Search Results - subject:"Image Concerns"

Apffelstaedt, Arno; Dogan, Gönül; Hoffmann, Fabian - 2024

We introduce a novel concept, group image concerns, showing that individuals change their behavior and are willing to … quantify group image concerns, and conduct a series of laboratory and online experiments to measure them in three distinct … image concerns among Democrats and Republicans regarding their group's knowledge of the U.S. national anthem, as a measure …

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Individual Preferences for Truth-Telling

Schudy, Simeon; Grundmann, Susanna; Spantig, Lisa - 2024

Contrary to the traditional economic view that individuals misreport private information to maximize material payoffs, recent evidence highlights robust preferences for truth-telling among many decision-makers. Theoretical models that align with aggregate behavioral patterns posit that these...

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Paying to avoid the spotlight

Te, Bao; Duffy, John; Hanaki, Nobuyuki - 2024

In the digital age, privacy in economic activities is increasingly threatened. In considering policies to address this threat, it is useful to consider what value, if any, that people attach to privacy in economic activities. We study this question by eliciting individuals' willingness to pay...

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