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Satu Metsälampi, Xiaogeng Xu, Michael Kirchler, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Peter Hans Matthews, and Topi Miettinen
Although higher status or income rank is known to generate hedonic pleasure, little is known about the search for rank information. We report an experiment eliciting rank beliefs and providing rank …
This paper examines reference-dependent stopping in repeated risky decisionmaking and its relation to skill dependence and individual ability. Using field data from online heads-up poker tournaments, …
Maria Jouste, Tina Kaidu Barugahara, Joseph Okello Ayo, Jukka Pirttilä, and Pia Rattenhuber
We evaluate a major personal income tax reform in Uganda that came into effect in 2012–13, contributing to the scarce literature on the effects of personal income tax reform on employees’ income in a …