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We conduct an artefactual field experiment to study and compare the behavior of workers and students in a linear … find that both students and workers sanction group members who contribute less than the group average, and reward those who … of the effect, however, is heterogeneous, as feedback has more impact among students who, contrary to workers, respond …
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We study the individual behavior of students and workers in an experiment where they repeatedly face the same … cooperative task. The data show that clerical workers differ from college students in overall cooperation rates, strategy adoption … and use of punishment opportunities. Students cooperate more than workers. Cooperation increases in both subject pools …
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We study individual behavior of students and workers in an experiment where they repeatedly faced with the same … cooperative task. The data show that clerical workers differ from college students in overall cooperation rates, strategies … adopted, and use of punishment opportunities. Students cooperate more than workers, and cooperation increases in both subject …
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cooperation than male students. …-school students in both a square lattice and a heterogeneous network. We find that female students have a higher probability of …
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This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
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-cooperative strategic games. Cooperation models, such as ERC and inequality aversion, yield superior predictions compared to the standard … account well for the observed fairness and cooperation in all the tested games. The impressive predictions of the theory … promoting fairness and cooperation in the discussed games is only marginal. Strikingly, the Golden Ratio, known for its …
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We investigate the impact of various audit schemes on the future provision of public goods, when contributing less than the average of the group is sanctioned exogenously and the probability of an audit is unknown. We study how individuals update their beliefs about the probability of being...
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can promote cooperation through a combination of sorting and opportunistic signaling, with late period defections by … remains unclear. In each of six treatments that vary the cooperation premium and the informational basis for reputation …, that with a high cooperation premium and good information, investment in reputation grows across sets of finitely …
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We study the effects of voluntary participation on cooperation in collective action problems. Voluntary participation … may foster cooperation through an entry mechanism, which leads to assortative selection of interaction partners, or an … the effectiveness of these mechanisms in a one-shot public goods experiment. Voluntary participation has a positive effect …
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We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously … findings show that pledges of commitment alone can increase cooperation and welfare in committed partnerships. The introduction … partnerships fall solely on the individual choosing to break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and welfare. …
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