and difficult to reconcile with competing explanations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985813
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Attribution bias in major decisions : evidence from the United States Military Academy
Haggag, Kareem; Patterson, Richard W.; Pope, Nolan G.; … - 2018
Using administrative data, we study the role of attribution bias in a high-stakes, consequential decision: the choice … of results is consistent with attribution bias and difficult to reconcile with competing explanations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862840
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Selection bias in college admissions test scores
Clark, Melissa A.; Rothstein, Jesse; Schanzenbach, … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750374
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It's not my fault! : self-confidence and experimentation
Hestermann, Nina; Le Yaouanq, Yves - 2018 - Current draft: October 8, 2018
We study the inference and experimentation problem of an agent in a situation where the outcomes depend on the individual's intrinsic ability and on an external variable. We analyze the mistakes made by decision-makers who hold inaccurate prior beliefs about their ability. Overconfident...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011930663
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Experience of social mobility and support for redistribution : accepting or blaming the system?
Weber, Nina - 2023
support for redistribution. In line with the self-serving bias, those with negative mobility experiences 'blame the system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288922
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The recency bias in the attribution of credit and blame for joint work outcomes
Baranski Madrigal, Andrzej - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014530820
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Gender grading bias at Stockholm University : quasi-experimental evidence from an anonymous grading reform
Jansson, Joakim; Tyrefors, Björn - 2018 - This version: August 21, 2018
In this paper, we first present novel evidence of grading bias against women at the university level. This is in … in Sweden, the teachers and graders at the university level are predominantly male. Thus, an in-group bias mechanism …-group bias can only explain approximately 20 percent of the total grading bias effect at the university level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894370
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Do professors really perpetuate the gender gap in science? : evidence from a natural experiment in a French higher education institution
Breda, Thomas; Ly, Son Thierry - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581521
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Biased beliefs and entry into scientific careers
Ganguli, Ina; Gaulé, Patrick; Vuletić Čugalj, Danijela - 2020
We investigate whether excessively optimistic beliefs play a role in the persistent demand for doctoral and postdoctoral training in science. We elicit the beliefs and career preferences of doctoral students through a novel survey and randomize the provision of structured information on the true...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287392
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Moral universalism : measurement and heterogeneity
Enke, Benjamin; Rodríguez-Padilla, Ricardo; … - 2019
behaviors and outcomes, universalists donate less money locally but more globally, are less likely to exhibit home bias in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118592