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Forecasted economic change and the self-fulfilling prophecy in economic decision-making. [PDF]

open access: goldPLoS ONE, 2017
This study addresses the self-fulfilling prophecy effect, in the domain of economic decision-making. We present experimental data in support of the hypothesis that speculative forecasts of economic change can impact individuals' economic decision ...
Diamantis Petropoulos Petalas   +2 more
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Hamilton's rule in economic decision-making. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Significance Kin selection—helping genetically related individuals even at a cost to oneself—can be evolutionarily advantageous. This is the main theoretical explanation for altruism in the natural world. Hamilton’s rule provides a simple algebraic relationship that captures this profound idea.
Levy M, Lo AW.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Economic Decision-Making in Parrots. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2018
AbstractEconomic decision-making involves weighing up differently beneficial alternatives to maximise payoff. This sometimes requires the ability to forego one’s desire for immediate satisfaction. This ability is considered cognitively challenging because it not only requires inhibiting impulses, but also evaluating expected outcomes in order to decide
Krasheninnikova A   +4 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Economic evaluation enhances public health decision making [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2015
Contemporary public health professionals must address the health needs of a diverse population with constrained budgets and shrinking funds. Economic evaluation contributes to evidence-based decision making by helping the public health community identify,
Kristina M. Rabarison   +3 more
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Cognitive Fatigue Destabilizes Economic Decision Making Preferences and Strategies. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
It is common for individuals to engage in taxing cognitive activity for prolonged periods of time, resulting in cognitive fatigue that has the potential to produce significant effects in behaviour and decision making.
O'Dhaniel A Mullette-Gillman   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Implements of economic decision making [PDF]

open access: yesActa Montanistica Slovaca, 2000
The present worth of an investment is calculated by estimating the present value of each of its expected future cash flows and then summing these present values.
Kyse¾ová Katarína, Cehlár Michal
doaj   +1 more source

Editorial: Personality and Cognition in Economic Decision Making [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Aurora García-Gallego   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Does rDLPFC activity alter trust? Evidence from a tDCS study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
Trust plays an important role in the human economy and people’s social lives. Trust is affected by various factors and is related to many brain regions, such as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC).
Letian Sun   +11 more
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The Role of the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Public Good and Public Bad Games: Evidence From a tDCS Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021
Although humans constitute an exceptionally cooperative species that is able to collaborate on large scales for common benefits, cooperation remains a longstanding puzzle in biological and social science.
Yuyou Chen   +14 more
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