Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth"
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Are we more rational when it matters more? : a study of decision-making under risk among university students in Dar Es Salaam
Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth (Master thesis, 2012)This thesis explores whether there is a difference in the rationality of the decisions at high- and low-stake levels. The rationality of the decisions are measured in two dimensions, the quality of individual decisions, ... -
The merit primacy effect
Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Moene, Karl Ove (Kalle); Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth; Tungodden, Bertil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A long history in economics going back to Adam Smith has argued that people give primacy to merit – rather than luck – in distributive choices. We provide a theoretical framework formalizing the merit primacy effect, and ... -
The merit primacy effect
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Moene, Karl Ove; Skjelbred, Siv-Elisabeth; Tungodden, Bertil (DP SAM;6/2017, Working paper, 2017)Do people give primacy to merit when luck partly determines earnings? This paper reports from a novel experiment where third-party spectators have to decide whether to redistribute from a high-earner to a low-earner in ...