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Rajko, Alexander (2012). Topics in Behavioural Economics - Information and Fairness. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

This thesis dwells upon topics in behavioural economics: information and fairness, with five research papers. The first two contributions are concerned with the extension of standard auction formats with information acquisition strategies. The third paper addresses global games framed as a speculative attack and tests theoretical predictions for risk and ambiguity. The fourth contribution deals with disclosing conflicts of interest, where one player has a monetary incentive to deceive. The last paper extends a standard model of social preferences with a second fairness dimension and studies how economic agents distort fairness norms exhibiting a self-serving bias effect.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Rajko, Alexander a.rajko@uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-49164
Date:	18 November 2012
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Staatswissenschaftliches Seminar
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Auction theory, information acquisition, global games, disclosure, social preferences, risk and ambiguity, experimental economics UNSPECIFIED
Date of oral exam:	5 November 2012
Referee:	Name Academic Title Ockenfels, Axel Prof. Dr. Gebhardt, Georg Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/4916