Action Bias and Environmental Decisions

By Anthony G. Patt, Richard J. Zeckhauser. 2000

155 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences, Safety Research

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Citations in the corpus

• Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks (2007, background): “…or inaction was later replicated in many other studies (see for example Landman, 1987; Ritov and Baron, 1990, 1992, 1995; Kordes-de Vaal, 1996; Patt and Zeckhauser, 2000; Kruger, Wirtz and Miller, 2005), and was referred to in the literature in several terms, including emotional…”
• Human- versus Artificial Intelligence (2021, background): “…of this kind of mismatch are the Action bias (preferring action even when there is no rational justi fi cation to do this, Baron and Ritov, 2004; Patt and Zeckhauser, 2000), Social proof (the tendency to mirror or copy the actions and opinions of others, Cialdini, 1984), the Tragedy of the…”
• The Costs and Benefits of Calculation and Moral Rules (2010, unknown): “In the following section, we address the first of these issues and suggest that the challenge posed by CBA to mere mortals is a difficult one to meet.”