From sports betting to financial markets, people make the same predictable mistakes in how they interpret new information. UC Berkeley Haas professors Eben Lazarus and Ned Augenblick found that people overreact to information that isn’t very important, and underreact to important information.
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Sports betting and financial market data show how people misinterpret new information in predictable ways - Haas News | Berkeley…
Let’s say it’s a home game for the Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry shows he’s still got it, sinking back-to-back three-pointers minutes into the first quarter. The fans at Chase Center take notice, and so do the betting markets, where the odds move…
**Why people reject new rules, but only until they take effect 🚫📜 | People stop resisting policy changes that restrict their personal freedom once the new rules come into force. 🕊️🔒**
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Why people reject new rules – but only until they take effect
Many people soon stop resisting policy changes that restrict their personal freedom once the new rules come into force.
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Our economic outlook is a classic case of "bad news hits harder." 📉😟 A study shows we react much more strongly to negative financial shocks than positive ones. 📈😊
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The impact of financial stress on consumer confidence: evidence from survey data
Purpose. This paper explores the impact of financial stress (FS) on consumer confidence (CC) using survey data.Design/methodology/approach. We use novel household-level survey data on CC by the Reserve Bank of India. FS data come from the financial stress…
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Top-level business executives are significantly more likely to commit financial crimes if their parents had been suspected or convicted of similar crimes. 🏦💼 The study also found that business leaders found guilty of financial crimes were more likely to have…
📈 A study from the University of Oulu's Business School found that top business executives are more likely to commit financial crimes if their parents were suspected or convicted of similar offenses.
👨⚖️ The likelihood of executives committing financial crimes also increased if their spouse had committed similar crimes, with the risk growing the longer the couples were together.
🌍 Executives living in areas with a higher-than-average incidence of financial crimes were also found to be more prone to committing such crimes themselves.
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👨⚖️ The likelihood of executives committing financial crimes also increased if their spouse had committed similar crimes, with the risk growing the longer the couples were together.
🌍 Executives living in areas with a higher-than-average incidence of financial crimes were also found to be more prone to committing such crimes themselves.
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Broad claims about gender and behavior fall apart when studies include ethnically diverse samples. The research suggests that generalizations about human behavior are often flawed because they rely on samples composed largely of White individuals. Read Full…
📊 New study in PNAS reveals racial & ethnic differences in behaviors like competitiveness & risk tolerance are as large as gender differences.
🤔 Research shows many behavioral studies rely on "WEIRD" (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) samples, primarily White individuals, leading to flawed generalizations about human behavior.
💰 A review of U.S. economic journals (2020-2024) found a minority of behavioral studies report participant race/ethnicity.
👨👩👧👦 A 2,468-adult U.S. sample (ages 25-54) across Black, Hispanic, and White men and women found racial/ethnic groups differed significantly in competitiveness (Black/Hispanic were more competitive than White) and risk tolerance (White were more risk-tolerant than Black/Hispanic).
🚫 Notably, the typical gender gap in competitiveness and risk tolerance was absent among Black participants.
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🤔 Research shows many behavioral studies rely on "WEIRD" (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) samples, primarily White individuals, leading to flawed generalizations about human behavior.
💰 A review of U.S. economic journals (2020-2024) found a minority of behavioral studies report participant race/ethnicity.
👨👩👧👦 A 2,468-adult U.S. sample (ages 25-54) across Black, Hispanic, and White men and women found racial/ethnic groups differed significantly in competitiveness (Black/Hispanic were more competitive than White) and risk tolerance (White were more risk-tolerant than Black/Hispanic).
🚫 Notably, the typical gender gap in competitiveness and risk tolerance was absent among Black participants.
#BehavioralEconomics #Research #Diversity
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Bad apple effect: study shows how people are influenced by rule-breaking of others. Research shows how seeing bigger violations by others can lead people to increase their own rule-breaking Read Full Article #SocialPsychology #BehavioralScience #ScienceNews
⭐ New research shows that witnessing rule-breaking by others can significantly increase an individual's own rule-breaking behavior.
⭐ An experiment with 750 US participants revealed that seeing others make small rule violations slightly increased participants' own rule-breaking, while witnessing flagrant violations led to a substantial increase in rule-breaking, sometimes exceeding the observed violations.
⭐ The influence of others' rule-breaking was stronger when participants shared the same political leanings. Computer simulations suggest a minority of individuals exceeding observed violations can lead to widespread rule-breaking in a group.
⭐ However, about a third of participants consistently followed the rules, and real-world relevance is questioned due to the abstract nature of the experiment and lack of penalties for rule-breaking.
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⭐ An experiment with 750 US participants revealed that seeing others make small rule violations slightly increased participants' own rule-breaking, while witnessing flagrant violations led to a substantial increase in rule-breaking, sometimes exceeding the observed violations.
⭐ The influence of others' rule-breaking was stronger when participants shared the same political leanings. Computer simulations suggest a minority of individuals exceeding observed violations can lead to widespread rule-breaking in a group.
⭐ However, about a third of participants consistently followed the rules, and real-world relevance is questioned due to the abstract nature of the experiment and lack of penalties for rule-breaking.
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