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| Title: | | (Over)-stylizing experimental findings and theorizing with sweeping generality  |
| Authors: | | Güth, Werner Kliemt, Hartmut Levati, Maria Vittoria |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Jena economic research papers 2008,092 |
| Abstract: | | Human decision making is a process guided by different and partly competing mo-tivations that can each dominate behavior and lead to different effects depending on strength and circumstances. Over-stylizing neglects such competing concerns and context-dependence, although it facilitates the emergence of elaborate general theories. We illustrate by examples from social dilemma experiments and inequality aversion theories that sweeping empirical claims should be avoided. |
| Subjects: | | Context-dependent preferences experimental economics equity theo-ries |
| JEL: | | A11 D63 D70 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jena Economic Research Papers, MPI für Ökonomik
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