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Strategic Ignorance and the Robustness of Social Preferences [PDF]

open access: yesManagement Science, 2014
Participants in dictator games frequently avoid learning whether their choice to maximize their own earnings will help or hurt the recipient and then choose selfishly, exploiting the “moral wiggle room” provided by their ignorance. However, this is found in an environment in which the dictator must actively learn the true payoffs, so inaction means ...
Zachary Grossman
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“Beyond Jihad”: The Islamic Contributions to the Field of Strategic Studies [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Islamic Thought, 2023
Several historical literatures in the field of Strategic Studies (Gray, 2013; Heuser, 2010; Kane, 2013) have always centered its Hellenic and ancient Oriental origins, ignoring (or negating) the contributions of other cultures (African, Islamic, etc.) to
Felix Idongesit Oyosoro
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The Roots of Neglect: Towards a Sociology of Non-Imagination

open access: yesTecnoscienza, 2023
The sociology of expectations has helped academics and policy analysts to understand how socio-technical imaginaries are not only hypothetical and “in the future”, but how they create realities in the present.
Barbara Prainsack
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Wind Energy on Trial in Saepmie: Epistemic Controversies and Strategic Ignorance in Norway’s Green Energy Transition

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2023
Climate change policies and the green energy transition have renewed colonial structures and injustices for Indigenous peoples in land-use conflicts, but not without resistance. This article explores epistemic controversies in a legal struggle concerning
Eva Maria Fjellheim
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« On n’est évidemment pas forcé de tout dire »

open access: yesRevue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2021
This article aims at showing the contributions of an approach in terms of ignorance for the sociology of administration. Starting from the case of inspectorates’ reports, it reverses the classical terms of the study of reports, which emphasize the ...
Marion Demonteil
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Optimism and pessimism in strategic interactions under ignorance [PDF]

open access: yesGames and Economic Behavior, 2022
Previous titles: "Strategic Interactions under Ignorance: A Theory of Tropical Players" & "Tropical Attitudes in Strategic Interactions under Ignorance"
Pierfrancesco Guarino, Gabriel Ziegler
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How to Live Safely with Bats? Ignorance(s) in post-Ebola Risk Communication (Guinea, Sierra Leone)

open access: yesSources, 2022
The 2013–6 Ebola disease epidemic in West Africa drove a surge of environmental communication campaigns in regions considered at-risk for Ebola, despite uncertainty about the disease’s transmission pathways from animals to humans.
Emmanuelle Roth
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Négocier la transparence des filières alimentaires

open access: yesRevue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2022
This article questions the construction of transparency within the food chains. The analysis is based on the observation of two negotiations during which industry and retail representatives have discussed about the exchange and sharing of sensitive data ...
Bastien Soutjis
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Strategic Ignorance and Perceived Control

open access: yes, 2023
Information can trigger unpleasant emotions. As a result, individuals might be tempted to strategically ignore it. We experimentally investigate whether increasing perceived control can mitigate strategic ignorance. Participants from India were presented with a choice to receive information about the health risk associated with air pollution and were ...
Balietti, Anca   +3 more
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