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Gender differences in competitiveness and risk taking: Comparing children in Colombia and Sweden
Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo; Dreber, Anna; von Essen, Emma; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 1, pp. 11-23
We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9–12 in Colombia and Sweden …
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Eingeschränkt rationales Marktverhalten : eine experimentelle Studie
Vossebein, Ulrich - 1990
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ПРИНЦИП ЦЕЛЕУСТРЕМЛЕННОСТИ В СИСТЕМНОЙ ДИНАМИКЕ С УЧЕТОМ ПОДХОДОВ ПОВЕДЕНЧЕСКОЙ ЭКОНОМИКИ
ЕВГЕНЬЕВНА, ЧЁРНАЯ ОКСАНА - In: Бизнес Информ (2013) 3, pp. 24-28
В статье рассмотрены теоретические походы определения принципа целеустремленности в системной динамике с учетом подходов поведенческой экономики, теории...
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The Principle of Purposefulness in the System Dynamics With the Approaches of Behavioral Economics
Chernaya Oksana Ye. - In: Business Inform (2013) 1, pp. 24-28
The article presents the theoretical definition of the purposefulness principle in the system dynamics, taking into account the approaches of behavioral economics, prospect theory and framing effect. There has analyzed the significance of the choice of subjects for dynamic systems under their...
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The regulation of non-point source pollution and risk preferences: An experimental approach
Camacho-Cuena, Eva; Requate, Till - In: Ecological Economics 73 (2012) C, pp. 179-187
Many environmental problems, notably arising from agriculture, can be classified as non-point source pollution problems. In this paper we present results of an experimental study on the performance of three mechanisms designed to deal with such problems: collective fining, random fining, and a...
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The today and tomorrow of kids: Time preferences and educational outcomes of children
Castillo, Marco; Ferraro, Paul J.; Jordan, Jeffrey L.; … - In: Journal of Public Economics 95 (2011) 11, pp. 1377-1385
We experimentally investigate the distribution of children's time preferences along gender and racial lines. We find … that boys are more impatient than girls and black children are more impatient than white children. Black boys have the … play an important role in determining the success of performance incentive programs for school children. …
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Parenthood and risk preferences
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 2015
This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
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Parenthood and Risk Preferences
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214025
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Performance Pay and Multidimensional Sorting - Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. Subjects …
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Crime and Self-Control Revisited: Disentangling the Effect of Self-Control on Risk and Social Preferences
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - CESifo - 2014
In economic models, risk and social preferences are major determinants of criminal behavior. In criminology, low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. Relating the arguments from both disciplines, this paper studies the relationship between self-control and both risk and...
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