The investigation of response time and behavior has a long tradition in cognitive psychology, particularly for non-strategic decision-making. Recently, experimental economists have also studied response time in strategic interactions, but within an emphasis on either one-shot games or repeated...

Bayesian model averaging is applied to robustly ascertain the determinants of various output volatility measures, including the downside semi-deviation of growth rates. Financial sophistication variables are found to have qualitatively different effects on volatility. The ratio of government...