“Beauty contest” indicator of cognitive ability and free riding strategies. Results from a scenario experiment about pandemic flu immunization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.11.002
Abstract: High immunization coverage rates are desirable in order to reduce total morbidity and mortality rates, but it may also provide an incentive for herd immunity free riding strategies. The aim of this paper was to… read more here.
Keywords: riding strategies; beauty contest; cognitive ability; scenario experiment ... See more keywords
A Corporate Beauty Contest
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DOI: 10.3386/w15906
Abstract: We provide new evidence that the subjective “look of competence” rather than beauty is important for CEO selection and compensation. Our experiments, studying the facial traits of CEOs using nearly 2,000 subjects, link facial characteristics… read more here.
Keywords: beauty contest; corporate beauty; compensation; evidence ... See more keywords