Mistake in DOI cites report on lap dancing rather than white collar crime

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

In a previous post about white collar crime, somehow the”DOI’s” got mixed up on Research Blogging and the following study was cited instead:
MILLER, G., TYBUR, J., JORDAN, B. (2007). Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lap dancers: economic evidence for human estrus?☆☆. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28(6), 375-381. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.06.002
I think this is the [...]

How powerful people avoid criminal labels: steroids, backdating and stolen museum artifacts

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Jose Canseco, the noted baseball player and author of “Juiced“, was busy as a bee pollinating major league baseball with knowledge and practices for steroid and growth hormone use. (Here’s the link on Docuticker). This strikes me as similar to the stock option backdating scenario — interlocking boards of directors and using the [...]

NYT: This is your brain on NASDAQ

Friday, February 8th, 2008

“Dopamine Futures” original art by Swivelchair
(all rights, if any totally waived, copy it all you want).
If you compare a screen shot of on-line gambling with a screen shot of on-line stock trading, they look very similar. That is probably because humans are hard wired for rewards — if you hunt and are successful, [...]

Neuromarketing: Neural Correlates of Conspicuous Consumption in Groups Vulnerable to Social Injustice

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

There are lots of studies as to why people purchase luxury goods, but these are mostly directed at individuals in isolation. What about group behavior?

Manhattan, Harlem, Lenox Ave.
Ray Fisman, an economist, has an interesting article in Slate about why African-Americans (and other ethnic minorities) in the US spend disproportionately on status-seeking items. As quoted in [...]

Neuroeconomics: Does money play a role in economic crime?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Does money play a role in economic crime?
This seems so obvious, why even ask the question?
But, for some, the thrill is in the taking — not in the having.
Engdahl, O., “The role of money in economic crime,” British Journal of Criminology (Advanced Online 01.16.08)

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Neuroeconomics, Backdating: SEC investigators surprised by organizational narcissism

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

For SEC team, backdating probe led to surprises - MarketWatch

Arrested Development: Bob Loblaw and Lindsay

Bob Loblaw: Actually, I was going to stay in my office tonight and work on my law blog.
Tobias: Of course— the “Bob Loblaw Law Blog.” Wow. You, sir, are a mouthful!

 
OK, so today’s neuroeconomic news : Stock [...]

Neuroeconomics and neuromarketing: Trust me, I’m your brain

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Little American Brown Weasel
The Top Two Inches has an interesting blog post about dating, called, “Dating — Don’t Do It“. Interesting read, and it got me thinking about trust.
Trust is first built in one part of the brain, and then your brain comes to a fork in the road: the “unconditional” trust brain area [...]

Neuropolitics: Campaign advice for Hillary Clinton and Fred Thompson

Monday, November 12th, 2007

The Clinton Neurons, Quian Quiroga et al., “Invariant visual representation by single neurons in the human brain,” Nature 435: 1102-1107 (2005)
Neurodemocracy, you gotta love it. Branding, celebrity and politics — all evoke neurological responses in primitive brain areas. How can the candidates best position themselves to have the best neurological response in swing [...]

Neuromarketing of early on-line reviewers

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Li, Xinxin and Hitt, Lorin M., “Self Selection and Information Role of Online Product Reviews” . Information Systems Research, Forthcoming Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1019641Early on-line reviews can make or break a product. This paper says that marketing can target early adopters who are likely to yield positive early reviews –
. . .Our analysis suggests that [...]

Neurological Correlates: Neuromarketing — don’t try to guilt trip the disagreeable

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

“. . .Overall, prosocial motivation is linked to (a) Agreeableness as a dimension of personality, (b) proximal prosocial cognition and motives, and (c) helping behavior across a range of situations and victims. In persons low in prosocial motivation, when costs of helping are high, efforts to induce empathy situationally can undermine prosocial behavior. . . “

Neurological Correlates: Neuroeconomics - Who is likely to sue you?

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Or, how do you pick customers unlikely to sue you? At least with doctors, there is now a paper:
What patient attributes are associated with thoughts of suing a physician? Fishbain, et al., Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 May;88(5):589-96 (full abstract after the jump).

Neurological Correlates: Neuromarketing, playing to the dopamine crowd

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Screenshots of (top) on-line gaming, and (bottom) on-line stock trading

J Gambl Stud. 2007 Mar 30; [Epub ahead of print]

Dopamine Genes and Pathological Gambling in Discordant Sib-Pairs.
Sabbatini da Silva Lobo D, Vallada HP, Knight J, Martins SS, Tavares H, Gentil V, Kennedy JL.
Laboratory of Medical Investigation (LIM-23)—Psychopharmacology, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, [...]