Essays about: "Behavioral economics"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 127 essays containing the words Behavioral economics.

  1. 31. Privata enskilda markägares inställning till skogscertifiering : en intervjustudie om fördelar och nackdelar ur ett markägarperspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Clara Hernblom; Emma Häggberg; [2021]
    Keywords : attityder; FSC; PEFC; attitudes;

    Abstract : Miljömedvetenheten ökar konstant i dagens samhälle. Skogscertifieringar är därmed ett högst relevant ämne på grund av den växande diskussionen om produktionsskogarna och debatten om ett hållbart skogsbruk. READ MORE

  3. 32. Can strategic thinking be taught or is it a matter of cognitive ability and personality -An experimental study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Verneri Sirva; [2021]
    Keywords : behavioral economics; game theory; experiment; strategic decision-making; learning; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Can strategic thinking be taught? Randomized experiments were organized to estimate the effect of information nudge on strategic decisions. The information nudge consisted of seeing a short text and a picture with an explanation related to game theory. Test subjects played two games: a p-beauty contest game and a variable-sum game. READ MORE

  4. 33. Biased While Betting on Bernie? A cross-sectional and panel data analysis of prediction error in U.S. election prediction markets from 2015 to 2020

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Daniel Evans; [2020]
    Keywords : prediction markets; political science; behavioral economics; U.S. elections; bias;

    Abstract : A consensus seems to have emerged that political prediction markets can lose predictive power when certain efficiency criteria are not met. With a cross-sectional dataset of 570 prediction markets about U.S. elections and a panel dataset with 6,465 days of trading from PredictIt. READ MORE

  5. 34. The good, the bad, and the framed : A study of behavioral economics and the framing effect on tobacco free snus

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : William Muleba; [2020]
    Keywords : Behavioral economics; Goal-Framing; Framing effect; Advertising; Marketing; Communication; Consumer marketing; Tobacco; Attitudes; Purchase intention; Kahneman Daniel; Tversky Amos; Thaler Richard; Sunstein Cass; Shiller Robert; Ajzen I; Putrevu S; Camerer C F; Loewenstein;

    Abstract : This study sets out to explore attitudes and intentions towards nicotine product goods and how it is affected by the goal framing effect. The presence of this effect has been shown in the advertising of both green products and everyday products. READ MORE

  6. 35. Acceptability of Vehicle Mileage Taxation in Sweden A Behavioral Economics Approach to Introducing Road Policy Reforms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Philipp Jonas Kreutzer; [2020]
    Keywords : Road Pricing; Vehicle Mileage Taxation; Psychological Reactance Theory; Structural Equation Modeling; Discrete Choice Experiment; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Vehicle Mileage Taxation is a proposed improvement to addressing external costs of driving. A key hurdle for its implementation is its acceptability by the public. Theories of psychological reactance, fairness perception and status quo bias are explored as influences on tax reform perception. READ MORE