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Fund managers - Why the best might be the worst: On the evolutionary vigor of risk-seeking behavior

Witte, Björn-Christopher - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-24, pp. 1-29

This article explores the influence of competitive conditions on the evolutionary fitness of different risk preferences. As a practical example, the professional competition between fund managers is considered. To explore how different settings of competition parameters, the exclusion rate and...

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Subjective rationality. The search for visually perceivable principles of order in urban research until 1975

Brünenberg, Stefanie - In: sub\urban : Zeitschrift für kritische Stadtforschung 10 (2022) 2/3, pp. 43-69

"spatial value number" reveals the incompatibility of rationality and aesthetics: the individual urban experience cannot be …

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How everyday ethics becomes a moral economy, and vice versa

Keane, Webb - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (2019) 2019-46, pp. 1-25

rationality and ethically fraught relationships among persons-organ donation and sex work. The paper argues that the inherent … introduce into reasoning are not flaws but part of the core functions of rationality. …

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Nährwertkennzeichnung: die Ampel erreicht die Verbraucher am besten

Hagen, Kornelia - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 22, pp. 2-12

Mehr als die Hälfte der Erwachsenen in Deutschland ist übergewichtig. Besonders oft betroffen sind Ältere, Arme und Menschen mit geringer Bildung. Ein Thema für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler? Ernährung und fehlende Bewegung sind entscheidende Faktoren für wichtige Volkskrankheiten. Für durch...

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Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy

Babcock, Linda; Congdon, William J.; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-14

Labor market policies succeed or fail at least in part depending on how well they reflect or account for behavioral responses. Insights from behavioral economics, which allow for realistic deviations from standard economic assumptions about behavior, have consequences for the design and...

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