Central European University

Observers exhibit greater caution and faster evidence accumulation when identifying joint versus individual actions

Coordination requires anticipating and adapting to others' actions in real time. While research has shown that observers predict observed solo actions, little is known about how predictive processes change when observing joint actions. We tested whether, for joint actions, observ...

Green Is Less Greedy: Competition, Corruption, and Productivity in Green Public Procurement in Bulgaria

ABSTRACT Green Public Procurement (GPP) is promoted for environmental sustainability, but its economic effects are less studied. This paper examines GPP's impact on firm productivity, competition, and corruption risks in Bulgaria, a challenging context for governance. Using data...

A tale of ten cities: data bias in human mobility is pervasive and highly location specific

Abstract Large-scale human mobility datasets play increasingly critical roles in many algorithmic systems, business processes, and policy decisions. Unfortunately, there has been little focus on understanding bias and other fundamental shortcomings of these datasets and how they...

Cooperative and competitive interactions modulate expectations about resource distribution in 13-month-old infants

Cooperation and resource distribution are central properties of human sociality. The long-term stability of cooperative ventures depends on linking obtained benefits to the efforts invested by collaborating partners. Previous studies demonstrated that infants start to both unders...