Games and phone numbers: Do short-term memory bounds affect strategic behavior?

Article Abstract:

The authors use short-term memory as a measurement of information processing ability and verify its correlation to standard game theory. Thus strategic behavior and information processing capacity are linked.

Usage, Memory, Games of strategy (Mathematics)

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Simon's selection theory: Why docility evolves to breed successful altruism

Article Abstract:

The authors explore Herbert Simon's thoughts on altruism, proving his model to be correct and suggesting that further research in this direction would be useful.

Authorship, Altruism, Altruism (Human behavior), Simon, Herbert Alexander

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Does the framing of investment portfolios influence risk-taking behavior? Some experimental results

Article Abstract:

Extent to which investment portfolio framing affects investor's risk-taking behavior is examined.

United States, Commercial Banks, Investment Banking and Securities Dealing, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Portfolio Management, Portfolio & Funds Management, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Risk-taking (Psychology), Risk taking, Diversification (Investments)

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