This study examines the role of actual and perceived financial sophistication (i.e., financial literacy and confidence) for individuals' wealth accumulation. Using survey data from the German SAVE initiative, we find strong gender- and education-related differences in the distribution of the two...

The distinction of risk vs uncertainty as made by Knight has important implications for policy selection. Assuming the former when the latter is relevant can lead to wrong decisions. With the aid of a stylized model that describes a bank’s decision on how to allocate loans, the authors discuss...

Previous research has shown that feedback about past performance has ambiguous effects on subsequent performance. We argue that feedback affects beliefs in different dimensions – namely beliefs about the level of human capital and beliefs about the ability to learn – and this may...

We investigate how the selection process of a leader affects team performance with respect to social learning. We use a lab experiment in which an incentivized guessing task is repeated in a star network with the leader at the center. Leader selection is either based on competence, on...

(Mis)trust and the Old Faith in the Russian Far EastDominic Martin; Trust, Chance and Disappointment; Real Estate Business in Russia's Far East; Caroline Humphrey; Searching for Trust; Indigenous People in the Jade Business; Tatiana Safonova, István Sántha, and Pavel Sulyandziga; The Emergence...

Previous research has shown that feedback about past performance has ambiguous effects on subsequent performance. We argue that feedback affects beliefs in different dimensions - namely beliefs about the level of human capital and beliefs about the ability to learn - and this may explain some of...

We investigate how the selection process of a leader affects team performance with respect to social learning. We use a lab experiment in which an incentivized guessing task is repeated in a star network with the leader at the center. Leader selection is either based on competence, on...

A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in Western industrial countries such as the United States (US) would lead to increasing tensions between different socio-economic groups which might in turn hamper economic growth. The population’s...

Durch seine verhaltensnormierende Wirkung stellt Vertrauen einen wirkungsvollen Mechanismus zur Koordination sozialer Beziehungen dar. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob dieser allgemeine Koordinationsmechanismus auch in den Bereichen der Gesellschaft erfolgreich seine Wirkung entfalten kann, in denen...

Qualitätsungewißheit erfaßt das Problem asymmetrischer Information bei Vertrauenseigenschaften und geht über Qualitätsunsicherheit hinaus, die nur bei Erfahrungseigenschaften auftritt. Informationsökonomische Modelle können Qualitätsungewißheit bisher nur unzureichend analysieren. Zur...

Das Hausbankprinzip nimmt bei der Finanzierung mittelständischer Unternehmen in Deutschland traditionell eine zentrale Stellung ein. Diese Beziehung unterliegt aktuell einem starken Wandel. Als Konsequenz wird häufig eine Abkehr vom Hausbankprinzip gefordert. Diese Untersuchung widmet sich der...

Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit Kompetenz als Vertrauensdeterminante. Ziel ist, die unterschiedlichen Kompetenzarten und ihren Einfluss auf den Vertrauensentstehungsprozess vor dem theoretischen Hintergrund der Neuen Institutionenökonomie zu untersuchen. Das Ergebnis ist ein experimentell...

Die Finanzmarktkrise der Jahre 2007 hat gezeigt, dass Vertrauen im Finanzsektor von existenzieller Bedeutung ist und mangelndes Vertrauen seitens der Kunden dem Bankenapparat nachhaltig schaden kann. Vor diesem Hintergrund liefert das Buch eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Analyse des...

Der Autor zeigt in seiner Arbeit, dass Märkte von einer Vielzahl von Unsicherheitslagen durchzogen sind. Dazu zählen Unsicherheiten in marktwirtschaftlichen Kontexten (z.B. ein ruinöser Preiswettbewerb) und Unsicherheit in der marktwirtschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit (etwa Unsicherheit bezüglich...

This paper examines the role of fiscal policy in the long run. We show that (i) dynamic inefficiency in a standard OLG model generates aggregate demand problems in a Keynesian setting, (ii) fiscal policy can be used to achieve full-employment growth, (iii) the required debt ratio is inversely...

The distinction of risk vs uncertainty as made by Knight has important implications for policy selection. Assuming the former when the latter is relevant can lead to wrong decisions. With the aid of a stylized model that describes a bank's decision on how to allocate loans, the authors discuss...

Economists, observers and policy-makers often emphasize the role of sentiment as a potential driver of the business cycle. In this paper we provide three contributions to this debate. First, we critically survey the existing literature on sentiment (considering both confidence and uncertainty)...

The notion of bounded rationality has received a considerable attention in the midst of debate over the usefulness of various macroeconomic models. In this paper we empirically seek to analyze the baseline New-Keynesian model with heterogeneous agents who may adopt various heuristics used to...

This paper addresses the behavioral puzzle of women's preference for competition when competitors are also women. Using a framed field experiment with 883 non-standard subjects, we show that none of the determinants of competitive behavior in general, including ability, self-confidence and risk...

This paper investigates the role of social capital in determining one's competitiveness. The analysis exploits the data of the PISA test in math because competitive occupational choices often require high quantitative skills. The empirical results highlight that a higher level of trust in school...

This paper experimentally investigates trust and trustworthiness in a repeated and sequential three-player trust game with probabilistic returns and information asymmetry. It adds to the existing literature by combining experimental features from recent work in the trust game. The authors use...

Employing data from a representative population survey conducted in New Zealand in 2016, this paper examines factors that influence, or are at least associated with, public trust in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ). The large number of specifically designed questions allows studying the...

Employing data from a representative population survey conducted in New Zealand in 2016, this paper examines factors that influence, or are at least associated with, public trust in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ). The large number of specifically designed questions allows studying the...

We conducted a randomized controlled trial testing the effect of modest incentives to attend the gym among new members of a fitness facility, a population that is already engaged in trying to change a health behavior. Our experiment randomized 836 new members of a private gym into a control...

This study examined the socio-economic attributes of respondents, their level of satisfaction with available infrastructure and services and intra-urban variation in residents level of neighbourhood confidence in Abeokuta Nigeria. The stratified residential zones are the older residential areas,...