Andrea Morone

On Price Data Elicitation: a Laboratory Investigation (2009)

Morone, Andrea

There is abundant literature in experimental research on decision making under risk, which compares, and ranks subjects’ preferences on the basis of some elicitation method. The present paper...

Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: An incentive-compatible experiment (2009)

Meroz, Yael, Morone, Andrea, Morone, Piergiuseppe

In this paper we aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help us to assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods....

Investigating Discretionary Environmental Enforcement: a pilot experiment (2009)

Germani, Anna Rita, Morone, Andrea, Morone, Piergiuseppe

In this work, we conducted a laboratory experiment in order to test the findings of a theoretical environmental enforcement model played as a strategic game where the firm’s behavior is influenced...

Simple model of herd behaviour, a comment (2008)

Morone, Andrea

In his ‘Simple model of herd behaviour’, Banerjee (1992) shows that – in a sequential game – if the first two players have chosen the same action, all subsequent players will ignore their own...

A Laboratory Experiment of Knowledge Diffusion Dynamics (2008)

Andrea Morone, Richard Taylor

Abstract. This paper aims to study, by means of a laboratory experiment and a simulation model, some of the mechanisms which dominate the phenomenon of knowledge diffusion in the process that is...

ON THE ABSORBABILITY OF HERD BEHAVIOUR AND INFORMATIONAL CASCADES: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS (2008)

Morone, Andrea, Fiore, Annamaria, Sandri, Serena

A theory is said to be fully absorbable whenever its own acceptance by all of the individuals belonging to a certain population does not question its predictive validity. This accounts for strategic...

Eliciting Environmental Preferences of Ghanaians : an Experimental Approach (2007)

Meroz, Yael, Morone, Andrea, Morone, Piergioseppe

In this paper we aim - through an ‘experimentally-adapted’ Contingent Valuation survey - to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help us...

Voluntary contributions with imperfect information : An experimental study (2006)

Fiore, Annamaria, Levati, M. Vittoria, Morone, Andrea

We use a two-person linear voluntary contribution mechanism with stochastic marginal benefits from the public good to examine the effect of imperfect information on contributions levels. To assess...

On the absorbability of the Guessing Game Theory : A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis (2006)

Morone, Andrea, Sandri, Serena, Uske, Tobias

Theory absorption, a notion introduced by Morgenstern and Schwödiauer (1972) and further elaborated by Güth and Kliemt (2004), discusses the problem whether a theory can survive its own acceptance....

Valuing Protection against Low Probability, High Loss Risks : Experimental Evidence (2006)

Morone, Andrea, Ozdemir, Ozlem

The study investigates protective responses in low probability and high loss risk situations. Particularly, it (1) detects individual protection valuations to variations in probability versus to...

Is playing alone in the darkness sufficient to prevent informational cascades? (2005)

Fiore, Annamaria, Morone, Andrea

Seminal models of herd behaviour and informational cascades point out the existence of information negative externalities, and propose to destroy information in order to achieve social improvements....

Comparison of Mean-Variance Theory and Expected-Utility Theory through a Laboratory Experiment (2005)

Morone, Andrea

In the 40's and early 50' two decision theories were proposed and have since dominated the scene of the fascinating field of decision-making. In 1944 - when von Neumann and Morgenstern showed that if...

Financial Market in the Laboratory, an Experimental Analysis of some Stylized Facts (2005)

Morone, Andrea

This paper purports to provide experimental evidence explaining a number of stylized facts associated with the behaviour of financial returns, in particular, the fat tailed nature of their...

An Experimental Investigation of Alternatives to Expected Utility Using Pricing Data (2005)

Morone, Andrea, Schmidt, Ulrich

Experimental research on decision making under risk has until now always employed choice data in order to evaluate the empirical performance of expected utility and the alternative non-expected...

