Narges Hajimoladarvish
Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
[ 1 ] - Attitudes of Iranians toward the Becker Proposition
This paper evaluates attitudes of Iranians toward crossing red traffic lights and their sensitivity to fines. Economic theory of crime under expected utility predicts that because of the possibility of severe punishments, risk adverse individuals would not cross red lights. This is implied by the Becker proposition. However, among 262 individuals surveyed, more than half of the sample has previ...
[ 2 ] - بررسی و نقد کتاب Nudge; Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness (سقلمه؛ بهبود تصمیمات دربارۀ تندرستی، ثروت، و خوشبختی)
کتاب سقلمه با فراهمکردن مشاهدات تجربی دربارة سوگیریهای رفتاری در تصمیمگیری و تأثیر محیط بر آنها به معرفی رویکرد قیممآبی آزادیخواهانه میپردازد. این رویکرد، که سقلمه نام گرفته است، به هر جنبهای از معماری انتخاب مربوط میشود که باعث تغییر رفتار قابلپیشبینی افراد شود درحالیکه ماهیت گزینههای پیشروی تصمیمگیرندگان را تغییر ندهد و آزادی انتخاب آنها را حفظ کند. نویسندگان معتقدند ...
[ 3 ] - Explaining Heterogeneity in Risk Preferences Using a Finite Mixture Model
This paper studies the effect of the space (distance) between lotteries' outcomes on risk-taking behavior and the shape of estimated utility and probability weighting functions. Previously investigated experimental data shows a significant space effect in the gain domain. As compared to low spaced lotteries, high spaced lotteries are associated with higher risk aversion for high probabilities o...
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