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We study whether a better knowledge of the functioning of pay-as-you-go pension systems and recent demographic trends in the hosting country affects natives' attitudes towards immigration. In two online experiments in Italy and Spain, we randomly treated participants with a video explaining how,...
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As evidence is accumulating that subjective expectations influence behavior and that these expectations are sometimes biased, it becomes policy-relevant to know how to influence individuals' expectations. Information in the media is likely to affect how people picture the future. This paper...
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As evidence is accumulating that subjective expectations influence behavior and that these expectations are sometimes biased, it becomes policy-relevant to know how to influence individuals' expectations. Information in the media is likely to affect how people picture the future. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969323
bequests. This leads us to explore the role of beliefs, financial literacy and portfolio decisions in explaining this genetic … gradient in wealth.We show that individuals with lower genetic scores are more prone to reporting "extreme beliefs" (e …
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We examine rational learning among expert chess players and how they update their beliefs in repeated games with the …
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malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …
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update their beliefs about the probability of being audited, both before and after audits are definitely withdrawn. We find … that when individuals have initially experienced systematic audits, they decrease both their beliefs and their … irregular, they maintain high beliefs about the probability of being audited and continue cooperating long after audits have …
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and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people's beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-connected information sources, implying a pattern of "overshooting" beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …
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Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future …
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, imagination and independence in children) to five different measures of religiosity, including beliefs and attendance. We control …
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