Search Results - "Rutström, E. Elisabet"

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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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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Expected utility theory and prospect theory: one wedding and a decent funeral by Harrison, Glenn W, Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…Choice behavior is typically evaluated by assuming that the data is generated by one latent decision-making process or another. What if there are two (or more)…”
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Crowded out: Heterogeneity in risk attitudes among poor households in the US by Galliera, Arianna, Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…Not much is known about the heterogeneity of risk attitudes among poor households in rich countries. This paper provides estimates from a unique data set…”
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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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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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Endogenous choice of institutional punishment mechanisms to promote social cooperation by Botelho, Anabela, Harrison, Glenn W., Pinto, Lígia M. Costa, Ross, Don, Rutström, Elisabet E.

“…Does the desirability of social institutions for public goods provision depend on the extent to which they include mechanisms for endogenous enforcement of…”
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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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Risk Aversion and Incentive Effects: Comment by Harrison, Glenn W., Johnson, Eric, Melayne M. Mc Innes, Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…Charles A. Holt and Susan K. Laury (2002) (HL) develop an experimental design to determine the risk attitude of an individual. They use their observations to…”
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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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Virtual experiments and environmental policy by Fiore, Stephen M., Harrison, Glenn W., Hughes, Charles E., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We develop the concept of virtual experiments and consider their application to environmental policy. A virtual experiment combines insights from virtual…”
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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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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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Latent process heterogeneity in discounting behavior by Coller, Maribeth, Harrison, Glenn W., Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We show that observed choices in discounting experiments are consistent with roughly one-half of the subjects using exponential discounting and one-half using…”
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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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Testing static game theory with dynamic experiments: A case study of public goods by Botelho, Anabela, Harrison, Glenn W., Pinto, Lígia M. Costa, Rutström, Elisabet E.

“…Game theory provides predictions of behavior in many one-shot games. On the other hand, most experimenters usually play repeated games with subjects, to…”
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Behavioral econometrics for psychologists by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Lau, Morten Igel, Rutström, Elisabet E.

“…We make the case that psychologists should make wider use of econometric methods for the estimation of structural models. These methods involve the development…”
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Non-linear mixed logit by Andersen, Steffen, Harrison, Glenn W., Hole, Arne Risa, Lau, Morten, Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We develop an extension of the familiar linear mixed logit model to allow for the direct estimation of parametric non-linear functions defined over structural…”
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Inferring beliefs as subjectively imprecise probabilities by Andersen, Steffen, Fountain, John, Harrison, Glenn W., Hole, Arne Risa, Rutström, E. Elisabet

“…We propose a method for estimating subjective beliefs, viewed as a subjective probability distribution. The key insight is to characterize beliefs as a…”
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