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Srivastava on Apologies & Defection
April 4, 2016
Vatsalya Srivastava (Tilburg University - Center and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration; Amity School of Economics) has posted The Sorry Clause on SSRN. Here is the abstract: When players face uncertainty in choosing actions, undesirable outcomes cannot be avoided. Accidental defections caused by uncertainty, that does not depend on the level of care, require a mechanism to reconcile the players. This paper shows the existence of a perfect sorry equilibrium in a game of imperfect public...
April 4, 2016
Vatsalya Srivastava (Tilburg University - Center and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration; Amity School of Economics) has posted The Sorry Clause on SSRN. Here is the abstract: When players face uncertainty in choosing actions, undesirable outcomes cannot be avoided. Accidental defections caused by uncertainty, that does not depend on the level of care, require a mechanism to reconcile the players. This paper shows the existence of a perfect sorry equilibrium in a game of imperfect public...
Do Europeans Like Nudges?
April 3, 2016
In recent years, many governments have shown a keen interest in “nudges” – approaches to law and policy that maintain freedom of choice, but that steer people in certain directions. Yet to date, there is little evidence on whether citizens of various societies support nudges and nudging. We report the results of nationally representative surveys in six European nations: Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and the United Kingdom. We find strong majority support for nudges of the sort that...
April 3, 2016
In recent years, many governments have shown a keen interest in “nudges” – approaches to law and policy that maintain freedom of choice, but that steer people in certain directions. Yet to date, there is little evidence on whether citizens of various societies support nudges and nudging. We report the results of nationally representative surveys in six European nations: Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and the United Kingdom. We find strong majority support for nudges of the sort that...
Contract Consideration and Behavior
April 2, 2016
Contract recitals are ubiquitous. Yet, we have a thin understanding of how individuals behave with respect to these doctrinally important relics. Most jurists follow Lon Fuller in concluding that when read, contract recitals accomplish their purpose: to caution against inconsiderate contractual obligation. Notwithstanding the foundational role that this assumption has played in doctrinal and theoretical debates, it has not been tested. This Article offers what we believe to be the first experimental...
April 2, 2016
Contract recitals are ubiquitous. Yet, we have a thin understanding of how individuals behave with respect to these doctrinally important relics. Most jurists follow Lon Fuller in concluding that when read, contract recitals accomplish their purpose: to caution against inconsiderate contractual obligation. Notwithstanding the foundational role that this assumption has played in doctrinal and theoretical debates, it has not been tested. This Article offers what we believe to be the first experimental...
Carrie Fisher puts her ‘droid’ expertise to work for IBM Watson
April 2, 2016
Carrie Fisher may have made a name for herself battling the Empire with the likes of R2D2 and C3PO in Star Wars, but in her latest gig she’s putting her droid expertise to use in a decidedly more docile manner. As part of an IBM marketing campaign — and a larger unrelated effort — to rebrand artificial intelligence, IBM cast Fischer as a therapist in a “Coping with Humans” support group. * * * With $1 billion set aside to establish a business unit for IBM Watson in January 2014,...
April 2, 2016
Carrie Fisher may have made a name for herself battling the Empire with the likes of R2D2 and C3PO in Star Wars, but in her latest gig she’s putting her droid expertise to use in a decidedly more docile manner. As part of an IBM marketing campaign — and a larger unrelated effort — to rebrand artificial intelligence, IBM cast Fischer as a therapist in a “Coping with Humans” support group. * * * With $1 billion set aside to establish a business unit for IBM Watson in January 2014,...
ABA Dispute Resolution Skills Courses Highlighted
March 30, 2016
Improve Your Skills With Us! The Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference has skills programs for every...
March 30, 2016
Improve Your Skills With Us! The Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference has skills programs for every...
ABA Dispute Resolution Conference April 7-9, 2016
March 30, 2016
The ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Conference is always a highlight. For 2016 it’s being held in New York City,...
March 30, 2016
The ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Conference is always a highlight. For 2016 it’s being held in New York City,...
Why and How Businesses Use Planned Early Dispute Resolution
March 29, 2016
This article reports the results of an empirical inquiry analyzing why some businesses adopt “planned early dispute resolution”...
March 29, 2016
This article reports the results of an empirical inquiry analyzing why some businesses adopt “planned early dispute resolution”...
Are Choosers Losers? The Propensity to Under-Delegate in the Face of Potential Gains and Losses
March 27, 2016
Human beings are often faced with a pervasive problem: whether to make their own decisions or to delegate decision tasks...
March 27, 2016
Human beings are often faced with a pervasive problem: whether to make their own decisions or to delegate decision tasks...
People Prefer System 2 Nudges (Kind Of)
March 27, 2016
In the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and many other nations, those involved in law and policy have been exploring choice-preserving approaches, or “nudges,” informed by behavioral science and with the purpose of promoting important public policy goals, such as improved health and safety. But there is a large and insufficiently explored difference between System 1 nudges, which target or benefit from automatic processing, and System 2 nudges, which target or benefit from deliberative...
March 27, 2016
In the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and many other nations, those involved in law and policy have been exploring choice-preserving approaches, or “nudges,” informed by behavioral science and with the purpose of promoting important public policy goals, such as improved health and safety. But there is a large and insufficiently explored difference between System 1 nudges, which target or benefit from automatic processing, and System 2 nudges, which target or benefit from deliberative...
Do People Like Nudges?
March 27, 2016
In recent years, there has been a great deal of debate about the ethical questions associated with “nudges,” understood as approaches that steer people in certain directions while maintaining their freedom of choice. Evidence about people’s views cannot resolve the ethical questions, but in democratic societies (and nondemocratic ones as well), those views will inevitably affect what public officials are willing to do. Existing evidence, including a nationally representative survey, supports...
March 27, 2016
In recent years, there has been a great deal of debate about the ethical questions associated with “nudges,” understood as approaches that steer people in certain directions while maintaining their freedom of choice. Evidence about people’s views cannot resolve the ethical questions, but in democratic societies (and nondemocratic ones as well), those views will inevitably affect what public officials are willing to do. Existing evidence, including a nationally representative survey, supports...
