Search Results - "van der Weele, Joël"

A penny for your thoughts: a survey of methods for eliciting beliefs by Schlag, Karl H., Tremewan, James, van der Weele, Joël J.

“…Incentivized methods for eliciting subjective probabilities in economic experiments present the subject with risky choices that encourage truthful reporting…”
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PREFERENCES FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND PERCEPTION OF FAIRNESS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY by Durante, Ruben, Putterman, Louis, van der Weele, Joël

“…We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how demand for redistribution of income depends on self-interest, insurance motives, and social concerns relating…”
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Deception and self-deception by Schwardmann, Peter, van der Weele, Joël

“…There is ample evidence that the average person thinks he or she is more skilful, more beautiful and kinder than others 1 , 2 and that such overconfidence may…”
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Resisting Moral Wiggle Room: How Robust Is Reciprocal Behavior? by van der Weele, Joel J., Kulisa, Julija, Kosfeld, Michael, Friebel, Guido

“…We provide the second mover in a trust game and a moonlighting game with an excuse for not reciprocating. While this type of manipulation has been shown to…”
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Responsiveness to feedback as a personal trait by Buser, Thomas, Gerhards, Leonie, van der Weele, Joël

“…We investigate individual heterogeneity in the tendency to under-respond to feedback ("conservatism") and to respond more strongly to positive compared to…”
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Sanctions that signal: An experiment by Galbiati, Roberto, Schlag, Karl H., van der Weele, Joël J.

“…•First experiment to show that sanctions can signal non-cooperation by group members.•Sanctions are effective when imposed by non-informed policy…”
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Dual-process reasoning in charitable giving: Learning from non-results by Grossman, Zachary, van der Weele, Joël J

“…To identify dual-process reasoning in giving, we exposed experimental participants making a charitable donation to vivid images of the charity's beneficiaries…”
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Ignorance by Choice: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Underlying Motives of Willful Ignorance and Its Consequences by Vu, Linh, Soraperra, Ivan, Leib, Margarita, van der Weele, Joël, Shalvi, Shaul

“…People sometimes avoid information about the impact of their actions as an excuse to be selfish. Such "willful ignorance" reduces altruistic behavior and has…”
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The Signaling Power of Sanctions in Social Dilemmas by van der Weele, Joël

“…Evidence from field and laboratory experiments indicates that a large fraction of the people behave like conditional cooperators in public good games. In this…”
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SELF-IMAGE AND WILLFUL IGNORANCE IN SOCIAL DECISIONS by Grossman, Zachary, van der Weele, Joël J.

“…Avoiding information about adverse welfare consequences of self-interested decisions, or willful ignorance, is an important source of socially harmful…”
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Overconfidence and gender gaps in redistributive preferences: Cross-Country experimental evidence by Buser, Thomas, Grimalda, Gianluca, Putterman, Louis, van der Weele, Joël

“…Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The experimental gender literature suggests several…”
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Uncertainty about carbon impact and the willingness to avoid CO2 emissions by Pace, Davide D., Imai, Taisuke, Schwardmann, Peter, van der Weele, Joël J.

“…Using data from a large representative survey, we document that consumers are very uncertain about the emissions associated with various actions, which may…”
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The social construction of ignorance: Experimental evidence by Soraperra, Ivan, van der Weele, Joël, Villeval, Marie Claire, Shalvi, Shaul

“…We experimentally study the social transmission of “inconvenient” information about the externalities generated by one's own decision. In the laboratory, we…”
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Individual and contextual effects of attention in risky choice by Hirmas, Alejandro, Engelmann, Jan B., Weele, Joël van der

“…Abstract We investigate the role of visual attention in risky choice in a rich experimental dataset that includes eye-tracking data. We first show that…”
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Bracelets of pride and guilt? An experimental test of self-signaling by van der Weele, Joël J., von Siemens, Ferdinand A.

“…Self-signaling theory argues that behavior is important to build up or maintain a favorable self-image. We provide a novel test of this argument by…”
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Self-serving bias in redistribution choices: Accounting for beliefs and norms by Amasino, Dianna R., Pace, Davide Domenico, van der Weele, Joël

“…We explore the psychological mechanisms underlying self-serving redistribution decisions in an experimental setting. This self-serving bias in redistribution…”
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Casting Doubt: Image Concerns and the Communication of Social Impact by Foerster, Manuel, van der Weele, Joël J

“…Abstract We investigate strategic communication about the social impact of costly prosocial actions. A ‘sender’ with noisy information about impact sends a…”
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On esteem-based incentives by Mazyaki, Ali, van der Weele, Joël

“…The rise of the internet, increased connectivity and higher availability of personal data increases the relevance of incentives based on reputation and the…”
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A Method to Elicit Beliefs as most Likely Intervals by Schlag, Karl H., van der Weele, Joël J.

“…Abstract We show how to elicit the beliefs of an expert in the form of a “most likely interval”, a set of future outcomes that are deemed more likely than any…”
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Peer effects and risk sharing in experimental asset markets by Gortner, Paul J., van der Weele, Joël J.

“…We investigate the effect of introducing information about peer portfolios in an experimental Arrow–Debreu economy. Confirming the prediction of a general…”
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