IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5475

Did We Overestimate the Role of Social Preferences? The Case of Self-Selected Student Samples

Armin Falk, Stephan Meier, Christian Zehnder

revised version published as 'Do Lab Experiments Misrepresent Social Preferences? The case of self-selected student samples' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11 (4), 839–852

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5461

An Experimental Investigation of Intrinsic Motivations for Giving

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Theory and Decision, 2014, 76(1), 47-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5389

Self Selection Does Not Increase Other-Regarding Preferences among Adult Laboratory Subjects, but Student Subjects May Be More Self-Regarding than Adults

Jon E. Anderson, Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte, Karsten Maurer, Daniele Nosenzo, Ruth Potter, Kim Rocha, Aldo Rustichini

revised version published as 'Self-Selection and Variations in the Laboratory Measurement of Other-Regarding Preferences Across Subject Pools: Evidence From One College Student and Two Adult Samples' in: Experimental Economics, 2013, 16 (2), 170-189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5314

Beauty Queens and Battling Knights: Risk Taking and Attractiveness in Chess

Anna Dreber Almenberg, Christer Gerdes, Patrik Gränsmark

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 90, 1-18

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5300

The Emergence of Male Leadership in Competitive Environments

Ernesto Reuben, Pedro Rey-Biel, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 83 (1), 111-117

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5279

Risk Attitudes and Well-Being in Latin America

Juan Camilo Cardenas, Jeffrey P. Carpenter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5157

Economic Choices and Status: Measuring Preferences for Income Rank

Redzo Mujcic, Paul Frijters

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2013, vol. 65(1), 47-73

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5109

Hidden Skewness

Ludwig Ensthaler, Olga Nottmeyer, Georg Weizsäcker

published in: Management Science, 2018, 64 (4), 1693-1706.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5105

Teams Make You Smarter: Learning and Knowledge Transfer in Auctions and Markets by Teams and Individuals

Boris Maciejovsky, Matthias Sutter, David V. Budescu, Patrick Bernau

revised version published as 'Teams make you smarter: How exposure to teams improves individual decisions in probability and reasoning tasks' in: Management Science, 2013, 59 (6), 1255-1270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5090

Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?

Franziska Tausch, Jan Potters, Arno Riedl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5022

Gender Differences and Dynamics in Competition: The Role of Luck

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Quantitative Economics, 2014, 5 (2), 351-376

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5015

Gender Differences in Competition Emerge Early in Life

Matthias Sutter, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler

largely extended version published in: Management Science, 2015, 61 (10), 2339-2354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4955

Gender, Competition and the Efficiency of Policy Interventions

Loukas Balafoutas, Matthias Sutter

shortened version published as 'Affirmative action policies promote women and do not harm efficiency in the lab' in: Science, 2012, 335 (6068), 579-582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4913

Social Ties and Subjective Performance Evaluations: An Empirical Investigation

Kathrin Breuer, Petra Nieken, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Review of Managerial Science, 2013, 7 (2), 141-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4884

Explaining the Favorite-Longshot Bias: Is it Risk-Love or Misperceptions?

Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 118 (4), 723-746

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4869

Family Violence and Football: The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Violent Behavior

David Card, Gordon B. Dahl

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126 (1), 103-143