Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-Battle Contests

Autor: Dan Kovenock, David Rojo Arjona, Nathaniel T. Wilcox, Subhasish M. Chowdhury

Publikováno v: Chowdhury, S M, Kovenock, D, Rojo Arjona, D & Wilcox, N 2021, ' Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests ', The Economic journal, vol. 131, no. 636, pp. 1593–1619 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa130

This article examines behavior in two-person constant-sum Colonel Blotto games in which each player maximizes the expected total value of the battlefields won. A lottery contest success function is employed in each battlefield. Recent experimental re

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa130

Are Participants Good Evaluators?

Autor: Nathaniel T. Wilcox, Alexander Whalley, Jeffrey A. Smith

Managers of workforce training programs are often unable to afford costly, full-fledged experimental or nonexperimental evaluations to determine their programs’ impacts. Therefore, many rely on the survey responses of program participants to gauge

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https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880996594

Minimal Frames and Transparent Frames for Risk, Time, and Uncertainty

Autor: Mark Schneider, Jonathan W. Leland, Nathaniel T. Wilcox

Publikováno v: Management Science. 65:4318-4335

Behavior differs between transparent and nontransparent presentations of decisions, but “transparent presentation” has not been precisely defined. We formally define “transparent frames” for risk and time, establish their uniqueness, provide

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https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3167

Information transmission and the oral tradition: Evidence of a late-life service niche for Tsimane Amerindians

Autor: Bret Alexander Beheim, Hlliard S. Kaplan, Eric Schniter, Michael Gurven, Nathaniel T. Wilcox

Publikováno v: Evol Hum Behav

Storytelling can affect wellbeing and fitness by transmitting information and reinforcing cultural codes of conduct. Despite their potential importance, the development and timing of storytelling skills, and the transmission of story knowledge have r

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.10.006

Robert A. Millikan meets the credibility revolution: comment on Harrison (2013), ‘field experiments and methodological intolerance’1

Autor: Nathaniel T. Wilcox

Publikováno v: Journal of Economic Methodology. 23:130-138

Millikan's famous oil drop experiment is scrutinized from the viewpoint of the methodological dicta of the credibility revolution.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178x.2016.1158950