Measuring the Degree of Ambiguity about Probability : Experimental Evidence (2005)

Morone, Andrea, Ozdemir, Ozlem

Different from previous studies that use a best estimate, interval, or sets of probabilities, we represent the degree of ambiguity through levels of information provided to subjects. The willingness...

Measuring the Degree of Ambiguity about Probability: Experimental Evidence

Andrea Morone, Ozlem Ozdemir

Different from previous studies that use a best estimate, interval, or sets of probabilities, we represent the degree of ambiguity through levels of information provided to subjects. The willingness...

Financial Market in the Laboratory

Andrea Morone

This paper investigates experimentally a market inspired by two separate strands of economic literature. The first strand is that of herd behaviour in non-market situations and the second that of the...

Is playing alone in the darkness sufficient to prevent informational cascades?

Annamaria Fiore, Andrea Morone

Seminal models of herd behaviour and informational cascades point out the existence of information negative externalities, and propose to destroy information in order to achieve social improvements....

Financial Market in the Laboratory, an Experimental Analysis of some Stylized Facts

Andrea Morone

This paper purports to provide experimental evidence explaining a number of stylized facts associated with the behaviour of financial returns, in particular, the fat tailed nature of their...

Relative Deprivation, Personal Income Satisfaction, and Average Well-Being under Different Income Distributions

Christian Seidl, Stefan Traub, Andrea Morone

This paper uses the data gained from an income categorization experiment for five shapes of income distributions to investigate background context effects, relative deprivation, range-frequency...

Income Distributions versus Lotteries: Happiness, Response Mode Effects and Preference Reversals

Andrea Morone, Christian Seidl, Eva Camacho-Cuena

Income Distribution, Lotteries, Income Happiness, Inequality and Risk Aversion, Ethical Inequality Measures, Preference Reversal

Comparison of Mean-Variance Theory and Expected-Utility Theory through a Laboratory Experiment

Andrea Morone

In the 40's and early 50' two decision theories were proposed and have since dominated the scene of the fascinating field of decision-making. In 1944 - when von Neumann and Morgenstern showed that if...

An Experimental Investigation of Alternatives to Expected Utility Using Pricing Data

Andrea Morone, Ulrich Schmidt

Experimental research on decision making under risk has until now always employed choice data in order to evaluate the empirical performance of expected utility and the alternative non-expected...

An Experimental Investigation of Alternatives to Expected Utility Using Pricing Data

Morone, Andrea, Schmidt, Ulrich

Experimental research on decision making under risk has until now always employed choice data in order to evaluate the empirical performance of expected utility and the alternative nonexpected...

Noise and Bias in Eliciting Preferences

John D Hey, Andrea Morone, Ulrich Schmidt

In the context of eliciting preferences for decision making under risk, we ask the question: "which might be the 'best' method for eliciting such preferences?". It is well known that different...

On the absorbability of the Guessing Game Theory. A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis

Andrea Morone, Serena Sandri, Tobias Uske

Theory absorption, a notion introduced by Morgenstern and Schwödiauer (1972) and further elaborated by Güth and Kliemt (2004), discusses the problem whether a theory can survive its own acceptance....

Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians: An experimental approach

Yael Meroz, Andrea Morone, Piergiuseppe Morone

In this paper we aim - through an 'experimentally-adapted' Contingent Valuation survey - to look into the attributes of Ghanaians' willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help us addressing...

Noise and Bias in Eliciting Preferences

John D. Hey, Andrea Morone, Ulrich Schmidt

In the context of eliciting preferences for decision making under risk, we ask the question: “which might be the ‘best’ method for eliciting such preferences?”. It is well known that...

Financial Market in the Laboratory

Andrea Morone

herd bhaviour, fat tail volatility clustering

Do Markets Drive Out Lemmings-or Vice Versa?

John D. Hey, Andrea Morone

This paper investigates experimentally a market inspired by two strands of literature: on herd behaviour in non-market situations, and on the aggregation of private information in markets. The first...

