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On the Impulse in Impulse Learning

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  • Jieyao Ding

    (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn)

  • Andreas Nicklisch

    (University of Hamburg, School of Business, Economics and Social Science)

Abstract

This paper experimentally investigates the nature of impulses in impulse learning. Particularly, we analyze whether positive feedback (i.e., yielding a superior payo in a game) or negative feedback (i.e., yielding an inferior payo in a game) leads to a systematic change in the individual choices. The results reveal that subjects predominantly learn from negative feedback.

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  • Jieyao Ding & Andreas Nicklisch, 2013. "On the Impulse in Impulse Learning," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2013_02, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
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    Keywords

    learning; Aspiration level; Impulse; Reinforcement; Stimulus;
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    JEL classification:

    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles

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