http://kie.vse.cz Katedra institucionální ekonomie cs © Copyright 2000 - 2013 VSE v Praze Thu, 23 May 2013 07:32:13 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:32:13 +0000 10 http://www.vse.cz/img/vse-logo.gif http://kie.vse.cz 40 40 http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-final-iqs-predict-the-technological-development-of-nations-and-why-intelligent-individuals-are-more-likely-homosexuals/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-final-iqs-predict-the-technological-development-of-nations-and-why-intelligent-individuals-are-more-likely-homosexuals/ [ The End Has Come, but the project continues here. ] If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Alexander Gelber, Joshua Mitchell (2012): [5IE412] "The classic model of Becker (1965) suggests that labor supply decisions should be analyzed within the broader context of time allocation and market good consumption choices, but most empirical... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-99th-letter-grading-government-efficiency-and-emotion-management-among-the-clients-of-escorts/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-99th-letter-grading-government-efficiency-and-emotion-management-among-the-clients-of-escorts/ The End Is Coming ... If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Alberto Chong et al. (2012): [5IE412] "We mailed letters to non-existent business addresses in 159 countries (10 per country), and measured whether they come back to the return address in the US and how long it takes. About 60% of the letters were returned, taking over 6 months,... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-98th-nudges-at-the-dentist-and-what-is-more-important-for-prostitute-price/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-98th-nudges-at-the-dentist-and-what-is-more-important-for-prostitute-price/ The End Is Coming ... If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Nicolas Guéguen, Lubomir Lamy (2012): [5IE413] "Research has found that, for long-term dating, women value men with greater financial resources and higher status, while for short-term dating they value men with greater physical attractiveness. However, there are discrepant... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-97th-predicting-mortality-from-human-faces-and-what-are-womens-selection-criteria-for-sperm-donors-versus-life-partners/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-97th-predicting-mortality-from-human-faces-and-what-are-womens-selection-criteria-for-sperm-donors-versus-life-partners/ The End Is Coming ... If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Lotfi Khemiri et al. (2012): [5IE413] "Recent studies indicate that emotional processes, mediated by the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC), are of great importance for moral judgment. Neurological patients with VMPC dysfunction have been shown to generate increased utilitarian... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-96th-the-effects-of-promotions-on-heart-disease-and-is-wikipedia-biased/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-96th-the-effects-of-promotions-on-heart-disease-and-is-wikipedia-biased/ The End Is Coming ... If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Michael Anderson, Michael Marmot (2012): [5IE415] "The positive relationship between SES and health is well documented but limited evidence exists regarding the effect of an exogenous manipulation of SES on health. This article estimates the effect of promotions on heart disease... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-95th-beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beer-holder-and-left-handedness-is-linked-to-drugs/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-95th-beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beer-holder-and-left-handedness-is-linked-to-drugs/ The End Is Coming ... If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Laurent Bègue et al. (2012): [5IE312] "This research examines the role of alcohol consumption on self-perceived attractiveness. Study 1, carried out in a barroom (N= 19), showed that the more alcoholic drinks customers consumed, the more attractive they thought they were. In... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-94th-documenting-the-birth-of-a-financial-economy-and-is-belief-in-hell-associated-with-reduced-crime/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-94th-documenting-the-birth-of-a-financial-economy-and-is-belief-in-hell-associated-with-reduced-crime/ The End Is Coming ... If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Tavneet Suri et al. (2012): "The birth and explosive growth of mobile money in Kenya has provided economists with an opportunity to study the evolution and impact of a new financial system. Mobile money is an innovation that allows individuals to store, send, and receive money... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-93rd-who-are-the-giants-on-whose-shoulders-we-stand-and-which-ceo-characteristics-and-abilities-matter/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-93rd-who-are-the-giants-on-whose-shoulders-we-stand-and-which-ceo-characteristics-and-abilities-matter/ The End Is Coming ... If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: David Laband, Suman Majumdar (2012): "The scientific community is just that – a community – and the success/influence of any one individual likely reflects, at least in certain measure, the contributions made previously by others. This suggests that rather than merely ranking... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-92st-neural-mechanisms-underlying-paradoxical-performance-for-monetary-incentives-are-driven-by-loss-aversion-and-brand-insights-from-psychological-and-neurophysiological-perspec/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-92st-neural-mechanisms-underlying-paradoxical-performance-for-monetary-incentives-are-driven-by-loss-aversion-and-brand-insights-from-psychological-and-neurophysiological-perspec/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Vikram Chib et al. (2012): [5IE413] "Employers often make payment contingent on performance in order to motivate workers. We used fMRI with a novel incentivized skill task to examine the neural processes underlying behavioral responses to performance-based pay. We found that individuals' performance... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-91st-ideologues-beat-idealists-and-are-people-normal/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-91st-ideologues-beat-idealists-and-are-people-normal/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Sarah Roberts (2012): [5IE405, 5IE412] "Higher levels of women's alcohol consumption have long been attributed to increases in gender equality. However, only limited research examines the relationship between gender equality and alcohol consumption. This study examined associations between five measures... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-90th-a-reexamination-of-sex-differences-in-sexuality-and-working-when-no-one-is-watching/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-90th-a-reexamination-of-sex-differences-in-sexuality-and-working-when-no-one-is-watching/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Lusha Zhu et al. (2012): [5IE413] "Decision-making in the presence of other competitive intelligent agents is fundamental for social and economic behavior. Such decisions require agents to behave strategically, where in addition to learning about the rewards and punishments available in the environment,... