The clinical diagnosis and symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD) have been closely
associated with impairments in reward processing. In particular, various studies have shown …

This paper presents the results of a study that tests the hypothesis that the effect of risk
preference on choice is a function of the specific risk-preference measure utilized. In …

Previous research aimed at testing the situational strength hypothesis suffers from serious
limitations regarding the conceptualization of strength. In order to overcome these …

Behavioral decision making and game theory (BDMGT) is the umbrella term for a set of
methods aimed at recording the choices and eliciting the decision preferences of individuals …

We test whether the binary lottery procedure makes participants behave as if they are risk
neutral in the Holt and Laury (2002) and Eckel and Grossman (2002) tasks. Depending on …

In this paper, we examine how stakeholders hold trustees accountable in voluntary
relationships. Trustees are economic agents such as physicians, entrepreneurs, or political …

Risk choice delegation is pervasive in financial environments. While previous research has
explored how agents balance self-interest with interests of passive investors little is known …

Clinical studies and economic experiments are often conducted with randomized controlled
trials. In clinical studies, power calculations are carried out as a standard. But what's about …

Holt and Laury introduce a risk elicitation mechanism, providing rules and procedures for
decision-makers who are asked to make a sequence of choices between pairs of lotteries in …

Este trabalho faz um estudo empírico sobre tomada de decisão sob incerteza junto a alunos
da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Para mensurar as preferências individuais de risco …