On the Impulse in Impulse Learning

Jieyao Ding and Andreas Nicklisch ()
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Jieyao Ding: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Andreas Nicklisch: University of Hamburg, School of Business, Economics and Social Science

No 2013_02, Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods from Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Abstract: This paper experimentally investigates the nature of impulses in impulse learning. Particularly, we analyze whether positive feedback (i.e., yielding a superior payo in a game) or negative feedback (i.e., yielding an inferior payo in a game) leads to a systematic change in the individual choices. The results reveal that subjects predominantly learn from negative feedback.

Keywords: learning; Aspiration level; Impulse; Reinforcement; Stimulus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D03 D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02
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