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-89th-trans-fat-consumption-affects-aggression-and-viewing-death-increases-the-appeal-of-consumerism/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-89th-trans-fat-consumption-affects-aggression-and-viewing-death-increases-the-appeal-of-consumerism/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Mathias Meijer et al. (2012): [5IE405, 5IE415] "There has been increasing interest in investigating whether inhabitants in socially or physically deprived neighborhoods have higher mortality when individual socioeconomic status is adjusted for. Results so far appear ambiguous and the objective of... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-88th-product-size-as-a-signal-of-status-and-effect-of-physical-attractiveness-on-real-estate-brokers%e2%80%99-productivity/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-88th-product-size-as-a-signal-of-status-and-effect-of-physical-attractiveness-on-real-estate-brokers%e2%80%99-productivity/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Katherine Baicker et al. (2012): [5IE405, 5IE415] "Context: Millions of uninsured Americans ostensibly have insurance available to them—many at very low cost—but do not take it up. Traditional economic analysis is based on the premise that these are rational decisions, but it is hard to reconcile... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-87th-the-physical-burdens-of-secrecy-what-happens-to-your-lost-phone-and-do-political-protests-matter/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-87th-the-physical-burdens-of-secrecy-what-happens-to-your-lost-phone-and-do-political-protests-matter/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the last debate will be held by me in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 March 26, 2012 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová (so she could book some place... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-86th-detecting-deceptive-discussions-in-conference-calls-the-money-pump-as-a-measure-of-revealed-preference-violations-and-gender-differences-in-lying/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-86th-detecting-deceptive-discussions-in-conference-calls-the-money-pump-as-a-measure-of-revealed-preference-violations-and-gender-differences-in-lying/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 March 26, 2012 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová (so she could book some place accordingly). ... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-85th-some-simple-rules-of-thumb-for-optimal-experimental-design-and-who-am-i-to-judge/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-85th-some-simple-rules-of-thumb-for-optimal-experimental-design-and-who-am-i-to-judge/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 March 26, 2012 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová (so she could book some place accordingly). ... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-83th-the-limits-of-endowment-effects-in-great-apes-and-risk-and-reward-are-processed-differently-in-decisions-made-under-stress/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-83th-the-limits-of-endowment-effects-in-great-apes-and-risk-and-reward-are-processed-differently-in-decisions-made-under-stress/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 March 5, 2012 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová (so she could book some place accordingly).... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-83th-why-people-like-mr-lipka-more-than-mr-drvostep-and-genes-predict-success-by-wall-street-traders/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-83th-why-people-like-mr-lipka-more-than-mr-drvostep-and-genes-predict-success-by-wall-street-traders/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 March 5, 2012 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová (so she could book some place accordingly).... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-82th-the-financial-consequences-of-too-many-men-and-financial-deprivation-prompts-consumers-to-seek-scarce-goods/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-82th-the-financial-consequences-of-too-many-men-and-financial-deprivation-prompts-consumers-to-seek-scarce-goods/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Print-friendly Version Potentially MindShifting Papers: Aner Sela, Jonah Berger (2012): [5IE312] "People often get unnecessarily mired in trivial decisions. Four studies support a metacognitive account for this painful phenomenon. Our central premise is that people use subjective experiences of difficulty while making a decision... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-81th-students%e2%80%99-perceptions-of-teachers%e2%80%99-biases-and-who-falls-asleep-first-after-sex/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-81th-students%e2%80%99-perceptions-of-teachers%e2%80%99-biases-and-who-falls-asleep-first-after-sex/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 January 30, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-80th-do-expert-reviews-affect-the-demand-for-wine-and-does-the-number-of-sex-partners-affect-educational-attainment/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-80th-do-expert-reviews-affect-the-demand-for-wine-and-does-the-number-of-sex-partners-affect-educational-attainment/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 January 30, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-79th-sex-price-and-preferences-and-sexual-hookups-among-college-students/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-79th-sex-price-and-preferences-and-sexual-hookups-among-college-students/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 December 19, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-78th-exploring-the-robin-hood-effect-and-why-the-powerful-don%e2%80%99t-listen/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-78th-exploring-the-robin-hood-effect-and-why-the-powerful-don%e2%80%99t-listen/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 December 19, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-77th-intelligence-self-confidence-and-entrepreneurship-cannabis-use-and-mental-health-problems-and-how-to-take-advantage-of-intimacy-opportunities/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-77th-intelligence-self-confidence-and-entrepreneurship-cannabis-use-and-mental-health-problems-and-how-to-take-advantage-of-intimacy-opportunities/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 December 2, 2011 (Friday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-76th-do-others-know-us-better-than-we-know-ourselves-and-does-the-size-of-the-legislature-affect-the-size-of-government/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-76th-do-others-know-us-better-than-we-know-ourselves-and-does-the-size-of-the-legislature-affect-the-size-of-government/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 December 2, 2011 (Friday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-75th-would-you-mind-if-i-get-more-and-are-you-too-smart-to-be-selfish/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-75th-would-you-mind-if-i-get-more-and-are-you-too-smart-to-be-selfish/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 December 2, 2011 (Friday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-74th-e1-%e2%89%a0-e1-oil-rents-corruption-and-state-stability-and-are-nurses-more-altruistic-than-estate-brokers/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-74th-e1-%e2%89%a0-e1-oil-rents-corruption-and-state-stability-and-are-nurses-more-altruistic-than-estate-brokers/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 December 2, 2011 (Friday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send an e-mail to Ludmila Hadincová... