Search Results - "Lau, Morten"

Discounting behavior: A reconsideration by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We re-evaluate the theory, experimental design and econometrics behind claims that individuals exhibit non-constant discounting behavior. Theory points to the…”
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Eliciting Risk and Time Preferences by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We design experiments to jointly elicit risk and time preferences for the adult Danish population. Since subjects are generally risk averse, we find that joint…”
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The Risk of Gambling Problems in the General Population: A Reconsideration by Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Ross, Don

“…We examine the manner in which the population prevalence of disordered gambling has usually been estimated, on the basis of surveys that suffer from a…”
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MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY, INTERTEMPORAL UTILITY, AND CORRELATION AVERSION by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…Convenient assumptions about qualitative properties of the intertemporal utility function have generated counterintuitive implications for the relationship…”
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Estimating Risk Attitudes in Denmark: A Field Experiment by Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We estimate individual risk attitudes using controlled experiments in the field in Denmark. The experiments were carried out across Denmark using a…”
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Estimating Individual Discount Rates in Denmark: A Field Experiment by Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Williams, Melonie B.

“…Individual discount rates are estimated with respect to time streams of money using controlled laboratory experiments. These discount rates are elicited by…”
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Individual discount rates and smoking: Evidence from a field experiment in Denmark by Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We elicit measures of individual discount rates from a representative sample of the Danish population and test two substantive hypotheses. The first hypothesis…”
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Elicitation using multiple price list formats by Rutström, E, Harrison, Glenn, Lau, Morten, Andersen, Steffen

“…We examine the properties of a popular method for eliciting choices and values from experimental subjects, the multiple price list format. The main advantage…”
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LOST IN STATE SPACE: ARE PREFERENCES STABLE? by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Elisabet Rutström, E.

“…We use field experiments to examine the temporal stability of risk preferences. Over a 17-month period, we elicited risk preferences from subjects chosen to be…”
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Risk attitudes, randomization to treatment, and self-selection into experiments by Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Elisabet Rutström, E.

“…Randomization to treatment is fundamental to statistical control in the design of experiments. However randomization implies some uncertainty about treatment…”
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Small stakes risk aversion in the laboratory: A reconsideration by Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Ross, Don, Swarthout, J. Todd

“…Evidence of risk aversion in laboratory settings over small stakes leads to a priori implausible levels of risk aversion over large stakes under certain…”
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Information Characteristics and Errors in Expectations: Experimental Evidence by Antoniou, Constantinos, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Read, Daniel

“…We design an experiment to test the hypothesis that, in violation of Bayes’ rule, some people respond more forcefully to the strength of information than to…”
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Discounting Behaviour and the Magnitude Effect: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Denmark by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We evaluate the claim that individuals exhibit a magnitude effect in their discounting behaviour, where higher discount rates are inferred from choices made…”
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Disordered Gambling Prevalence: Methodological Innovations in a General Danish Population Survey by Harrison, Glenn W., Jessen, Lasse J., Lau, Morten I., Ross, Don

“…We study Danish adult gambling behavior with an emphasis on discovering patterns relevant to public health forecasting and economic welfare assessment of…”
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Subjective Bayesian beliefs by Antoniou, Constantinos, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Read, Daniel

“…A large literature suggests that many individuals do not apply Bayes' Rule when making decisions that depend on them correctly pooling prior information and…”
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Preference heterogeneity in experiments: Comparing the field and laboratory by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten Igel, Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…Do laboratory experiments provide a reliable basis for measuring field preferences? Economists recognize that preferences can differ across individuals, but…”
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Preferences over social risk by Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Rutström, E. Elisabet, Tarazona-Gómez, Marcela

“…We elicit individual preferences over social risk. We identify the extent to which these preferences are correlated with preferences over individual risk and…”
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Risk and time preferences of entrepreneurs: evidence from a Danish field experiment by Andersen, Steffen, Di Girolamo, Amalia, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I.

“…To understand how small business entrepreneurs respond to government policy one has to know their risk and time preferences. Are they risk averse, or have high…”
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Subjective belief distributions and the characterization of economic literacy by Di Girolamo, Amalia, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten I., Swarthout, J. Todd

“…•We characterize literacy as the subjective beliefs over possible responses to a question.•We elicit subjective belief distributions using incentive-compatible…”
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Dual criteria decisions by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten Igel, Rutström, Elisabet E.

“…► We consider a dual criteria model from psychology. ► The model is applied to observed choices from a major natural experiment. ► The evidence points to the…”
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