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Chapter 10. Lab in the Field : Measuring Preferences in the Wild

Gneezy, U.; Imas, A. - 2017

begin by examining how the methodology has been used to test economic models with populations of theoretical interest. Next … covariates to test theoretical predictions and explore behavioral mechanisms. We proceed to discuss how the methodology can be … utilized to compare behavior across cultures and contexts, and test for the external validity of results obtained in the lab …

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Self-selection and variations in the laboratory measurement of other-regarding preferences across subject pools : evidence from one college student and two adult samples

Anderson, Jon; Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; … - 2012 - Revised version of 2010-22

We measure the other-regarding behavior in samples from three related populations in the upper Midwest of the United States: college students, non-student adults from the community surrounding the college, and adult trainee truckers in a residential training program. The use of typical...

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Reassessing qualitative self-assessments and experimental validation

Chapman, Jonathan; Ortoleva, Pietro; Snowberg, Erik; … - 2025

Qualitative self-assessments of economic preferences have recently gained popularity, often supported by experimental validation, a method that links them to choices in incentivized elicitations. We illustrate theoretically that experimental validation may fail to produce reliable new measures....

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Lab measures of other-regarding preferences can predict some related on-the-job behavior : evidence from a large scale field experiment

Burks, Stephen V.; Nosenzo, Daniele; Anderson, Jon; … - 2016

We measure a specific form of other-regarding behavior, costly cooperation with an anonymous other, among 645 subjects at a trucker training program in the Midwestern US. Using subjects' second-mover strategy in a sequential form of the Prisoners' Dilemma, we categorize subjects as: Free Rider,...

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Lab measures of other-regarding preferences can predict some related on-the-job behavior : evidence from a large scale field experiment

Burks, Stephen V.; Nosenzo, Daniele; Anderson, Jon; … - 2015

There is by now ample evidence from laboratory experiments that individuals exhibit "prosocial" or "other-regarding" preferences. However, a key question is whether the importance of other-regarding preferences documented in the laboratory can be readily generalized to draw conclusions about the...

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Self-selection into economics experiments is driven by monetary rewards

Abeler, Johannes; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2013

Laboratory experiments have become a wide-spread tool in economic research. Yet, there is still doubt about how well the results from lab experiments generalize to other settings. In this paper, we investigate the self-selection process of potential subjects into the subject pool. We alter the...

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The individual and joint performance of economic preferences, personality, and self-control in predicting criminal behavior

Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2014

We explore the individual and joint explanatory power of concepts from economics, psychology, and criminology for criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and locus of control), and a self-control scale from...

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The individual and joint performance of economic preferences, personality, and self-control in predicting criminal behavior

Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2014

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Time delay and investment decisions : evidence from an experiment in Tanzania

Nikolov, Plamen - 2019

Attitudes toward risk underlie virtually every important economic decision an individual makes. In this experimental study, I examine how introducing a time delay into the execution of an investment plan influences individuals' risk preferences. The field experiment proceeded in three stages: a...

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Looming large or seeming small? : attitudes towards losses in a representative sample

Chapman, Jonathan; Snowberg, Erik; Wang, Stephanie; … - 2022

We measure individual-level loss aversion using three incentivized, representative surveys of the U.S. population (combined N = 3,000). We find that around 50% of the U.S. population is loss tolerant, with many participants accepting negative-expected-value gambles. This is counter to earlier...

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