Patrick McAlvanah

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Are People More Risk-Taking in the Presence of the Opposite Sex?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2012
Patrick McAlvanah
Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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risk preferences, probability discounting, experimental economics, behavioral economics, arousal effect

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Fraudulent Advertising Susceptibility: An Experimental Approach

Number of pages: 106 Posted: 14 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2016
Patrick McAlvanah, Keith B. Anderson, Robert Letzler and Jack Mountjoy
Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, Formerly US Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics, Government Accountability Office (GAO) and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Pay Every Subject or Pay Only Some?

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Pay Every Subject or Pay Only Some?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2020
Lisa R. Anderson, Beth Freeborn and Patrick McAlvanah
College of William and Mary - Department of Economics, Government of the United States of America - Federal Trade Commission and Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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experimental economics, methodology, incentives in experiments, pay some subjects, risk preferences, risk elicitation

Pay Every Subject or Pay Only Some?

FTC Bureau of Economics Working Paper No. 342
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Jul 2019
Lisa R. Anderson, Beth A. Freeborn and Patrick McAlvanah
College of William and Mary - Department of Economics, and Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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Subadditivity, Patience, and Utility: The Effects of Dividing Time Intervals

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2012
Patrick McAlvanah
Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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intertemporal choice, temporal discounting, framing effect, experimental economics, behavioral economics, subadditive discounting

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The House Doesn't Always Win: Evidence of Anchoring Among Australian Bookies

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2016
Patrick McAlvanah and Charles C. Moul
Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics and Miami University of Ohio - Department of Economics
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anchoring effect, behavioral economics, fixed odds wagering, natural experiment

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Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 12-20, W. J. Usery Workplace Research Group Working Paper No. 2012-7-4
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 Aug 2012
Charles Courtemanche, Garth Heutel and Patrick McAlvanah
Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Department of Economics and Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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Obesity, body mass index, time inconsistency, hyperbolic discounting, present bias, discount factor, discount rate, time preference, food prices

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Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity

NBER Working Paper No. w17483
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Charles Courtemanche, Garth Heutel and Patrick McAlvanah
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Department of Economics, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Department of Economics and Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics
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Time Preferences and Consumer Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w20320
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
W. David Bradford, Charles Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, Patrick McAlvanah and Christopher J. Ruhm
University of Georgia - Department of Public Administration and Policy, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Department of Economics, Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics and University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
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