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experiments and survey-based data. In the experiment subjects are shown a network, in which their location is exogenously assigned … these biases. The experiments yield three further findings: (iii) network cognition is affected by the subject's location …, (iv) the accuracy of network cognition varies with the nature of the network, and (v) limitations in network cognition …
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Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …
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of the world in order to influence the choice of a decision maker. We characterize the sampling strategies of the … is little evidence of learning over the 40 matches of the experiment. …
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-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants’ preferences for resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …
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in an experiment where actions are strategic substitutes. The game theoretic basis for our experiment is the model of …
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direction, we have conducted a laboratory experiment with 490 participants. We consider "cooperative" investments that directly …
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This paper investigates how a mandatory activation program in Denmark affects the job finding rate of unemployed workers. The activation program was introduced in an experimental setting where about half of the workers who became unemployed in the period from November 2005 to March 2006 were...
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We test the hypothesis that "genuine" or "convincing" smiling is a costly signal that has evolved to induce cooperation in situations requiring mutual trust. Potential trustees in a trust game made video clips for viewing by potential trusters before the latter decided whether to send them...
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We examine strategic information transmission in a controlled laboratory experiment of a cheap talk game with one …
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A government agency wants an infrastructure-based public service to be provided. Our experimental study compares two different modes of provision. In a public-private partnership, the two tasks of building the infrastructure and operating it are delegated to one private contractor (a...
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