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The strategy method is often used in public goods games to measure an individual's willingness to cooperate depending on the level of cooperation by their groupmates (conditional cooperation). However, while the strategy method is informative, it risks conflating confusion with a desire for fair...
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individual level using multiple methods, and at multiple times during the experiment. With this rich set of predictor variables …
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whether to engage in costly punishment of a free rider in a survey-based experiment with 1423 students from seven study areas …
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This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioural research on the role of human pro-social motivation to … motivation can sustain cooperation if enough people cooperate but can jeopardise social order if many others follow selfish …
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This paper analyzes a dynamic relational contract for employees with reciprocal preferences. I develop a tractable model to investigate how “direct” performance-pay (promising a bonus in exchange for effort) and generous upfront wages (which activate the norm of reciprocity) interact over...
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In this experiment, we test whether subjects’ responses to variations in the action set in a dictator game depends on …
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reconsiders the generality of both explanations. Using data from a public goods experiment with punishment, conducted by the …
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and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce …
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Social preference models emphasize that perceived intentions motivate reciprocity. However, laboratory tests of this theory typically manipulate perceived intentions through changes in wealth resulting from a sacrifice in pay by another. There is little evidence on whether reciprocity occurs in...
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