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Does Everyone Use Probabilities? Intuitive and Rational Decisions about Stockholding

Binswanger, Johannes; Salm, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We investigate the relationship between subjective probabilities of future stock market returns and decisions about stockholding. Specifically, we examine whether acting upon subjective probabilities is confined to individuals with high cognitive skills. We explore this question using data from...

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Better Means More: Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship

Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

entrepreneurship, but has less pronounced effects for entrepreneurial entry. The availability of finance and the fiscal burden matter …

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Performance analysis of international mutual funds incorporating market frictions

ter Horst, Jenke; Nijman, Theo; de Roon, F.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

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Decision Making in the Pension Fund Board Room : An Experiment with Dutch Pension Fund Trustees

van Dalen, H.P.; Henkens, K.; Koedijk, C.G.; Slager, A.M.H. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

We ask how pension fund trustees deal with the booms and busts that funds encounter, and to what extent the decisions of pension fund trustees are affected by behavioral biases. We examine these issues by using a vignette-method field experiment among Dutch pension fund trustees. We find that...

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Finance and Growth for Microenterprises : Evidence from Rural China

Beck, Thorsten; Lu, L.; Yang, R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013

Abstract: Using a survey dataset of Chinese rural households, we find that access to external finance is positively … associated with the decision to become entrepreneur, the initial investment for microenterprises and the use of external finance …. Also, we find that the use of informal finance is positively associated with sales growth of microenterprises with …

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To Own or Not to Own? Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective

Sierminska, Eva; Doorley, Karina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach, we show that cohort effects exist in the income profiles of asset and debt portfolios for a sample of European countries, the U.S. and Canada. We find that younger households' participation decisions in assets are more responsive...

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Cross-National Differences in Wealth Portfolios at the Intensive Margin: Is There a Role for Policy?

Doorley, Karina; Sierminska, Eva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach in this literature, we show that cohort effects exist in the income profiles of asset and debt portfolios for a sample of European countries, the U.S. and Canada. We find that the association between household wealth portfolios at...

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The Effect of Incentive Structure on Heuristic Decision Making: The Proportion Heuristic

Oxoby, Robert J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

When making judgments, individuals often utilize heuristics to interpret information. We report on a series of experiments designed to test the ways in which incentive mechanisms influence the use of a particular heuristic in decision-making. Specifically, we demonstrate how information...

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Cooperativeness and Impatience in the Tragedy of the Commons

Fehr, Ernst; Leibbrandt, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper examines the role of other-regarding and time preferences for cooperation in the field. We study the preferences of fishermen whose main, and often only, source of income stems from using a common pool resource (CPR). The exploitation of a CPR involves a negative interpersonal and...

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On Reputation: A Microfoundation of Contract Enforcement and Price Rigidity

Fehr, Ernst; Brown, Martin; Zehnder, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We study the impact of reputational incentives in markets characterized by moral hazard problems. Social preferences have been shown to enhance contract enforcement in these markets, while at the same time generating considerable wage and price rigidity. Reputation powerfully amplifies the...

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