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-73th-analyzing-speech-to-detect-financial-misreporting-and-successful-fmri-based-prediction-of-decisions-in-social-interactions/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-73th-analyzing-speech-to-detect-financial-misreporting-and-successful-fmri-based-prediction-of-decisions-in-social-interactions/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 November 7, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-72th-stress-is-associated-with-attenuated-sweet-taste-and-the-cost-of-changing-your-mind/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-72th-stress-is-associated-with-attenuated-sweet-taste-and-the-cost-of-changing-your-mind/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 November 7, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-71th-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not-and-should-you-go-with-your-gut/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-71th-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not-and-should-you-go-with-your-gut/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 November 7, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-70th-how-to-ease-the-pain-of-an-economic-downturn-and-why-you-shouldnt-sit-so-close-to-me/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-70th-how-to-ease-the-pain-of-an-economic-downturn-and-why-you-shouldnt-sit-so-close-to-me/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 October 10, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-69th-topological-isomorphisms-of-human-brain-and-financial-market-networks-and-is-tolerance-good-or-bad-for-growth/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-69th-topological-isomorphisms-of-human-brain-and-financial-market-networks-and-is-tolerance-good-or-bad-for-growth/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 19:00 October 10, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-68th-economic-conditions-at-the-time-of-birth-affect-cognitive-abilities-late-in-life-and-how-face-predicts-unethical-behaviour/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-68th-economic-conditions-at-the-time-of-birth-affect-cognitive-abilities-late-in-life-and-how-face-predicts-unethical-behaviour/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by me or Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 18:00 September 23, 2011 at 19:00 October 10, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-67th-evolution-of-payments-from-a-pay-what-you-want-restaurant-and-why-do-consumers-make-too-much-effort-to-save-on-cheap-stuff/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-67th-evolution-of-payments-from-a-pay-what-you-want-restaurant-and-why-do-consumers-make-too-much-effort-to-save-on-cheap-stuff/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Jeffrey Rudski, William Osei, Ari Jacobson, and Carl Lynch (2011): "Past research has shown that many people prefer natural foods and medicines over artificial counterparts. The present study focused on examination of aversive events and hazards. Preferences were compared by having subjects consider... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-66th-economic-crisis-isnt-good-for-morale-and-why-do-speed-seduction-techniques-work/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-66th-economic-crisis-isnt-good-for-morale-and-why-do-speed-seduction-techniques-work/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. BTW we are looking for TA/RA. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Ernst Fehr, Karla Hoff (2011): "Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a consequence, changes in behaviour are explained exclusively in terms... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-65th-is-beauty-the-promise-of-happiness/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-65th-is-beauty-the-promise-of-happiness/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Daniel Hamermesh, Jason Abrevaya (2011): "We measure the impact of individuals’ looks on life satisfaction/happiness. Using five data sets, from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, we construct beauty measures in different ways that allow placing lower bounds on the effects of beauty. Beauty... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-64th-the-sexual-marketplace-seating-patterns-of-students-and-how-empathic-responses-depend-on-monetary-reward/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-64th-the-sexual-marketplace-seating-patterns-of-students-and-how-empathic-responses-depend-on-monetary-reward/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Marco Costa (2011): "This study provides a novel observational method to observe repetitive seating patterns chosen by students in a classroom. Although prior work that relied on self-reports suggests that students claim the same seats repeatedly, the main hypothesis of the study was that in a repeated... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-63th-how-starve-the-beast-policies-feed-the-machine-and-can-collectivism-promote-bribery/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-63th-how-starve-the-beast-policies-feed-the-machine-and-can-collectivism-promote-bribery/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Matthew McIntyre et al. (2011): "Among other things, sexual selection theory posits that in species with limited male parental investment, males should evolve biological mechanisms to competitively dominate or otherwise compete with one another. It is unclear whether such proposed mechanisms would... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-62th-cognitive-consequences-of-having-information-at-our-fingertips-and-how-much-is-the-value-of-a-face/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-62th-cognitive-consequences-of-having-information-at-our-fingertips-and-how-much-is-the-value-of-a-face/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 July 22, 2011 (Friday). Discussion will be in Czech. (Canceled due to lack of interest.) If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-61th-end-to-end-analysis-of-the-spam-and-does-competition-kill/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-61th-end-to-end-analysis-of-the-spam-and-does-competition-kill/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 July 22, 2011 (Friday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some place... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-60th-an-eye-like-painting-enhances-goodness-and-is-she-really-out-of-my-league/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-60th-an-eye-like-painting-enhances-goodness-and-is-she-really-out-of-my-league/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 July 22, 2011 (Friday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some place... