[VCEE Seminar] REMINDER: VCEE Seminar with Jonathan Chapman - Invitation, January 26

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Dear All,

You are invited to attend the VCEE seminar on Monday, January 26, from 11:30
to 13:00 hrs Vienna time. 

The seminar takes place in lecture hall 7 (1st floor) at
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1.

We will have one speaker: Jonathan Chapman (U Bologna)

Webpage:  https://jnchapman.com/


Here is more information about the talk:

Title: Reassessing Qualitative Self-Assessments and Experimental Validation 

 

Abstract:

Qualitative self-assessments of economic preferences have recently gained
popularity, often supported by experimental validation, a method that links
them to choices in incentivized elicitations. We illustrate theoretically
that experimental validation may fail to produce reliable new measures.
Empirically, analyzing data from over 13,000 participants across diverse
samples, we document four key findings. First, qualitative self-assessments
and traditional incentivized measures exhibit weak correlations, even when
accounting for response noise. Second, qualitative self-assessments
sometimes correlate more strongly with theoretically distinct incentivized
elicitations than those for which they are intended to proxy. Third,
relationships between qualitative self-assessments and various attributes -
including geographical location, demographics, and behaviors - are unrelated
to variation in incentivized elicitations. Fourth, qualitative
self-assessments are no simpler for participants than incentivized
elicitations: these questions show a common heuristic of extreme or midpoint
responses, especially by individuals with lower cognitive ability.

If you are interested in meeting Jonathan (meeting slots of 30') you can
register via this link:

https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/gEXw76BrH6yCdRWi

 

Best regards,

Sylvia

 

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