Revealed distributional preferences: Individuals vs. teams [PDF]
We compare experimentally the revealed distributional preferences of individuals and teams in allocation tasks. We find that teams are significantly more benevolent than individuals in the domain of disadvantageous inequality while the benevolence in the domain of advantageous inequality is similar across decision makers.
Loukas Balafoutas +3 more
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Drivers of smoking and physical activity in Russia: Do individual time preferences matter? [PDF]
This article analyzes the relationship between individual decisions to smoke and to do physical exercises. It is assumed that individual time preferences play a major role in explaining individual health behavior.
Tatiana V. Kossova +2 more
doaj +3 more sources
Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life
Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues +1 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Evolution of individual preferences and persistence of family rules
How does the distribution of individual preferences evolve as a result of marriage between individuals with different preferences? Could a family rule be self-enforcing given individual preferences, and remain such for several generations despite ...
A. Cigno, A. Gioffré, A. Luporini
semanticscholar +1 more source
Fine-tuning language models to find agreement among humans with diverse preferences [PDF]
Recent work in large language modeling (LLMs) has used fine-tuning to align outputs with the preferences of a prototypical user. This work assumes that human preferences are static and homogeneous across individuals, so that aligning to a a single ...
Michiel A. Bakker +10 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Data on transnational ecological compensation under a ‘no net loss’ biodiversity policy
We conducted surveys in Denmark, Spain, and Ghana to solicit individual preferences for national and international ecological compensation for forest cover lost in the participant's home country due to the construction of a road.
Anna Lou Abatayo +2 more
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The problem of securing cost and production functions. Individual and social preferences [PDF]
In this article, we present two topics related to mathematical economics. We offer an intriguing proposal for securing cost andproduction functions in the face of uncertainty and risk. We discuss the relationship between individual and social preferences.
Julia Fidler, Łukasz Matysiak
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Measurement of Individual Time Preferences Using A Laboratory Approach [PDF]
The precise measurement of individual time preferences in assessing the economic plans that individuals are involved in, in the estimation of social time preferences, in the assessment of environmental and health plans is very crucial.
Mohammad Amin Zandi
doaj +1 more source
Carrot or Stick? Group Selection and the Evolution of Reciprocal Preferences [PDF]
This paper studies the evolution of both characteristics of reciprocity - the willingness to reward friendly behavior and the willingness to punish hostile behavior.
Herold, Florian
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This study explores whether and to what extent voters expect the government to provide jobs for everyone who wants to work. It examines the link between voter expectations and the labour market situation. It finds that the stronger the expectation of the
Michał Pilc
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