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We design and implement lab experiments, as close as possible to the Ellsberg two-color urn experiment, to evaluate the … do not act on the basis of preferences alone. Third, additional clarification of the decision making environment pushes …
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This work reports an online experiment with a general-population sample examining the performance of budget …
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subjective beliefs of players. In a laboratory experiment, we measure subjects' certainty equivalents for three coordination … probabilistic decision models, we show that the quality of predictions can be improved when individual characteristics are taken …
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aspects of the VBB, such as the number of balls, their color, and their speed, can be easily modified. In an online experiment …
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effect of the expected cost of punishment of an individual's decision to engage in a proscribed activity and the effect of … uncertainty on an individual's decision to commit a violation are very difficult to observe in field data. We use a roadway …
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The completeness axiom of choice has been questioned for long, and in response, theoretical models of decision making … decision tasks where specific choice patterns are consistent with incomplete preferences under uncertainty but inconsistent …
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This paper presents the results of an experiment that demonstrates that personality may have a significant impact on … economic decision making under uncertainty. This impact is indirect since differences in personality characteristics lead … decision makers to seek different types of information which alters the decisions they make. We also show that when information …
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Few micro…nance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneur-ship. This paper considers one possible explanation: that the structure ofexisting micro…nance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected returninvestments. To explore this possibility, I develop a theory that uni…es...
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In this study we experimentally investigate whether solidarity, which is a crucial base for informal insurance arrangements in developing countries, is sensitive to the extent to which individuals can influence their risk exposure. With slum dwellers of Nairobi our design measures subjects'...
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