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on Neuroeconomics |
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Issue of 2010‒01‒10
two papers chosen by |
| By: | Shchetinin, Oleg (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University) |
| Abstract: | I show that a simple formal model of reciprocal altruism is able to predict human behavior in contracting situations, puzzling when considered within selfishness assumption. For instance, motivation and performance crowding-out are explained by a signaling mechanism in which provision of an extrinsic incentive signals non-generosity of the Principal and decreases Agent’s intrinsic motivation. The model’s equilibrium predicts behavior in the Control Game of Falk and Kosfeld and in a variant of Trust Game by Fehr and Rockenbach. This suggests that reciprocal altruism modeling could be fruitful more generally in applications of contract theory.<p> |
| Keywords: | Reciprocal Altruism; Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; Contract Theory; Behavioral Economics. |
| JEL: | D82 M54 |
| Date: | 2009–12–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:gunwpe:0421&r=neu |
| By: | Laosethakul, Kittipong (John F. Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University) |
| Abstract: | It is believed that the perception that computing is a male domain has discouraged American women to participate in computing fields. Like the U.S., computing is also dominated by men in China. However, unlike the U.S., information technology is ranked the highest compared with other industries in term of career choices for Chinese female university graduates. This study investigates how computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy influence gender perception toward computing of Chinese female in comparison to American female. One of the findings indicated computer anxiety directly impacts gender perception toward computing of females in both cultures. |
| Keywords: | Gender Perception, IT, Computer Self-efficacy, Computer Anxiety, China |
| JEL: | J16 Z00 |
| Date: | 2009–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:she:wpaper:2009004&r=neu |