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Truck, barter and exchange versus the endowment effect: Virtual field experiments in an online game environment
Sousa, Yannick Ferreira De; Munro, Alistair - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 3, pp. 482-493
We examine the feasibility of using a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) to test economic theories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577303
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Truck, batter and exchange versus the endowment effect : virtual field experiments in an online game environment
Ferreira De Sousa, Yannick; Munro, Alistair - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 33 (2012) 3, pp. 482-493
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009703986
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Using Hicksian Surplus Measures to Examine Consistency of Individual Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment
List, John A. - The Field Experiments Website - 2006
This paper pits neoclassical theory against prospect theory by investigating several clean tests of the competing hypotheses. Consistent with previous work, the field experimental data suggest that prospect theory adequately organizes behavior among inexperienced consumers, whereas consumers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005785134
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Real economics in virtual worlds: a massively multiplayer online game case study: runescape
Bilir, Tanla E. - 2009
-playing game, RuneScape. In particular, it examines the similarities and differences between the virtual economics and real world … economics, the economic understanding of RuneScape players and the possibility of using virtual worlds as a laboratory for …-reports, and other reports to investigate the research questions. Virtual economics in general and RuneScape in specific are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476011
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Stability of Time Preferences
Meier, Stephan; Sprenger, Charles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Individuals frequently face intertemporal decisions. For the purposes of economic analysis, the preference parameters assumed to govern these decisions are generally considered to be stable economic primitives. However, evidence on the stability of time preferences is notably lacking. In a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615447
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Stability of time preferences
Meier, Stephan; Sprenger, Charles D. - 2010
Individuals frequently face intertemporal decisions. For the purposes of economic analysis, the preference parameters assumed to govern these decisions are generally considered to be stable economic primitives. However, evidence on the stability of time preferences is notably lacking. In a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269424
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Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean S.; Yin, Wesley - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2005
We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to engage in such a mechanism....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005146683
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Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean S.; Yin, Wesley - 2005
We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to engage in such a mechanism....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369236
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Tying Odysseus to the mast : evidence from a commitment savings product in the Philippines
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean; Yin, Wesley - 2005
We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to engage in such a mechanism....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612543
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Stability of time preferences
Meier, Stephan; Sprenger, Charles D. - 2010
Individuals frequently face intertemporal decisions. For the purposes of economic analysis, the preference parameters assumed to govern these decisions are generally considered to be stable economic primitives. However, evidence on the stability of time preferences is notably lacking. In a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940301