Search Results - subject:"group polarization"

Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2014

Abstract This note offers two comments on the article “Social Influences towards Conformism in Economic Experiments” by Hargreaves Heap that is to appear in the Economics e-Journal. One relates to the concept of conformism, the other lines out some phenomena where an explicit recognition of...

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On the relationship between individual and group decisions

Sobel, Joel - In: Theoretical Economics 9 (2014) 1, pp. 163-185

Each member of a group receives a signal about the unknown state of the world and decides upon a utility-maximizing recommendation on the basis of that signal. The individuals have identical preferences. The group makes a decision that maximizes the common utility function assuming perfect...

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Two Additional Remarks on Conformism

Schlicht, Ekkehart - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

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On the relationship between individual and group decisions

Sobel, Joel - In: Theoretical Economics 9 (2014) 1

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Two additional remarks on conformism

Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2014 - This version: February 13, 2014

This note offers two comments on the article "Social Influences towards Conformism in Economic Experiments" by Hargreaves Heap that is to appear in the Economics e-Journal. One relates to the concept of conformism, the other lines out some phenomena where an explicit recognition of group...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464701

On the relationship between individual and group decisions

Sobel, Joel - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 9 (2014) 1, pp. 163-185

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Income Polarization In Romania

Molnar, Maria - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2011) 2, pp. 64-83

group polarization (Esteban-Ray and Gradin indices) have been used. All indicators show a higher degree of polarization in …

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Income distribution in Romania

Molnar, Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The paper presents the main results of a study on income distribution during 1995-2008 years, which central concern is the measurement of income inequality and polarization in Romania. A set of indices (S80/S20, Gini, Atkinson and Theil, for inequality; Foster-Wolfson, Milanovic, Wang-Tsui,...

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Cultural differences in risk: The group facilitation effect

Kim, Do-Yeong; Park, Junsu - In: Judgment and Decision Making 5 (2010) 5, pp. 380-390

We compared South Koreans with Australians in order to characterize cultural differences in attitudes and choices regarding risk, at both the individual and group levels. Our results showed that Australians, when assessed individually, consistently self-reported higher preference for risk than...

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Group Polarization on Corporate Boards: Theory and Evidence on Board Decisions about Acquisition Premiums, Executive Compensation, and Diversification.

Zhu, Hongquan - 2009

This dissertation examines how a fundamental group decision-making bias referred to as group polarization may influence … that is even higher (lower). I also examine several key moderators of the group polarization effect. I test the theory with … directors across the population of U.S. public companies (1991-2006). Results provided strong evidence of group polarization in …

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