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Experimental Economics [PDF]

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The Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics is a cutting-edge collection of specially commissioned contributions highlighting not only the broad scope but also the common ground between all branches of this prolific and fast developing field of economics.
S. Berninghaus, W. Güth
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Neural networks, real patterns, and the mathematics of constrained optimization

open access: yesErasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2016
In this interview, Professor Ross explores his intellectual roots and surveys his transition from cognitive scientist to economist. He discusses his involvement with Daniel Dennett, the virtues of economic optimization theory, and the merits (and ...
Don Ross, James Grayot
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Experimental Evolution and Economics

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2015
This is a theory paper that advocates experimental evolution as a novel approach to study economic preferences. Economics could benefit because preferences are exogenous, axiomatic, and contentious.
Terence C. Burnham   +2 more
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Understanding Pollinator Habitat Conservation under Current Policy Using Economic Experiments

open access: yesLand, 2017
Pollinators provide critical ecosystems services vital to the production of numerous crops in the United States’ agricultural sector. However, the U.S. is witnessing a serious decline in the abundance and diversity of domestic and wild pollinators, which
Chian Jones Ritten   +5 more
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Dual-Process Reasoning in Charitable Giving: Learning from Non-Results

open access: yesGames, 2017
To identify dual-process reasoning in giving, we exposed experimental participants making a charitable donation to vivid images of the charity’s beneficiaries in order to stimulate affect.
Zachary Grossman, Joël J. Van der Weele
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Risk aversion, path dependency and financial economic decision-making in low-income communities: Experimental evidence from South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2020
Orientation: Poverty is deeply entrenched in South Africa, and various initiatives to reduce it have not been successful. Behavioural economics may help explain this by testing whether individuals exhibit path dependence when making decisions under ...
Syden Mishi   +3 more
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Neural network models of learning and categorization in multigame experiments

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2011
Previous research has shown that regret-driven neural networks predict behavior in repeated completely mixed games remarkably well, substantially equating the performance of the most accurate established models of learning.
Davide eMarchiori, Massimo eWarglien
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Overpricing persistence in experimental asset markets with intrinsic uncertainty

open access: yesEconomics: Journal Articles, 2020
To study coordination in complex social systems such as financial markets, the authors introduce a new prediction market set-up that accounts for fundamental uncertainty.
Sornette Didier   +5 more
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Towards a Unity of the Human Behavioral Sciences

open access: yesPapers, 2006
Despite their distinct objects of study, the human behavioral sciences all include models of individual human behavior. Unity in the behavioral sciences requires that there be a common underlying model of individual human behavior, specialized and ...
Herbert Gintis
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Experimental Labour Economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Scientific progress relies on testing theories. In labour economics different data sources are available for performing such tests. An important distinction is between circumstantial data and experimental or questionnaire data. Circumstantial data is the by-product of uncontrolled, naturally occurring economic activity.
Armin Falk, Simon Gächter
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