Search for dissertations about: "deciding for others"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words deciding for others.

  2. 1. Deciding Fast and Slow : How Intuitive and Reflective Thinking Influence Decision Making

    Author : David Andersson; Gustav Tinghög; Gaute Torsvik; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Dual-process Theory; Experimental economics; Intuition; Reflection; Emotion; Time pressure; Nudge;

    Abstract : Paper I “Intuition and cooperation reconsidered”: Does intuition make people more cooperative? Rand et al. (Rand, Greene, & Nowak, 2012) reported increased cooperation in social dilemmas after forcing individuals to decide quickly. READ MORE

  4. 2. Social and Economic Factors in Decision Making under Uncertainty : Five Essays in Behavioral Economics

    Author : Kinga Posadzy; Peter Martinsson; Gustav Tinghög; Pablo Brañas Garza; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; behavioral economics; experimental economics; social factors; coordination; competition; deciding for others; mental accounting;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to improve the understanding of human behavior that goes beyond monetary rewards. In particular, it investigates social influences in individual’s decision making in situations that involve coordination, competition, and deciding for others. Further, it compares how monetary and social outcomes are perceived. READ MORE

  5. 3. Program Analysis for Performance and Reliability

    Author : Jacob Lidman; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; static dynamic program analysis; abstract interpretation; performance; reliability;

    Abstract : The increased demand for computing power has lead designers to put an ever increasing number of cores on processor dies. This advance has been made possible through miniaturization and effectivization of the underlying semi-conductor technology. As a by-product, however, the resulting computer systems are more vulnerable to interference. READ MORE

  6. 4. After Firm Failure : Emotions, learning and re-entry

    Author : Anna Jenkins; Johan Wiklund; Holger Patzelt; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Uncertainty is inherent to the entrepreneurship process. As such, the outcomes of entrepreneurial endeavors are unknown and unknowable a priori– some will be successful and others will fail. Entrepreneurship research, however, often focuses on new ventures and the entrepreneurs who own and run them in the start-up and growth phases. READ MORE

  7. 5. Studies on Spasticity from an Interventional Perspective

    Author : Per Ertzgaard; Richard Levi; Björn Gerdle; Helena Grip; Jean-Michel Gracies; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on interventional aspects of spasticity, but has a very holistic approach, grounded in the specialty of Rehabilitation medicine. This means capturing the effects of spasticity, on such a complex biological system as the human being, living in a psychosocial context affecting the situation. READ MORE