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Praxmarer, Matthias (2018). The role of social cues and social reference points in economic decision-making. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

This thesis comprises four independent research articles that experimentally examine how the social environment affects human decision-making by investigating different dimensions of it. In particular, this thesis addresses (i) whether social cues such as age influence cooperative behavior of individual decision makers, (ii) if and how changing the decision environment from individual to group decision-making affects the psychic benefits, i.e. non-material benefits, of holding a decision right, and (iii) whether social information about peer income (as social reference points) affect the honesty of individual decision makers by triggering relative income concerns.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Praxmarer, Matthias praxmarer@coll.mpg.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-96462
Date:	2018
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language cooperation English decision right English dishonesty English experiment English team decision-making English
Date of oral exam:	16 October 2018
Referee:	Name Academic Title Sutter, Matthias Prof. Dr. Rockenbach, Bettina Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/9646