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Barham, Bradford L.; Chavas, Jean-Paul; Fitz, Dylan; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 97 (2014) C, pp. 204-218

modified (GM) corn and soy seeds. We conduct experiments measuring risk and ambiguity aversion with Midwestern grain farmers …

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The importance of being confident; gender, career choice, and willingness to compete

Kamas, Linda; Preston, Anne - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 1, pp. 82-97

This study investigates the extent to which gender differences in choosing to enter competitive tournaments are due to women's lower taste for competition or differences in confidence. We examine three types of confidence and find that confidence measured by expected ranking is the most...

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Confucianism and preferences: Evidence from lab experiments in Taiwan and China

Liu, Elaine M.; Meng, Juanjuan; Wang, Joseph Tao-yi - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 104 (2014) C, pp. 106-122

Chinese subjects in our experiments became less accepting of Confucian values, such that they became significantly more risk … from the incentivized laboratory experiments and subjective survey measures, we found evidence that Chinese subjects and …

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Cultural integration: Experimental evidence of convergence in immigrants’ preferences

Cameron, Lisa; Erkal, Nisvan; Gangadharan, Lata; Zhang, … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 111 (2015) C, pp. 38-58

evidence from laboratory experiments on the cultural integration of individuals of Chinese ethnicity in Australia, focusing on …

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Are under- and over-reaction the same matter? Experimental evidence

Lin, Shengle; Rassenti, Stephen - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 84 (2012) 1, pp. 39-61

Many argue that under- and over-reaction in asset prices are caused by inherently different factors. We design an asset market where information arrives sequentially over time to investigate the sources of these phenomena. We find that prices react insufficiently to news surprises and...

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Optimal prizes in dynamic elimination contests: Theory and experimental evidence

Stracke, Rudi; Höchtl, Wolfgang; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 102 (2014) C, pp. 43-58

-takes-all contest in both dimensions if participants are risk-averse. Evidence from laboratory experiments is largely consistent with …

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