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Steffen Huck
Researcher at University College London
Publications - 249
Citations - 8344
Steffen Huck is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cournot competition & Competition (economics). The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 245 publications receiving 7866 citations. Previous affiliations of Steffen Huck include Institute for the Study of Labor & Humboldt University of Berlin.
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Markets for Leaked Information
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study markets for sensitive personal information and compare the performance of monopoly and oligopoly markets, and find that oligopoly is often better for the agent: it requires a higher value of traded information and therefore has to grant the agent more privacy.
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Can Fear Cause Economic Collapse? Insights from an Experimental Study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors untersuchen das Verhalten experimenteller Subjekte, who in Anwesenheit von Netzexternalitaten (externen Effekten) eine Reihe von riskanten Investitionsentscheidungen machen sollen.
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‘Though This Be Madness, Yet There is Method In’t’: A Counterfactual Analysis of Richard Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’
TL;DR: In the opera Tannhauser, the eponymous hero of Wagner's "Waldvogel" trotters a path of stark contrasts and rapid swings from self-centered artist to seduced disciple, disillusioned devotee, hopeful lover, self-loathing pilgrim and finally redeemed martyr as mentioned in this paper.
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Comparing Charitable Fundraising Schemes: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment and a Structural Model
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evidence from a natural field experiment and structural model designed to shed light on the efficacy of alternative fundraising schemes and conclude that charitable donations are maximized by simply announcing the lead donation rather than using it to match the donations of others in some way.
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Can fear cause economic collapse? Insights from an experimental study [Kann Angst zu einem Wirtschaftszusammenbruch führen? Erkenntnisse aus einer experimentellen Studie]
TL;DR: This paper study the behavior of experimental subjects who have to make a sequence of risky investment decisions in the presence of network externalities and find that subjects follow a simple heuristic -investing after positive experiences and reducing their propensity to invest after a failure.