Comparison of Mean-Variance theory and Expected-Utility theory through a Laboratory Experiment

Andrea Morone

In the 40’s and early 50’ two decision theories were proposed and have since dominated the scene of the fascinating field of decision-making. In 1944 – when von Neumann and Morgenstern showed...

Is playing alone in the darkness sufficient to prevent informational cascades?

Annamaria Fiore, Andrea Morone

Models of herd behaviour and informational cascades were theoretically developed in 1992 respectively by Banerjee (A simple model of herd behavior) and Bikhchandani, Hirshleifer and Welch (A Theory...

Comparison of Mean-Variance Theory and Expected-Utility Theory through a Laboratory Experiment

Andrea Morone

In the 40.s and early 50. two decision theories were proposed and have since dominated the scene of the fascinating field of decision-making. In 1944 . when von Neumann and Morgenstern showed that if...

Monty Hall's Three Doors for Dummies

Andrea Morone, Annamaria Fiore

Monty Hall's three doors problem is a well-known "anomaly" in economics. It appears to be an example of a systematic violation of the assumption of subjects' rationality. Many papers have studied the...

A simple note on Herd Behaviour

Andrea Morone, Eleni Samanidou

In his "Simple model of herd behaviour", Banerjee (1992) shows that - in a sequential game - if the first two players have chosen the same action, player 3 and all subsequent players will ignore...

Guessing Games and People Behaviours: What Can we Learn?

Andrea Morone, Piergiuseppe Morone

In this paper we address the topic of guessing games. By developing a generalised theory of naïveté, we show how Güth et al..s result (i.e. convergence toward interior equilibria is faster than...

Voluntary contributions with imperfect information: An experimental study

Annamaria Fiore, M. Vittoria Levati, Andrea Morone

We use a two-person linear voluntary contribution mechanism with stochastic marginal benefits from the public good to examine the effect of imperfect information on contributions levels. To assess...

On the absorbability of the Guessing Game Theory - A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis

Andrea Morone, Serena Sandri, Tobias Uske

Theory absorption, a notion introduced by Morgenstern and Schwödiauer (1972) and further elaborated by Güth and Kliemt (2004), discusses the problem whether a theory can survive its own acceptance....

Valuing Protection against Low Probability, High Loss Risks: Experimental Evidence

Andrea Morone, Ozlem Ozdemir

The study investigates protective responses in low probability and high loss risk situations. Particularly, it (1) detects individual protection valuations to variations in probability versus to...

An Experimental Investigation of Alternatives to Expected Utility Using Pricing Data

Morone, Andrea, Schmidt, Ulrich

Experimental research on decision making under risk has until now always employed choice data in order to evaluate the empirical performance of expected utility and the alternative non-expected...

Income Distributions versus Lotteries Happiness, Response-Mode Effects, and Preference

Camacho-Cuena, Eva, Seidl, Christian, Morone, Andrea

This paper provides a comparative experimental study of risky prospects (lotteries) and income distributions. The experimental design consisted of multi–outcome lotteries and n–dimensional income...

Relative Deprivation, Personal Income Satisfaction, and Average Well-Being under Different Income Distributions

Seidl , Christian, Traub, Stefan, Morone, Andrea

This paper uses the data gained from an income categorization experiment for five shapes of income distributions to investigate background context effects, relative deprivation, range-frequency...

A Simple Note on Informational Cascades

Fiore, Annamaria, Morone, Andrea

Seminal models of herd behaviour and informational cascades point out existence of negative information externalities, and propose to ‘destroy’ information in order to achieve social...

A Simple Note on Informational Cascades

Fiore, Annamaria, Morone, Andrea

Seminal models of herd behaviour and informational cascades point out existence of negative information externalities, and propose to ‘destroy’ information in order to achieve social...

Financial markets in the laboratory: an experimental analysis of some stylized facts

Andrea Morone

This paper provides experimental evidence explaining a number of stylized facts associated with the behaviour of financial returns, in particular the fat tailed nature of their distribution and the...