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-59th-a-neural-predictor-of-cultural-popularity-and-how-brain-stimulation-cures-impulsivity/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-59th-a-neural-predictor-of-cultural-popularity-and-how-brain-stimulation-cures-impulsivity/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Joseph Mikels et al. (2011): "Deliberative decision strategies have historically been considered the surest path to sound decisions; however, recent evidence and theory suggest that affective strategies may be equally as effective. In four experiments we examined conditions under which affective... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-58th-temptation-and-productivity-and-time-and-moral-judgment/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-58th-temptation-and-productivity-and-time-and-moral-judgment/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Alessandro Bonatti, Johannes Hörner (2011): "This paper examines moral hazard in teams over time. Agents are collectively engaged in a project whose duration and outcome are uncertain, and their individual efforts are unobserved. Free-riding leads not only to a reduction in effort, but also to procrastination.... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-57th-%e2%80%93-shame-and-honor-and-financial-forecasts-during-the-crisis-were-experts-more-accurate-than-laypeople/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-57th-%e2%80%93-shame-and-honor-and-financial-forecasts-during-the-crisis-were-experts-more-accurate-than-laypeople/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. Potentially MindShifting Papers: Yuting Zhang, Joseph Newhouse, and Katherine Baicker (2011): [5IE415] "Little is known about the relationship between variation in drug and non-drug medical treatment and how areas may substitute one type of care for the other. Using pharmacy and medical claims data for Medicare beneficiaries, we... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-56th-%e2%80%93-rain-for-the-democracy-and-prozac-for-depressed-states/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-56th-%e2%80%93-rain-for-the-democracy-and-prozac-for-depressed-states/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 June 6, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some place... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-55th-%e2%80%93-i-had-so-much-it-didn%e2%80%99t-seem-fair-phenomenon-and-why-positive-fantasies-sap-energy/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-55th-%e2%80%93-i-had-so-much-it-didn%e2%80%99t-seem-fair-phenomenon-and-why-positive-fantasies-sap-energy/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 June 6, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some place... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-54th-%e2%80%93-does-health-encourage-reciprocity-and-why-do-people-blush/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-54th-%e2%80%93-does-health-encourage-reciprocity-and-why-do-people-blush/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 June 4 June 6, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-53th-%e2%80%93-why-are-high-rates-of-suicide-in-happy-places-and-depression-babies-do-macroeconomic-experiences-affect-risk-taking/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-53th-%e2%80%93-why-are-high-rates-of-suicide-in-happy-places-and-depression-babies-do-macroeconomic-experiences-affect-risk-taking/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 June 4 June 6, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-52th-%e2%80%93-the-moral-costs-of-nastiness-and-emotion-and-reason-in-everyday-risk-perception/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-52th-%e2%80%93-the-moral-costs-of-nastiness-and-emotion-and-reason-in-everyday-risk-perception/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. and (perhaps) by myself in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 May 2, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-51th-%e2%80%93-are-we-wasting-our-students%e2%80%99-time-by-giving-them-homework-and-are-educated-men-more-likely-to-go-to-strip-clubs/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-51th-%e2%80%93-are-we-wasting-our-students%e2%80%99-time-by-giving-them-homework-and-are-educated-men-more-likely-to-go-to-strip-clubs/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. and (perhaps) by myself in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 May 2, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-50th-%e2%80%93-political-preferences-and-stock-market-participation-and-popular-lyrics-trend-from-we-to-me/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-50th-%e2%80%93-political-preferences-and-stock-market-participation-and-popular-lyrics-trend-from-we-to-me/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. and (perhaps) by myself in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 May 2, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-49th-%e2%80%93-temptation-at-work-and-was-nietzsche-right-that-which-does-not-kill-us-can-make-us-stronger/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-49th-%e2%80%93-temptation-at-work-and-was-nietzsche-right-that-which-does-not-kill-us-can-make-us-stronger/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 April 4, 2011 (Monday again [!]). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-48th-%e2%80%93-devil-you-know-preference-and-how-economic-decision-making-in-poverty-depletes-ego/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-48th-%e2%80%93-devil-you-know-preference-and-how-economic-decision-making-in-poverty-depletes-ego/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 April 4, 2011 (Monday again [!]). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-47th-%e2%80%93-gender-differences-in-receptivity-to-sexual-offers-and-does-safe-sex-smell/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-47th-%e2%80%93-gender-differences-in-receptivity-to-sexual-offers-and-does-safe-sex-smell/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 March 18, 2011 (Friday [!]). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-46th-%e2%80%93-from-the-lab-to-the-field-cooperation-among-fishermen-and-can-higher-bonuses-lead-to-less-effort/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-46th-%e2%80%93-from-the-lab-to-the-field-cooperation-among-fishermen-and-can-higher-bonuses-lead-to-less-effort/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 March 18, 2011 (Friday [!]). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-45th-who-is-happy-to-work-more-should-we-outsource-self-regulation-and-does-money-enhance-memory/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-45th-who-is-happy-to-work-more-should-we-outsource-self-regulation-and-does-money-enhance-memory/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 March 18, 2011 (Friday [!]). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-44th-air-pollution-and-stock-returns-and-how-to-solve-all-problems-by-electricity/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-44th-air-pollution-and-stock-returns-and-how-to-solve-all-problems-by-electricity/ If you can‘t get any of the mentioned papers, please, contact me. If there is a bunch of curious students interested in discussing the topics published in MindReader, the debate will be held by Petr Koblovský, Ph.D. in „my“ restaurant at 20:00 February 21, 2011 (Monday). Discussion will be in Czech. If you are interested to participate, please send him an e-mail (in order he could book some... