3 papers
econ.GN2024
Uniqueness Bias: Why It Matters, How to Curb It
Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, M. D. Christodoulou +1
The paper explores "uniqueness bias," a behavioral bias defined as the tendency of planners and managers to see their decisions as singular. For the first time, uniqueness bias is…
q-fin.RM2024
The Oxford Olympics Study 2024: Are Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games Coming Down?
Alexander Budzier, Bent Flyvbjerg
The present paper is an update of the "Oxford Olympics Study 2016" (Flyvbjerg et al. 2016). We document that the Games remain costly and continue to have large cost overruns, to a…
cs.CY2024
Rethinking Digitalization and Climate: Don't Predict, Mitigate
Daria Gritsenko, Jon Aaen, Bent Flyvbjerg
Digitalization is a core component of the green transition. Today's focus is on quantifying and pre-dicting the climate effects of digitalization through various life-cycle assessm…