| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5057701 | Economics Letters | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
â¢Biased overweighting of good news relative to bad news is tested in the lab.â¢News are related to financially desirable but ego-irrelevant events.â¢No evidence of asymmetric updating in favor of good or bad news is found.
I study, in an experimental setting, how individuals process news regarding the likelihood of an event that is desirable, but not ego-relevant. I hypothesize that individuals biasedly favor good news over bad news, but find no support for this hypothesis.
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Authors
Alexander Gotthard-Real,