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-43th-what-your-perceptions-of-others-say-about-you-and-how-much-do-educational-outcomes-matter/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-43th-what-your-perceptions-of-others-say-about-you-and-how-much-do-educational-outcomes-matter/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Klaus Abbink, David Masclet, and Matthijs van Veelen (2011): "We study antisocial preferences in simple money-burning tasks. A decision maker can choose whether or not to reduce another person’s payoff at an own cost. We vary across tasks the initial endowment of the decider and the victim. We find that most conventional expectations are refuted: Subjects... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-42th-choice-from-non-choice-and-how-you-could-instantly-become-more-powerful/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-42th-choice-from-non-choice-and-how-you-could-instantly-become-more-powerful/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Ifat Levy et al. (2010): "Decision-making is often viewed as a two-stage process, where subjective values are first assigned to each option and then the option of the highest value is selected. Converging evidence suggests that these subjective values are represented in the striatum and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). A separate line of evidence suggests... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-41th-italian-prison-experiment-and-how-cognitive-skills-drive-the-retaliation/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-41th-italian-prison-experiment-and-how-cognitive-skills-drive-the-retaliation/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Jérémy Celse (2010): "What is envy and how can we define it so as to incorporate the emotion in economic models? Through referring on philosophical and psychological researches, this paper aims at deriving a stable and concise definition of the emotion of envy. Philosophy allows us to define the elements that form envy and to disentangle the latter... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-40th-how-to-exploit-naivete-about-self-control-and-does-fortune-favor-dragons/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-40th-how-to-exploit-naivete-about-self-control-and-does-fortune-favor-dragons/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Nicholas Bloom, Benn Eifert, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts (2011): "A long-standing question in social science is to what extent differences in management cause differences in firm performance. To investigate this we ran a management field experiment on large Indian textile firms. We provided free consulting on modern management practices... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-39th-intelligence-and-beauty-status-and-poverty-and-do-women-have-longer-conversations/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-39th-intelligence-and-beauty-status-and-poverty-and-do-women-have-longer-conversations/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Satoshi Kanazawa (2011): "This brief research note aims to estimate the magnitude of the association between general intelligence and physical attractiveness with large nationally representative samples from two nations. In the United Kingdom, attractive children are more intelligent by 12.4 IQ points (r = .381), whereas in the United States, the correlation... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-38th-why-humans-and-insects-decide-in-similar-ways-and-why-young-children-share-the-spoils-after-collaboration/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-38th-why-humans-and-insects-decide-in-similar-ways-and-why-young-children-share-the-spoils-after-collaboration/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Ali Ahmed, Osvaldo Salas (2010): "We investigate how implicit influences of Christian religious representations affect prosociality. We examine the direct impact of religion as an independent variable on prosocial behavior. We do so by priming participants with religious words in a scrambled sentence task before they make a dictator... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-37th-why-is-silence-awkward-and-how-does-salary-improve-worker-performance/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-37th-why-is-silence-awkward-and-how-does-salary-improve-worker-performance/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) David Levine (2010): "More advanced technologies demand higher degrees of specialization – and longer chains of production connecting raw inputs to final outputs. Longer production chains are subject to a “weakest link” effect: they are more fragile and more prone to failure. Optimal chain length is determined by the trade-off... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-36th-gene-for-happiness-and-what-are-the-most-pleasant-rewards-sweets-sex-or-self-esteem/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-36th-gene-for-happiness-and-what-are-the-most-pleasant-rewards-sweets-sex-or-self-esteem/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Xavier Giné, Dean Karlan, and Jonathan Zinman (2010): "We designed and tested a voluntary commitment product to help smokers quit smoking. The product (CARES) offered smokers a savings account in which they deposit funds for six months, after which they take a urine test for nicotine and cotinine. If they pass, their money is returned; otherwise, their... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-35th-why-does-industry-induce-academic-science-to-know-less-about-more-and-what-is-success-talent-intelligence-or-beauty/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-35th-why-does-industry-induce-academic-science-to-know-less-about-more-and-what-is-success-talent-intelligence-or-beauty/ New minor specialization "Economics and Psychology" is opening ... Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Olivier Gergaud, Victor Ginsburgh (2010): "We analyze the Celebrity 100 annual list of the world's most “powerful celebrities” compiled and published by Forbes Magazine. The lists provide an interesting collection of people, that includes their earnings, and... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-34th-where-are-the-origins-of-gender-roles-women-and-the-plough/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-34th-where-are-the-origins-of-gender-roles-women-and-the-plough/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst Maug, and Oliver Spalt (2010): "This paper analyzes optimal executive compensation contracts when managers are loss averse. We calibrate a stylized principal-agent model to the observed contracts of 595 CEOs and show that this model can explain observed option holdings and high base salaries remarkably well... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-33th-why-is-poor-fitness-contagious-and-does-higher-income-make-you-more-altruistic/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-33th-why-is-poor-fitness-contagious-and-does-higher-income-make-you-more-altruistic/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Lisa Bruttel, Urs Fischbacher (2010): "Taking the initiative is a crucial element of leadership and an important asset for many jobs. We assess leadership in a game in which it emerges spontaneously since people have a non-obvious possibility to take the initiative. Combining this game with small experimental games and questionnaires,... