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Natural disasters, environmental values, and the importance of politics: Empirical evidence from worldwide survey data 自然灾害、环境价值和政治的重要性：来自全球调查数据的经验证据

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2026.102890

Sven Fischer , LeeAnn Patterson

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When choice matters: The asymmetric effects of precommitment implementation on healthy food choice 当选择重要：承诺前执行对健康食品选择的不对称影响

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2026.102889

Marta Favara , Joanna Mihaylova , Alan Sánchez

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Out of sight is out of mind? Experimentally testing a gradually materializing public bad 眼不见心不烦？实验性地测试逐渐具体化的公共不良

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2026.102877

Alexander Egberts , Christoph Engel , Joshua Fairfield

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Measuring employers’ demand for personality traits in job ads 衡量雇主在招聘广告中对个性特征的需求

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2026.102887

Vera Brenčič , Andrew McGee

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The sober outlook of proficient investors –Characterizing competence through canonical correlation analysis 熟练投资者的冷静观——用典型相关分析表征能力

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2025.102876

Doron Sonsino , Patrik Michaelsen , Tommy Gärling , Magnus Jansson

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Information combination and preference reversals: Eye-tracking data 信息组合与偏好逆转：眼动追踪数据

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2025.102875

Raúl López-Pérez , Eli Spiegelman

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Replication: No action ‘Bias’ among elite soccer goalkeepers during penalty kicks 复制：精英足球守门员在罚点球时没有“偏见”

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2026.102886

Rishav Singh, Sumitava Mukherjee

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Aging and financial risk-taking: A meta-analysis 老龄化与金融风险：一项荟萃分析

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2026.102888

Erica Ordali, Chiara Rapallini

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From individual choices to the four-eyes principle: The big robber game revisited among financial professionals and students 从个人选择到四眼原则：金融专业人士和学生重新审视了大盗游戏

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2026.102885

Armando Holzknecht, Sebastian Bachler, Jürgen Huber, Michael Kirchler

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Females Welcome! When immigrants make the native population happy 女性欢迎!当移民使当地居民幸福时

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Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2025.102874

Hilke Brockmann , Roger Fernandez-Urbano

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