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Promise‐Keeping Reputations in an Investment Game: An Experimental Investigation
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We design a controlled laboratory experiment to mitigate moral hazard problems in livestream shopping when sellers make promises to buyers. In our experiment, the promise‐keeping reputation mechanism allows sellers to send promises to buyers while buyers can observe the sellers' historical promise‐keeping records. Results demonstrate that bare
Ninghua Du, Qun Zhao
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6: WISCONSIN'S WILD TURKEY RESTORATION EXPERIMENT
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1973 A turkey stocking experiment that used hybrids developed from crossing eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) with domestic turkeys, was initiated in Wisconsin in 1954.
Robert E. Dreis +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 The interruption of learning processes by breaks filled with diverse activities is common in everyday life. We investigated the effects of active computer gaming and passive relaxation (rest and music) breaks on working memory performance.
Maxim S Kuschpel +7 more
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Two Problems for the Political Inclusion of Animals
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, the field of animal ethics has taken a political turn, with scholars arguing that sentient nonhuman animals should be included in the political sphere. This article explores two key challenges arising from this turn towards the political inclusion of animals: the Conflict Problem and the Numbers Problem.
David Paaske, Angela K. Martin
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Developing an efficient protocol for monitoring eagle fatalities at wind energy facilities.
PLoS ONE, 2018 Researchers typically conduct fatality monitoring to determine a wind energy facility's direct impacts on wildlife. In the United States, wind energy impacts on eagles have received increased attention in recent years because eagle incidental take ...
Eric C Hallingstad +4 more
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Chalk streams and grazing mute swans [PDF]
, 2014 The evidence shows that swan grazing can reduce plant abundance, prevent flowering, reduce water depth and reduce fishery value. However, these effects seem to be limited to a small number of sites on larger chalk streams.
Daunt, Francis +3 more
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background Accounts of emotional dysregulation in autism and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are typically based on external adult observations anchored in neurotypical notions of emotional responding. These often fail to place neurodivergent people's emotional responses in the context of the upsetting experiences they face ...
Georgia Pavlopoulou +53 more
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Do conventions need to be common knowledge? [PDF]
, 2007 Do conventions need to be common knowledge? David Lewis builds this requirement into his definition of a convention. This paper explores the extent to which his approach finds support in the game theory literature. The knowledge formalism developed by
Binmore, K.
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How Does Entrepreneurs' Grit Predict Effectual Decision‐Making?
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Entrepreneurs' grit is one of the most relevant predictors of new venture performance. We investigate whether the “stubbornness” of entrepreneurs' grit negatively relates to their effectual decision‐making abilities. Understanding the underlying mechanisms is relevant because the effectual decision‐making abilities of founders are crucial for ...
Kris Gericke +2 more
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Annual survival rates of migratory shore and upland game birds
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016 Band recoveries from hunted populations are widely used to estimate survival and harvest rates. We used long‐term (1950–2010) band‐recovery data from the United States and Canada to estimate average survival and recovery rates for juvenile and adult ...
Todd W. Arnold +2 more
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