Measuring farmer risk preferences in Europe: a systematic review

P Iyer, M Bozzola, S Hirsch, M Meraner… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present a systematic review of the extensive body of research on farmer risk preference
measurement across Europe. We capture the methodological developments over time and …

Commitment devices

G Bryan, D Karlan, S Nelson - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2010 - annualreviews.org
We review the recent evidence on commitment devices and discuss how this evidence
relates to theoretical questions about the demand for, and effectiveness of, commitment …

Jobs for the Heartland: Place-based policies in 21st century America

BA Austin, EL Glaeser, LH Summers - 2018 - nber.org
The economic convergence of American regions has greatly slowed, and rates of long-term
nonemployment have even been diverging. Simultaneously, the rate of non-employment for …

Learning k for kNN Classification

S Zhang, X Li, M Zong, X Zhu, D Cheng - ACM Transactions on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
The K Nearest Neighbor (kNN) method has widely been used in the applications of data
mining and machine learning due to its simple implementation and distinguished …

Trust, risk, and time preferences after a natural disaster: experimental evidence from Thailand

A Cassar, A Healy, C Von Kessler - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural disasters constitute a persistent threat to economic welfare in many places,
particularly in develo** countries. Not only can disasters transform living circumstances …

The preference survey module: A validated instrument for measuring risk, time, and social preferences

A Falk, A Becker, T Dohmen, D Huffman… - Management …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
Incentivized choice experiments are a key approach to measuring preferences in economics
but are also costly. Survey measures are a low-cost alternative but can suffer from additional …

Behavioral development economics

M Kremer, G Rao, F Schilbach - Handbook of behavioral economics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Behavioral development economics applies theories and ideas from psychology and
behavioral economics to the study of questions in development economics. We begin by …

Frontiers: Can large language models capture human preferences?

A Goli, A Singh - Marketing Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
We explore the viability of large language models (LLMs), specifically OpenAI's GPT-3.5 and
GPT-4, in emulating human survey respondents and eliciting preferences, with a focus on …

Measuring time preferences

J Cohen, KM Ericson, D Laibson… - Journal of Economic …, 2020 - aeaweb.org
We review research that measures time preferences—ie, preferences over intertemporal
trade—offs. We distinguish between studies using financial flows, which we call “money …

Paid and hypothetical time preferences are the same: Lab, field and online evidence

P Brañas-Garza, D Jorrat, AM Espín… - Experimental Economics, 2023 - Springer
The use of real decision-making incentives remains under debate after decades of
economic experiments. In time preferences experiments involving future payments, real …