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Rational Truth-Avoidance and Self-Esteem

Andolfatto, David; Mongrain, Steeve; Myers, Gordon - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University - 2007

We assume that people have beliefs about their abilities, that these generate self-esteem, and that self-esteem is valued intrinsically. Individuals face two choices; one of which strictly dominates the other in a pecuniary sense, but necessarily involves gathering information concerning one's...

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Deciding analytically or trusting your intuition? The advantadges and disadvantadges of analytic and intuitive thought

Hogarth, Robin - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2002

Recent research has highlighted the notion that people can make judgments and choices by means of two systems that are labeled here tacit (or intuitive) and deliberate (or analytic). Whereas most decisions typically involve both systems, this chapter examines the conditions under which each...

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Is confidence in decisions related to feedback? Evidence-and lack of evidence-from random samples of real-world managerial behavior?

Hogarth, Robin - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

Confidence in decision making is an important dimension of managerial behavior. However, what is the relation between … confidence, on the one hand, and the fact of receiving or expecting to receive feedback on decisions taken, on the other hand? To … the two groups, their structure, feedback (received and expected), and confidence in decisions taken as well as in the …

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Social capital, economic growth and public policy

Restrepo, Piedad Patricia - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas - 1998

The concept of social capital has gained importance within economic studies only until the present decade. This article analyses the origin and evolution of the concept of social capital, it also establishes its connection with the economic growth of nations basically through two ways: that...

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Addressing Extreme Poverty in a Sustainable Manner: Evidence from CFPR programme

Das, Narayan C; Misha, Farzana A - eSocialSciences - 2010

determination, confidence, social network, asset management skill, and hard work of the participant women are the key factors for …

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Trust: The Importance of Distinguishing between Different Actors and Dimensions

de Jonge, Janneke; van Trijp, J.C.M.; Renes, Reint Jan; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

between consumer confidence in the safety of food in general and consumer trust in particular institutions and organisations …. The first aim of the study was to develop and validate a scale to measure general consumer confidence in the safety of … study was to investigate to what extent general consumer confidence in the safety of food was related to consumer trust in …

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What do Sentiment Surveys Measure?

Roberts, Ivan; Simon, John - Reserve Bank of Australia - 2001

. On a more positive note, we find that the Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating, NAB actual business conditions, NAB … confidence surveys (which asks about anticipated personal financial conditions over the coming year) also appears to have some …

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TRUST OF MODERNITY, MODERNITY OF TRUST. CONSIDERATIONS AND RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

CONTE, MASSIMO - EconWPA - 2005

THE DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP IN OUR TIMES IMPOSE A GROWING IMPORTANCE TO 'TRUST' AS A RESOURCE BETWEEN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AS BETWEEN PERSONS AND COMPLEX SOCIAL SYSTEM. THE MAIN FEATURE OF MODERNITY IN SOCIAL CONNECTIONS IS GIVEN BY THE SPREAD OF A 'TIME/SPACE' DISTANCE. THE INCREASING...

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Confidence-Enhanced Performance

Compte, Olivier; Postlewaite, Andrew - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2001

There is ample evidence that emotions affect performance. Positive emotions can improve performance, while negative ones may diminish it. For example, the fears induced by the possibility of failure or of negative evaluations have physiological consequences (shaking, loss of concentration) that...

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Multi-attribute Analysis of Confidence, Convenience and Price Functions of Customers of Financial Services Firms: a GLS Systems Model

Rao, Ananth - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of the study is to examine significant attributes of customers for explaining the level of confidence … the satisfaction and confidence of customers across FSFs. Results indicate that: core, tangible and relational attributes …’ confidence and convenience functions had a reliability of 92 to 94 percent while the value function had a reliability of 74 …

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