Building on the similarity-attraction hypothesis I examine whether differences in the personalities of inhabitants from interacting countries affect the level of economic activity between them. To do this I investigate whether both aggregated and nonaggregated differences in personality scores...

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether religious prohibitions have a significant impact on the propensity to invest in foreign securities. We do this by exploring the effect of the Islamic prohibition of interest, which as we hypothesize, should impact the level of investment in...

In this paper we test whether between-country variation in individuals' tendency to conform, as measured by a social desirability scale used in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, can explain differences in the propensity to employ earnings management in corporations around the world. Such a...

Building on previous research that has established a link between neuroticism and the tendency to avoid uncertainty, and revealed the way foreign securities are perceived by investors, we explore whether variation in the personality trait of neuroticism affects foreign portfolio investment....

In this study we investigate whether cross-country variation in investors' mean openness to experience – one of the traits of the Five-Factor Model of personality – has an effect on the level of foreign bias present in international equity portfolios. Building on extant research showing a...

The introduction of ChatGPT has fueled a public debate on the use of generative AI (large language models; LLMs), including its use by researchers. In the current work, we test whether delegating parts of the research process to LLMs leads people to distrust and devalue researchers and...

The introduction of ChatGPT has sparked enormous public interest in large language (deep-learning) models, which have been sophisticated enough to perform well on a variety of tasks. One way people are utilizing these models is to construct diets. The prompts often include food restrictions...

Several studies in economics and finance show that parenthood can affect economic behavior. Here, we provide a large-sample (N = 2,008) experimental analysis of whether parents are less likely to cheat for monetary benefits than non-parents. We expect that parenting children could increase the...

Several studies in economics and finance show that parenthood can affect economic behavior. Here, we provide a large-sample (N = 2,008) experimental analysis of whether parents are less likely to cheat for monetary benefits than non-parents. We expect that parenting children could increase the...

The production of meat from farmed animals is problematic both on ethical and environmental grounds. However, we are on the eve of the mass production of cultured (lab) meat. This alternative to conventional meat should be both more environmentally sustainable and cause less harm to animals,...