Solomonic Separation: Risk Decisions as Productivity Indicators
A principal provides budgets to agents (e.g., divisions of a firm or the principal’s children) whose expenditures provide her benefits, either materially or because of altruism.
A principal provides budgets to agents (e.g., divisions of a firm or the principal’s children) whose expenditures provide her benefits, either materially or because of altruism.
People often hold extreme political attitudes about complex policies.
What determines beliefs about the ability and appropriate role of women?
This paper studies decision making by successful entrepreneurs and their agents.
We examine whether, and how, listing strategies impact sale prices in residential home sales.
Financial, managerial, and medical decisions often involve alternatives whose possible outcomes have uncertain probabilities.
Public opinion researchers, campaigns, and political scientists often rely on self-predicted vote to measure political engagement, allocate resources, and forecast turnout.
Policy makers, academics, and media reports suggest that women could shrink the gender pay gap by negotiating more effectively for higher compensation.
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