We investigate whether individuals' deception rates differ by whether the messages they send to others are about the latter's relative ability or not. In doing so, we also study whether they are more likely to deceive when it is in their interest to make others believe that they are of either...

Anger is an important driver in shaping economic activities, particularly in instances that involve strategic interactions between individuals. Here we test whether anger impairs the capacity to think strategically, and we analyze the implications of our result on bargaining and cooperation...

Anger is an important driver in shaping economic activities, particularly in instances that involve strategic interactions between individuals. Here we test whether anger impairs the capacity to think strategically, and we analyze the implications of our result on bargaining and cooperation...

Is there a happiness premium for working in the public sector? We explore this question usinga large sample of Italian employees from 2004 to 2016. We find that happiness increaseswith economic status. Public employees enjoy a happiness premium compared to privateemployees, but only if they are...

We propose an extension to the concept of the disposition effect by allowing the use of alternative reference points. While the traditional definition is based on classifying stocks as winners and losers solely based on the purchase price, we incorporate stock prices closer to sell date into the...

We estimate the disposition effect for active traders in a large discount brokerage dataset containing US households’ trading records between 1991 and 1996. We apply a wide framing perspective, focusing on portfolios rather than individual stocks. We find that the disposition effect varies...