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-32th-why-sex-is-bad-but-violence-is-fun-and-do-older-investors-make-better-investment-decisions/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-32th-why-sex-is-bad-but-violence-is-fun-and-do-older-investors-make-better-investment-decisions/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) George Korniotis, Alok Kumar (2010): [5IE312] "This paper examines the investment decisions of older individual investors. We find that older and experienced investors are more likely to follow rules of thumb that reflect greater investment knowledge. However, older investors are less effective in applying their investment knowledge... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-31th-why-brands-are-the-opiate-of-the-masses-and-equilibrium-model-of-sex/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-31th-why-brands-are-the-opiate-of-the-masses-and-equilibrium-model-of-sex/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Jordi Brandts, Enrique Fatas (2010): [5IE312*] "We present a brief overview of the experimental economics literature on social preferences. In numerous experiments, economically incentivized subjects are willing to sacrifice part of their material earnings to compensate the kind behavior of others, or will be willing to reciprocate... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-30th-grand-challenge-for-future-research-in-the-economic-sciences-and-where-governments-fail-god-never-fails/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-30th-grand-challenge-for-future-research-in-the-economic-sciences-and-where-governments-fail-god-never-fails/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Michal Krawczyk, Fabrice Le Lec (2010): "This paper reports the results of a ‘probabilistic dictator game’ experiment in which subjects were given an option to share chances to win a prize with a dummy player. Using a within-subject design we manipulated two aspects of the decision, the relative cost of sharing and the nature... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-29th-an-international-comparison-of-economic-literacy-and-why-are-risk-attitudes-powerful-predictor-of-debt/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-29th-an-international-comparison-of-economic-literacy-and-why-are-risk-attitudes-powerful-predictor-of-debt/ Print-friendly version Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Amir Barnea, Henrik Cronqvist, and Stephan Siegel (2010): [5IE413] "Using data on identical and fraternal twins' complete financial portfolios, we decompose the cross-sectional variation in investor behavior. We find that a genetic factor explains about one-third of the variance in stock market participation and asset allocation.... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-28th-magic-at-the-marketplace-and-experimental-methods-in-entrepreneurship-research/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-28th-magic-at-the-marketplace-and-experimental-methods-in-entrepreneurship-research/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Richard Lynn, John Harvey, and Helmuth Nyborg (2009): "Evidence is reviewed pointing to a negative relationship between intelligence and religious belief in the United States and Europe. It is shown that intelligence measured as psychometric g is negatively related to religious belief. We also examine whether this negative relationship between intelligence... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-27th-why-diabetics-demonstrate-less-forgiveness-and-is-academia-withering/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-27th-why-diabetics-demonstrate-less-forgiveness-and-is-academia-withering/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Daniel Benjamin, James Choi, and Joshua Strickland (2010): "Social identities prescribe behaviors for people. We identify the marginal behavioral effect of these norms on discount rates and risk aversion by measuring how laboratory subjects' choices change when an aspect of social identity is made salient. When we make ethnic identity salient to Asian-American... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-26th-how-decisions-shape-preference-and-why-former-athletes-are-better-managers/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-26th-how-decisions-shape-preference-and-why-former-athletes-are-better-managers/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Steven Caudill, James Long (2010): "The goal of this paper is to introduce a partially adaptive estimator for the grouped-data regression model based on an error structure described by a mixture of two normal distributions. The model we introduce is easily estimated by maximum likelihood using the EM algorithm adapted from the work of Bartolucci and Scaccia... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-25th-why-you-could-buy-happiness-and-why-it-pays-to-be-thin/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-25th-why-you-could-buy-happiness-and-why-it-pays-to-be-thin/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Timothy Judge, Daniel Cable (2010): "Cultivation theory suggests that society holds very different body standards for men versus women, and research indicates that the consequences of defying these social norms may not be linear. To test these notions in the employment context, we examined the relationship between weight and income and the degree to which... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-24th-why-intelligent-people-don%e2%80%99t-make-groups-smarter-and-why-firms-should-promote-employees-at-random/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-24th-why-intelligent-people-don%e2%80%99t-make-groups-smarter-and-why-firms-should-promote-employees-at-random/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Charles Courtemanche (2010): "I find evidence of a negative association between gasoline prices and body weight using a fixed effects model with several robustness checks. I also show that increases in gas prices are associated with additional walking and a reduction in the frequency with which people eat at restaurants, explaining their effect on weight.... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-23th-why-swearing-can-be-used-as-a-medicine-and-why-there-is-almost-no-relationship-between-pay-and-job-satisfaction/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-23th-why-swearing-can-be-used-as-a-medicine-and-why-there-is-almost-no-relationship-between-pay-and-job-satisfaction/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:#(see below) Peter Dodds, Christopher Danforth (2010): "The importance of quantifying the nature and intensity of emotional states at the level of populations is evident: we would like to know how, when, and why individuals feel as they do if we wish, for example, to better construct public policy, build more successful organizations, and, from a scientific perspective,... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-22th-how-to-measure-nations-flow-of-welfare-and-the-commercialization-of-meteorology/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-22th-how-to-measure-nations-flow-of-welfare-and-the-commercialization-of-meteorology/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Kenneth Leonard, Melkiory Masatu (2010): "Many doctors in developing countries provide considerably lower quality care to their patients than they have been trained to provide. The gap between best possible practice and actual performance (often referred to as the know-do gap) is difficult to measure among doctors who differ in levels of training and... