Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …

%). They occur in both directions, with more over-sampling (39%) than under-sampling (8%). The main difference with the theory … theory, with adversaries sampling more when their own cost is low and when the other adversary's cost is high. Finally, there … is little evidence of learning over the 40 matches of the experiment. …

-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 …

in an experiment where actions are strategic substitutes. The game theoretic basis for our experiment is the model of …

direction, we have conducted a laboratory experiment with 490 participants. We consider "cooperative" investments that directly … benefit the non-investing party. While according to standard theory, contracting would be useless if renegotiation cannot be …

Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to …

find a large and positive effect of endogenous institutional choice on the level of cooperation in comparison to … exogenously implemented institutions. This suggests that democratic participation rights enhance cooperation in groups. With … high levels of cooperation. Our results are evaluated against the predictions of social preference models. …

consistent with the theoretical results: in the experiment, investment levels with and without legal protection are comparable …