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The Behavioural Economics of Climate Change
(2008-05-19)
This paper attempts to bring some central insights from behavioural economics into the
economics of climate change. In particular, it discusses (i) implications of prospect theory, the
equity premium puzzle and time ...
Does age matter for the value of life? - Evidence from a choice experiment in rural Bangladesh
(2009-10-19)
Using a random sample of individuals in rural Bangladesh, this paper investigates people’s preferences regarding relative values of lives when it comes to different ages of the individuals being saved. By assuming that an ...
Keeping others in our mind or in our heart? Distribution games under cognitive load
(2014-06)
It has recently been argued that giving is spontaneous while greed is calculated (Rand et al. 2012). If greed is calculated we would expect that cognitive load, which is assumed to reduce
the influence of cognitive ...
Social preferences are stable over long periods of time
(2012-04)
We measure people’s prosocial behavior, in terms of voluntary money and labor time
contributions to an archetypical public good, a bridge, and in terms of voluntary money
contributions in a public good game, using the ...