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“Last-Place Aversion”: Evidence and Redistributive Implications

, 2014
We present evidence from laboratory experiments showing that individuals are "last-place averse." Participants choose gambles with the potential to move them out of last place that they reject when randomly placed in other parts of the distribution.
I. Kuziemko, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich, Michael I. Norton   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Incentives, self-selection, and coordination of motivated agents for the production of social goods

Games Econ. Behav.
We study, theoretically and empirically, the effects of incentives on the self-selection and coordination of motivated agents to produce a social good.
Kevin Bauer, M. Kosfeld, Ferdinand A. von Siemens   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mistakes, Overconfidence, and the Effect of Sharing on Detecting Lies

The American Economic Review, 2021
Mistakes and overconfidence in detecting lies could help lies spread. Participants in our experiments observe videos in which senders either tell the truth or lie, and are incentivized to distinguish between them. We find that participants fail to detect
Marta Serra-Garcia, U. Gneezy
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Everyday Econometricians: Selection Neglect and Overoptimism When Learning from Others

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
This study explores selection neglect in an experimental investment game where individuals can learn from others’ outcomes. Experiment 1 examines aggregate-level equilibrium behavior.
K. Barron, S. Huck, P. Jehiel
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Search Costs and Context Effects

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Empirical search cost estimates are often large and increasing in the size of the transaction. We conduct an online search experiment in which we manipulate the price scale while keeping the physical search effort per price quote constant.
H. Karle, Florian Kerzenmacher, Heiner Schumacher, F. Verboven   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

L’autoprotection influence-t-elle les choix d’assurance des individus ? Une étude expérimentale

Revue économique
À l’aide d’une expérimentation en laboratoire, cette étude compare les choix individuels en matière d’assurance, en fonction de la présence, ou non, d’une option d’autoprotection permettant de diminuer la probabilité de perte.
Morgane Plantier, Claire Mouminoux, J. Rullière   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Designing Effort-Intensive Tasks: Conceptual Guidance and Three Practical Illustrations Examining Incentive Pay

Journal of Management Accounting Research
We develop a methodological guide to improve the efficiency of effort-intensive tasks. Although the central role that theory plays when designing effort-intensive tasks is understood at a conceptual level, how to translate that understanding into ...
Jongwoon Choi, Jeffrey D. Clark, Adam Presslee   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fair Shares and Selective Attention

Social Science Research Network
Attitudes toward fairness and redistribution differ along socioeconomic lines. To understand their formation, we conduct a large-scale experiment on attention to merit and luck and the effect of attention on fairness decisions.
Dianna R. Amasino, D. Pace, J. J. van der Weele   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting and Understanding Initial Play

The American Economic Review, 2019
We use machine learning to uncover regularities in the initial play of matrix games. We first train a prediction algorithm on data from past experiments.
D. Fudenberg, Annie Liang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do Lucky People Reciprocate More? The Effect of Outcome Bias on Trustworthiness

Studies in Microeconomics
This study investigates how reciprocity works in a simple trust game when the subjects are framed as either lucky or unlucky. We induce luckiness perception to the second mover by introducing uncertainty with a different combination of possible ...
P. A. Muchtar
semanticscholar   +1 more source