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-21th-the-importance-of-being-an-optimist-and-how-drinking-impairs-college-performance/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-21th-the-importance-of-being-an-optimist-and-how-drinking-impairs-college-performance/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Ron Kaniel, Cade Massey, and David Robinson (2010): "Dispositional optimism is a personality trait associated with individuals who believe, either rightly or wrongly, that in general good things tend to happen to them more often than bad things. Using a novel longitudinal data set that tracks the job search performance of MBA students, we show that dispositional... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-20th-why-older-workers-are-worthy-of-their-pay-and-how-good-and-evil-turn-the-weak-into-the-mighty/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-20th-why-older-workers-are-worthy-of-their-pay-and-how-good-and-evil-turn-the-weak-into-the-mighty/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimaraes, and José Varejão (2010): "Using longitudinal employer-employee data spanning over a 22-year period, we compare age-wage and age-productivity profiles and find that productivity increases until the age range of 50-54, whereas wages peak around the age 40-44. At younger ages, wages increase in line with productivity... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-19th-why-ramadan-reduces-volatility-in-markets-and-on-inheritance-of-risk-for-anxiety/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-19th-why-ramadan-reduces-volatility-in-markets-and-on-inheritance-of-risk-for-anxiety/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Bruce Carlin, David Robinson (2010): "This paper uses a quasi natural experiment to explore how financial education changes savings, investment, and consumer behavior. We use data from a Junior Achievement Finance Park to measure the effect of a financial literacy program on students who are assigned fictitious life situations and asked to create household... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-18th-why-every-group-needs-a-psychopath-and-when-severe-punishing-doesnt-provide-right-incentives/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-18th-why-every-group-needs-a-psychopath-and-when-severe-punishing-doesnt-provide-right-incentives/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Takahiro Osumia, Hideki Ohira (2010): "An emotional deficit in individuals with psychopathy has been regarded as a potential factor in the disinhibition of selfish behaviors, which can be an impediment to a successful life in human society. However, recent studies in the field of economics have made clear that emotional function is associated with irrational... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-17th-probability-and-delay-discounting-of-sexual-outcomes-and-how-opinions-of-others-affect-us/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-17th-probability-and-delay-discounting-of-sexual-outcomes-and-how-opinions-of-others-affect-us/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Paul Piff et al. (2010): "Lower social class (or socioeconomic status) is associated with fewer resources, greater exposure to threat, and a reduced sense of personal control. Given these life circumstances, one might expect lower class individuals to engage in less prosocial behavior, prioritizing self-interest over the welfare of others. The authors... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-16th-how-close-family-ties-inhibit-trust-and-why-women-reduce-effort-in-competitive-environments/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-16th-how-close-family-ties-inhibit-trust-and-why-women-reduce-effort-in-competitive-environments/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Abigail Barr, Danila Serralow (2010): "Why do some people choose corruption over honesty and others not? Do the social norms and values prevailing in the societies in which they grew up affect their decisions? In 2005, we conducted a bribery experiment and found that, among undergraduates, we could predict who would act corruptly with reference to the... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-15th-why-sex-could-make-you-smarter-and-why-in-economics-the-singer-is-more-important-than-the-song/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-15th-why-sex-could-make-you-smarter-and-why-in-economics-the-singer-is-more-important-than-the-song/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Benedetta Leuner, Erica R. Glasper, and Elizabeth Gould (2010): "Aversive stressful experiences are typically associated with increased anxiety and a predisposition to develop mood disorders. Negative stress also suppresses adult neurogenesis and restricts dendritic architecture in the hippocampus, a brain region associated with anxiety regulation. The... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-14th-why-young-people-drink-too-much-and-people-forced-to-be-busy-are-happier/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-14th-why-young-people-drink-too-much-and-people-forced-to-be-busy-are-happier/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Maria Agthe (2010): "Within organizational judgment and decision-making contexts, biases based on an evaluated person's attractiveness are among the most salient and frequently investigated. An enormous amount of research indicates favoritism for attractive people compared to unattractive ones. The current research demonstrates that the nature of this... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-13th-why-men-should-marry-educated-women-and-if-you-experience-pain-from-social-rejection-use-paralen-2/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-13th-why-men-should-marry-educated-women-and-if-you-experience-pain-from-social-rejection-use-paralen-2/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Baptiste Subrabaptiste, Dominique Muller, Laurent Bègue, Brad Bushman, and Florian Delmas (2010): "Numerous studies have shown that alcohol increases aggression. In this article it is proposed that the link between alcohol and aggression is so strong that mere exposure to alcohol-related cues will automatically activate aggressive thoughts and behaviors.... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-12th-infections-as-a-determinant-of-national-iq-and-is-neuroeconomics-hype-or-hope/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-12th-infections-as-a-determinant-of-national-iq-and-is-neuroeconomics-hype-or-hope/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Jean-Paul Carvalho (2010): "Culture constrains individual choice by making certain behaviour taboo. We propose an evolutionary model in which members of different groups attempt to coordinate over time. We show that cultural constraints can lead to a permanent break down in coordination between groups, even when coordination is attainable and Pareto-efficient.... