Monday, November 21, 2022

Contrary to the deterioration hypothesis, we find that market-oriented societies have a greater aversion to unethical behavior, higher levels of trust, & are not significantly associated with lower levels of morality under any model specification

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The moral costs of markets: Testing the deterioration hypothesis. Justin Callais, Colin Harris, Ben Borchard. Journal of Economic Behavior ...

Men, but not women, in medium-status occupations report lower life satisfaction than those above or below when stuck in the middle

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Occupational status and life satisfaction in the UK: The miserable middle? Yannis Georgellis et al. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organ...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Why do storefronts remain empty for more than a year in some of the world’s highest-rent retail districts? Storefront vacancy in New York City

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Option Value and Storefront Vacancy in New York City. Erica Moszkowski & Daniel Stackman. Nov 2022. https://www.ericamoszkowski.com/rese...

Sexual arousal has a powerful effect on men’s short-term mating motivation, and that this effect is independent of intrasexual differences in personality, relationship status, and sociosexuality

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In the Heat of the Short-Term Moment: Evidence that Heightened Sexual Arousal Increases Short-Term Mating Motivation Among Men. Arnaud Wisma...

Phantom phone signals are benign, not an indication of a messed-up mind

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Phantom phone signals and other hallucinatory-like experiences: investigation of similarities and differences. Adrianna Aleksandrowicz, Joac...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Men and women in same-sex marriages exhibited a greater risk of psychiatric disorders than men and women in opposite-sex marriages, effect largely UNexplained by family upbringing

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Same-Sex Marriage and Common Mental Health Diagnoses: A Sibling Comparison and Adoption Approach. Yin Xu et al. The Journal of Sex Research...

Should bads be inflicted all at once, like Machiavelli said? Evidence from life-satisfaction data

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Should bads be inflicted all at once, like Machiavelli said? Evidence from life-satisfaction data. Paul Frijters et al. Journal of Economic ...
Friday, November 18, 2022

Meta-analysis: Psychopaths do not achieve larger gains in social economic decision-making games – unless their opponents lack the option to retaliate

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Social Economic Decision-Making and Psychopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Gunschera, L. J., Brazil I. A. and Driessen, J. M. A...