Comparison of Mean-Variance Theory and Expected-Utility Theory through a Laboratory Experiment

Andrea Morone

In the 40's and early 50's two decision theories were proposed and have dominated the scene of the fascinating field of decision-making. Since 1944 - when von Neumann and Morgenstern showed that if...

An Experimental Investigation of Alternatives to Expected Utility Using Pricing Data

Andrea Morone, Ulrich Schmidt

Experimental research on decision making under risk has until now always employed choice data in order to evaluate the empirical performance of expected utility and the alternative non-expected...

Simple model of herd behaviour, a comment

Morone, Andrea

In his ‘Simple model of herd behaviour’, Banerjee (1992) shows that – in a sequential game – if the first two players have chosen the same action, all subsequent players will ignore their own...

On the Absorbability of Herd Behaviour and Informational Cascades: An Experimental Analysis

Morone, Andrea, Fiore, Annamaria, Sandri, Serena

A theory is said to be fully absorbable whenever its own acceptance by all of the individuals belonging to a certain population does not question its predictive validity. This accounts for strategic...

ON THE ABSORBABILITY OF HERD BEHAVIOUR AND INFORMATIONAL CASCADES: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS

Morone, Andrea, Fiore, Annamaria, Sandri, Serena

A theory is said to be fully absorbable whenever its own acceptance by all of the individuals belonging to a certain population does not question its predictive validity. This accounts for strategic...

SIMPLE MODEL OF HERD BEHAVIOUR, A COMMENT

Andrea Morone

In his ‘Simple model of herd behaviour’, Banerjee (1992) shows that – in a sequential game – if the first two players have chosen the same action, all subsequent players will ignore their own...

The Effect of Rating Agencies on Herd Behaviour

Giovanni Ferri, Andrea Morone

This paper purports to provide some evidence on the effect of rating agencies on herding in financial markets. By means of a laboratory experiment, we investigate the effect and interaction between...

Voluntary contributions with imperfect information: An experimental study

M. Levati, Andrea Morone, Annamaria Fiore

Public goods experiments, Second-price auctions, Imperfect information, Risk, C72, C92, D80, H41,

The Effect of Rating Agencies on Herd Behaviour

Giovanni Ferri, Andrea Morone

This paper purports to provide some evidence on the effect of rating agencies on herding in financial markets. By means of a laboratory experiment, we investigate the effect and interaction between...

Investigating Discretionary Environmental Enforcement: a pilot experiment

Germani, Anna Rita, Morone, Andrea, Morone, Piergiuseppe

In this work, we conducted a laboratory experiment in order to test the findings of a theoretical environmental enforcement model played as a strategic game where the firm’s behavior is influenced...

Voluntary contributions with risky and uncertain marginal returns: the importance of the minimal value

M. Vittoria Levati, Andrea Morone

Previous research indicates that risky and uncertain marginal returns from the public good significantly lower contributions. This paper presents experimental results illustrating that the effects of...

Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: An incentive-compatible experiment

Meroz, Yael, Morone, Andrea, Morone, Piergiuseppe

In this paper we aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help us to assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods....

On the absorbability of informational cascades in the laboratory

Morone, Andrea, Sandri, Serena, Fiore, Annamaria

This paper aims in investigating the recursive effects of economic theories on the behaviour of bounded rational individuals and tests in the context of informational cascades the absorbability of...

Noise and bias in eliciting preferences

John Hey, Andrea Morone, Ulrich Schmidt

Pairwise choice, Willingness-to-pay, Willingness-to-accept, BDM mechanism, Errors, Noise, Biases, JEL classifications , C91, C81,

On Price Data Elicitation: a Laboratory Investigation

Morone, Andrea

There is abundant literature in experimental research on decision making under risk, which compares, and ranks subjects’ preferences on the basis of some elicitation method. The present paper...