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Distributive and reciprocal fairness: What can we learn from the heterogeneity of social preferences?
Kamas, Linda; Preston, Anne - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 3, pp. 538-553
-off) and reciprocal fairness (receiving what one is due based on one’s past actions) using dictator, ultimatum, and trust games … participants’ behavior in the ultimatum and trust games. The self-interested and efficiency maximizers make the lowest offers in … trust game. Consistent with the goal of maximizing the sum of payoffs however, efficiency maximizers and compassionate …
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A portfolio of dilemmas : experimental evidence on choice bracketing in a mini-trust game
Ding, Jieyao - 2012
the context of a mini-trust game. The result shows that, in the narrow bracketing treatment, the investor (first mover) is … more likely to place trust on others, but the receiver (second mover) is less likely to fulfill the trust under the same …
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Big experimenter is watching you! : anonymity and prosocial behavior in the laboratory
Barmettler, Franziska; Fehr, Ernst; Zehnder, Christian - 2011
-subject anonymity may create selfish incentives to engage in seemingly other-regarding behavior. If this were the case these experiments …
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Chapter 10. Lab in the Field : Measuring Preferences in the Wild
Gneezy, U.; Imas, A. - 2017
In this chapter, we discuss the “lab-in-the-field” methodology, which combines elements of both lab and field experiments in using standardized, validated paradigms from the lab in targeting relevant populations in naturalistic settings. We begin by examining how the methodology has been...
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Moral hypocrisy, power and social preferences
Rustichini, Aldo; Villeval, Marie Claire - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 107 (2014) PA, pp. 10-24
We study how individuals adjust their judgment of fairness and unfairness when they are in the position of spectators before and after making real decisions, and how this adjustment depends on the actions they take in the game. We find that norms that appear universal instead take into account...
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The intrinsic value of decision rights
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Herz, Holger - 2013
Philosophers, psychologists, and economists have long argued that certain decision rights carry not only instrumental value but may also be valuable for their own sake. The ideas of autonomy, freedom, and liberty derive their intuitive appeal - at least partly - from an assumed positive...
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The intrinsic value of decision rights
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Herz, Holger - 2014 - Revised version, June 2014
Philosophers, psychologists, and economists have long argued that certain decision rights carry not only instrumental value but may also be valuable for their own sake. The ideas of autonomy, freedom, and liberty derive their intuitive appeal—at least partly—from an assumed positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402648
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Group identity and leading-by-example
Drouvelis, Michalis; Nosenzo, Daniele - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 39 (2013) C, pp. 414-425
contributions game experiment. A common identity between the leader and her two followers is beneficial for cooperation: average …
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What's important for you in life? A general and pluralistic model of economic agents’ motivation
Zibell, Laurent - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 40 (2011) 5, pp. 503-515
This article refines the theory of economic agents’ motivations beyond the alternative between egoistic self-interest and a generic altruism. It addresses the potential weakness of ‘altruism’ theories that the number of ‘others’ claiming empathy and care is potentially infinite. It...
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Does market participation promote generalized trust? Experimental evidence from Southern Africa
Siziba, Shephard; Bulte, Erwin - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 1, pp. 156-160
Does market participation promote generalized morality and trust, as postulated by some recent theories? We use … contrary. The short-term effect of market integration appears to be to lower generalized trust. However, this finding is not …
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