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14 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16061
Locus of Control and the Preference for Agency
Marco Caliendo, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Juliana Silva Goncalves, Arne Uhlendorff
published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 165, 104737
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16009
From Syringes to Dishes: Improving Food Security through Vaccination
Erkmen Giray Aslim, Wei Fu, Erdal Tekin, Shijun You
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15763
On the Psychology of the Relation between Optimism and Risk Taking
Thomas Dohmen, Simone Quercia, Jana Willrodt
published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2023, 67, 193–214.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15492
Beliefs, Learning, and Personality in the Indefinitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma
David Gill, Yaroslav Rosokha
published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2024, 16 (3), 259– 283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14876
Biased Survival Expectations and Behaviours: Does Domain Specific Information Matter?
Joan Costa-Font, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto
published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2022, 65, 285 - 317
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13308
Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors: Theory and Evidence
Patrick Arni, Davide Dragone, Lorenz Götte, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76, 102425
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12701
Foundations of the Rank-Dependent Probability Weighting Function
Matthew D. Rablen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11642
Willingness to Take Risk: The Role of Risk Conception and Optimism
Thomas Dohmen, Simone Quercia, Jana Willrodt
substantially revised version available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 15763
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11546
Learning Hope and Optimism: Classmate Experiences and Adolescent Development
Jason M. Fletcher, Jin Ho Kim
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26 (5), 409-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11098
Overoptimistic Entrepreneurs: Predicting Wellbeing Consequences of Self-Employment
Reto Odermatt, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Alois Stutzer
revised version published as 'Are Newly Self-Employed Overly Optimistic About Their Future Well-Being?' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021, 95, 101779
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9242
The Power of (Non) Positive Thinking: Self-Employed Pessimists Earn More than Optimists
Christopher Dawson, David Emmanuel de Meza, Andrew Henley, Reza Arabsheibani
published as 'Curb your enthusiasm: Optimistic entrepreneurs earn less' in: European Economic Review, 2019, 111, 53 - 69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7322
Groupthink: Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets
Roland Benabou
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (2), 429-462
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6844
Entrepreneurship: Cause or Consequence of Financial Optimism?
Christopher Dawson, David Emmanuel de Meza, Andrew Henley, Reza Arabsheibani
published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2014, 23(4), 717–742
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2832
Cognitive Dissonance, Pessimism, and Behavioral Spillover Effects
David L. Dickinson, Robert J. Oxoby
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32 (3), 295-306
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