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Trautmann, Stefan T.; Van de Kuilen, Gijs, 2015, "Prospect theory or construal level theory? Diminishing sensitivity vs. psychological distance in risky decisions [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10040, heiDATA, V2
Attitudes toward risks are central to organizational decisions. These attitudes are commonly modeled by prospect theory. Construal level theory has been proposed as an alternative theory of risky choice, accounting for psychological distance deriving from temporal, spatial and so... |
Mar 16, 2015 - Health Economics and Health Financing
De Allegri, Manuela ; Agier, Isabelle; Tiendrebéogo, Justin; Louis, Valerie Renée; Yé, Maurice; Müller, Olaf; Sarker, Malabika, 2015, "Factors affecting the uptake of HIV testing among men", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10039, heiDATA, V2, UNF:5:dzjn1ZLPU3050it4qKkGEQ== [fileUNF]
This study aimed to explore factors shaping the decision to undergo Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing among men in rural Burkina Faso. The study took place in 2009 in the Nouna Health District and adopted a triangulation mixed methods design. Nouna Health District, is lo... |
Waichman, Israel; Requate, Till; Siang, Ch’ng Kean, 2015, "Communication in Cournot competition: An experimental study [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10049, heiDATA, V2
This study investigates the impact of communication on outcomes in Cournot duopoly and triopoly experiments. Communication is implemented by two different devices, a ‘standardized-communication’ and a ‘free-communication’ device. Using both students and managers as subjects, we f... |
Schwieren, Christiane, 2015, "The gender wage gap in experimental labor markets [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10050, heiDATA, V1, UNF:5:Fzye6N1Ba0IVMHWhncp+7g== [fileUNF]
We analyze the gender wage gap in experimental markets. Women receive but do not request significantly lower wages than men. This hurts firms, as women react with low effort. Additionally, women tend to react differently than men to wage levels. |
Günther, Christina; Arslan Ekinci, Neslihan; Schwieren, Christiane; Strobel, Martin, 2015, "Women can´t jump?—An experiment on competitive attitudes and stereotype threat [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10052, heiDATA, V2, UNF:5:MFh9Pa5Rh/urnBELIzJ4uA== [fileUNF]
Gneezy et al. (2003) offer a partial explanation for the wage gap between men and women. In an experiment they found that women react less to competitive incentives. The task they used in their experiment can however be considered a male task. We replicate the experiment and exte... |
Apr 29, 2015 - Health Economics and Health Financing
Brenner, Stephan, 2015, "The quality of clinical maternal and neonatal healthcare", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10042, heiDATA, V2
Data was collected in a total of 33 health factilities.Data was collected by direct non-participatory observation of the clinical interactions between maternal care providers and women delivering in the factilities' maternity unit. The main purpose of the study was to determine t... |
De la Rosa, Javier; Suárez, Juan-Luis, 2015, "A Quantitative Approach to Beauty [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10057, heiDATA, V1
The purpose of the the data collection was to determine the shape of the change in beauty in depicted faces over time. The dataset is comprised by almost 120,000 paintings from different times and styles. |
Aug 31, 2015 - AWI Experimental Economics
Oechssler, Jörg; Roomets, Alex, 2015, "A Test of Mechanical Ambiguity [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10059, heiDATA, V1, UNF:5:0TQJ35gJjj9nUWl9FiZstA== [fileUNF]
We implement an experiment to elicit subjects’ ambiguity attitudes in the spirit of Ellsberg's three-color urn. The procedure includes three design elements that (together) have not been featured in similar experiments: Strict ambiguity preferences, a single decision, and a mecha... |
Trautmann, Stefan T.; Kocher, Martin; Pahlke, Julius, 2015, "An Experimental Study of Precautionary Bidding [Dataset]", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10060, heiDATA, V2, UNF:5:RnlzAG0nN9/oXQdIQt8fdA== [fileUNF]
Auctions often involve goods exhibiting a common-knowledge ex-post risk. In such auctions, precautionary bidding predicts that under expected utility, DARA bidders reduce their bids by more than the appropriate risk premium. Because the degree of riskiness of an auctioned good an... |
Dec 17, 2015 - Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Antretter, Marlene; Eller, Dirk; Elstermann, Hannes; Geissler, Stefan; Grüning, Simon; Horn, Sebastian; Kohler, Matthias; Kuck, Kevin; Lingnau, Anna; Nozik, Alexandra; Odenwald, Jakob; Rieger, Felix; Schubert, Christopher; Wenze, Felix; Zimmermann, Karin, 2015, "Georeferencing of the "Lorscher Codex"", https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10063, heiDATA, V1
Collection of historic place names from the Lorscher Codex (1176-1200). Most of the (deserted) villages and cities named in the codex had been in possession of Abbey Lorsch, many of them are mentioned for the first time here. In the project the property should be visualised in mo... |