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-11th-%e2%80%93-summer-reading-list-and-why-you-should-always-carry-heavy-objects-with-you/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-11th-%e2%80%93-summer-reading-list-and-why-you-should-always-carry-heavy-objects-with-you/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Xin Xu, Robert Kaestner (2010): "In this paper, we take a structural approach to investigate the effects of wages and working hours on health behaviors of low-educated persons using variation in wages and hours caused by changes in economic activity. We find that increases in hours are associated with an increase in cigarette smoking, a reduction in physical... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-10th-why-your-boss-is-probably-a-psychopath-and-a-cost-effective-way-for-seducing-women/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-10th-why-your-boss-is-probably-a-psychopath-and-a-cost-effective-way-for-seducing-women/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Travis Ng, Terence Chonga, and Xin Dua (2010): "This paper estimates the value of superstitions by studying the auctions of vehicle license plates. We show that the value of superstitions is economically significant, which justifies their persistence in human civilization. We also document the changes of the value of superstitions across different types... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-9th-why-you-shouldnt-go-to-a-hospital-in-july-and-environmental-behavioral-economics/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-9th-why-you-shouldnt-go-to-a-hospital-in-july-and-environmental-behavioral-economics/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Robert Lawson, J. R. Clark (2010): "This paper examines empirically the hypothesis made famous by Nobel Laureates Friedrich A. Hayek and Milton Friedman that societies with high levels of political freedom must also have high levels of economic freedom. In our judgment, the Hayek-Friedman hypothesis holds up fairly well to historical scrutiny. Using data... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-8th-how-superstitions-improve-performance-and-why-wealth-destroys-all-the-fun/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-8th-how-superstitions-improve-performance-and-why-wealth-destroys-all-the-fun/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Joan Meyers‐Levy, Rui (Juliet) Zhu, and Lan Jiang (2010): "When consumers shop, the flooring underfoot can prompt bodily sensations—a sense of comfort from soft carpeting or fatigue from hard tile flooring. Like moods, such bodily sensations may foster context effects on the products shoppers observe. However, whereas moods prompt only assimilation... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-7th-how-imf-creates-civil-wars-and-why-marriage-is-for-a-woman-just-an-asset-in-portfolio/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-7th-how-imf-creates-civil-wars-and-why-marriage-is-for-a-woman-just-an-asset-in-portfolio/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Caroline Hartzella, Matthew Hoddiea and Molly Bauera (2010): "Previous studies that have explored the effects of economic liberalization on civil war have employed aggregate measures of openness and have failed to account for potential endogeneity bias. In this research note, we suggest two improvements to the study of the relationship between liberalization... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-6th-youre-right-if-you-dont-trust-an-paroubekesque-type-of-people-and-why-marrying-for-love-is-good-for-the-economy/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-6th-youre-right-if-you-dont-trust-an-paroubekesque-type-of-people-and-why-marrying-for-love-is-good-for-the-economy/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Peter Blake, David Rand (2010): "Cooperative behavior depends in part on a preference for equitable outcomes. Recent research in behavioral economics assesses variables that influence adult concerns for equity, but few studies to date investigate the emergence of equitable behavior in children using similar economic games. We tested 288 3- to 6-year olds... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-5th-why-you-shouldnt-give-alcohol-to-big-guys-but-why-being-one-is-good-for-your-income-and-when-wage-regulation-can-be-deadly/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-5th-why-you-shouldnt-give-alcohol-to-big-guys-but-why-being-one-is-good-for-your-income-and-when-wage-regulation-can-be-deadly/ MindReader has an own RSS feed now. Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Niro Sivanathan, Nathan Pettit (2010): "Individuals conspicuously consume to signal their wealth. As a variant to this economic explanation, four studies explored individual's psychological need for self-integrity as a potential motivating force for these consumption decisions. Relying on both field and experimental... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-4th-why-our-university-should-heat-us-up-a-bit-more-and-how-thinking-experientially-solves-treadmill-of-consumerism/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-4th-why-our-university-should-heat-us-up-a-bit-more-and-how-thinking-experientially-solves-treadmill-of-consumerism/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Jennie Branda, Yu Xieb (2010): "[W]e consider how the economic return to a college education varies across members of the U.S. population. Based on principles of comparative advantage, scholars commonly presume that positive selection is at work, that is, individuals who are most likely to select into college also benefit most from college. Net of observed... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-3rd-%e2%80%93-where-beer-shouldnt-be-consumed-and-why-you-cant-be-happier-than-your-wife/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-3rd-%e2%80%93-where-beer-shouldnt-be-consumed-and-why-you-cant-be-happier-than-your-wife/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:*(see below) Abraham Rutchick (2010): "Voting is perceived as free and rational. Citizens make whatever choices they wish, shielded from external influences by the privacy of the voting booth. The current paper however suggests that a subtle source of influence polling places themselves can impact voting behavior. In two elections, people voting in churches were more... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-2nd-%e2%80%93-westerners-are-more-impulsive-and-power-is-like-counterfeit-products/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-%e2%80%93-2nd-%e2%80%93-westerners-are-more-impulsive-and-power-is-like-counterfeit-products/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:* Taiki Takahashi et al. (2010): "According to theories of cultural neuroscience, Westerners and Easterners may have distinct styles of cognition (e.g., different allocation of attention). Previous research has shown that Westerners and Easterners tend to utilize analytical and holistic cognitive styles, respectively. On the other hand, little is known regarding the... http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-1st-why-economists-should-study-meteorology-and-when-more-competitors-mean-less-competition/ http://kie.vse.cz/mindreader-weekly-1st-why-economists-should-study-meteorology-and-when-more-competitors-mean-less-competition/ Potentially MindShifting Papers:* Hui-Chu Shu and Mao-Wei Hung (2009): "Environmental psychology studies have found evidence that wind speed has a strong influence on mood and comfort. This study investigated the relationship between wind speed and daily stock market returns across 18 European countries from 1994 to 2004. A significant and pervasive wind effect was found on stock returns. This finding...