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1by Alex Imas Published in The American economic review (01.08.2016)“...Understanding how prior outcomes affect risk attitudes is critical for the study of choice under uncertainty. A large literature documents the significant...”
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2by Charness, Gary Gneezy, Uri Imas, Alex Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.03.2013)“...► We explore the merits and weaknesses of different mechanisms for risk elicitation. ► We describe experiments in economics and in psychology that use simple...”
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3“...Scholars have long argued for the central role of agency-the size of one's choice set-in the human experience. We demonstrate the importance of agency in...”
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4by Ayelet Gneezy Alex Imas Amber Brown Leif D. Nelson Michael I. Norton Published in Management science (01.01.2012)“...Building on previous research in economics and psychology, we propose that the costliness of initial prosocial behavior positively influences whether that...”
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5“...This paper presents theory and experiments where people's prosocial attitudes fluctuate over time following the violation of an internalized norm. We report...”
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6by Imas, Alex Published in Journal of public economics (01.06.2014)“...We study whether using prosocial incentives, where effort is tied directly to charitable contributions, may lead to better performance than standard incentive...”
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7by Uri Gneezy Alex Imas Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28.01.2014)“...We propose that individuals use anger strategically in interactions. We first show that in some environments angering people makes them more effective in...”
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8“...There is growing interest in the use of loss contracts that offer performance incentives as up-front payments that employees can lose. Standard behavioral...”
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9“...Prior work has shown that people appear insensitive to the scope of their altruistic acts and prosocial behavior. While they respond positively when their...”
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10by Bohren, J. Aislinn Imas, Alex Rosenberg, Michael Published in The American economic review (01.10.2019)“...We model the dynamics of discrimination and show how its evolution can identify the underlying source. We test these theoretical predictions in a field...”
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11“...We use experimental and observational data to examine whether people respond differently to questions posed by females versus males. We document significant...”
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12by Schwartz, Daniel Keenan, Elizabeth A Imas, Alex Gneezy, Ayelet Published in Organizational behavior and human decision processes (01.03.2019)“...•Individuals are more likely to avoid tasks that involve prosocial incentives.•An option to donate a payment received for a job reduces its...”
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14“...We introduce a simple, easy to implement instrument for jointly eliciting risk and ambiguity attitudes. Using this instrument, we structurally estimate a...”
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16“...Poverty is often associated with displays of aberrant preferences such as increased impulsivity and pronounced risk-seeking. Using a combination of lab and...”
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18“...When evaluating outcomes, prospect theory predicts that individuals should integrate losses and segregate gains. However, evidence for this hedonic editing...”
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19by Pedroja, Benjamin S Kang, Leah E Imas, Alex O Carmeliet, Peter Bernstein, Audrey M Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (31.07.2009)“...Fibrosis is characterized by elevated transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) signaling, resulting in extracellular matrix accumulation and increased PAI-1...”
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