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The economic consequences of being left-handed : some sinister results

Denny, Kevin - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2004

This paper provides the first estimates of the effects of handedness on hourly earnings. Augmenting a conventional earnings equation with an indicator of left handedness shows there is a well determined positive effect on male earnings with non-manual workers enjoying a slightly larger premium....

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Cognitive Ability and Hemispheric Indecision - Two Surpluses and a Deficit

Denny, Kevin - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2006

This paper re-examines a finding by Crow et al. (1998) showing that equal skill of right and left hands – hemispheric indecision - is associated with deficits in cognitive ability. This is consistent with the idea that failure to develop dominance of one hemisphere is associated with various...

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In praise of ambidexterity: How a continuum of handedness predicts social adjustment

Denny, Kevin; Zhang, Wen - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2010

This paper estimates the relationship between handedness and social adjustment. In addition to binary measures of hand preference, we also use a continuous measure of hand skill. Outcomes at ages 7, 11 and 16 are studied. Using a semi-parametric estimator it is shown that non-righthandedness (as...

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Unraveling two myths about entrepreneurs

Hessels, Jolanda; Rietveld, Cornelius A.; van der Zwan, … - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 3, pp. 435-438

The supposed creativity of left-handed and dyslexic individuals may fit well with an entrepreneurial occupation. Empirical evidence from two representative Dutch samples, however, shows that left-handed and dyslexic individuals are not more likely to be(come) entrepreneurs than right-handed and...

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The economic consequences of being left-handed: some sinister results

Denny, Kevin; O'Sullivan, Vincent - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2006

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What's bad is easy: Taboo values, affect, and cognition

Lichtenstein, Sarah; Gregory, Robin; Irwin, Julie - In: Judgment and Decision Making 2 (2007) June, pp. 169-188

Some decision situations are so objectionable or repugnant that people refuse to make a choice. This paper seeks to better understand taboo responses, and to distinguish choices that are truly taboo from those that are merely difficult or confusing. Using 22 scenarios that describe potentially...

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Through the Minds of the Agents

Castelfranchi, Cristiano - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 1 (1998) 1, pp. 5-5

This is a response to Michael Macy's contribution to the JASSS Forum, Social Order in Artificial Worlds.

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Modelling Social Systems As Complex: Towards a Social Simulation Meta-Model

Goldspink, Chris - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 3 (2000) 2, pp. 1-1

higher order capabilities such as cognition into agents has proven problematic. Influenced by AI approaches, where cognitive … capability has been sought, it has commonly been attempted based on a 'representational' theory of cognition. This has proven …-model incorporating an 'enactive' model of cognition drawing on both complex system insights and the theory of autopoiesis. It is intended …

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Simulating Organizational Decision-Making Using a Cognitively Realistic Agent Model

Sun, Ron; Naveh, Isaac - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 7 (2004) 3, pp. 5-5

being paid to the details of individual cognition. Here, in an effort to counteract that trend, we substitute a realistic …

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The Value of Moderate Obsession: Insights from a New Model of Organizational Search

Cattani, Gino; Dorsch, Alex; Winter, Sidney G. - Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola … - 2007

This study presents a new model of search on a “rugged landscape,” which employs modeling techniques from fractal geometry rather than the now-familiar NK modeling technique. In our simulations,firms search locally in a two-dimensional fitness landscape, choosing moves in a way that responds...

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