Search Results - "Lima de Miranda, Katharina"
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Insurance demand and social comparison: An experimental analysis
Published in Journal of risk and uncertainty (01-04-2014)“…This paper analyzes whether social comparison can explain the low take-up of disaster insurance usually reported in field studies. We argue that risks in the…”
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Risk Preferences and Predictions about Others: No Association with 2D:4D Ratio
Published in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience (01-02-2018)“…Prenatal androgen exposure affects the brain development of the fetus which may facilitate certain behaviors and decision patterns in the later life. The ratio…”
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The societal responses to COVID-19: Evidence from the G7 countries
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-06-2022)“…This paper provides a picture of how societies in the G7 countries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our point of departure is to examine the effects of…”
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Social comparison and gender differences in financial risk taking
Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01-12-2021)“…The present paper contributes to the controversy regarding gender differences in risk taking by investigating the impact of social comparison. Drawing on…”
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Wohlstand neu denken und messen
Published in Wirtschaftsdienst (Hamburg) (01-07-2023)“…Addressing the major challenges Germany and the world face today - from mitigating climate change to the shortage of skilled labor- will require concerted,…”
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Are economic preferences shaped by the family context? The relation of birth order and siblings’ gender composition to economic preferences
Published in Journal of risk and uncertainty (01-08-2024)“…The formation of economic preferences in childhood and adolescence has long-term consequences for life outcomes. We study in an experiment how both birth order…”
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Exploiting behavioural insights to foster global cooperation
Published in Economics. The open-access, open-assessment e-journal (01-11-2017)Get full text
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