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Generosity Across Contexts
Davis, Alexander L.; Jehli, Nadja R.; Miller, John H.; … - CESifo - 2015
Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the … allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts …, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare generosity in decisions that vary whether allocations are monetary or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210786
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A Note on the Design of Experiments Involving Public Goods
Graves, Philip E. - CESifo - 2010
Concern about potential free riding in the provision of public goods has a long history. More recently, experimental economists have turned their attention to the conditions under which free riding would be expected to occur. A model of free riding is provided here which demonstrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671727
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Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions. What can we Learn from Experiments?
Tausch, Franziska; Potters, Jan; Riedl, Arno - CESifo - 2010
Redistribution is an inevitable feature of collective pension schemes. Nevertheless, it is still an open question what people’s preferences are regarding this form of redistribution. This paper reviews experimental evidence on preferences regarding redistribution and asks what this evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498990
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Preferences for Consistency
Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - CESifo - 2011
principal-agent experiment that shows that consistency is valued by others and that this value is anticipated. The second … experiment underlines the crucial role of early commitment for consistency preferences. Finally we show how preferences for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228620
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The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence
Fehr, Ernst; Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias - CESifo - 2011
a strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853854
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Organizations, Diffused Pivotality and Immoral Outcomes
Falk, Armin; Szech, Nora - CESifo - 2013
This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for money or to save mice. We compare a Baseline treatment where subjects are fully pivotal to a Diffused-Pivotality treatment where subjects simultaneously choose in groups of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877864
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Self-Confidence and Strategic Behavior
Charness, Gary; Rustichini, Aldo; Ven, Jeroen van de - CESifo - 2013
We test experimentally an explanation of over and under confidence as motivated by (perhaps unconscious) strategic concerns, and find compelling evidence supporting this hypothesis in the behavior of participants who send and respond to others’ statements of confidence about how well they have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877986
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Cheating and Loss Aversion: Do People Lie More to Avoid a Loss?
Grolleau, Gilles; Kocher, Martin G.; Sutan, Angela - CESifo - 2014
Does the extent of cheating depend on a proper reference point? We use a real effort task that implements a two (gain versus loss frame) times two (monitored performance versus unmonitored performance) between-subjects design to examine whether cheating is reference-dependent. Our experimental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948874
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Contracts, Biases and Consumption of Access Services
Leider, Stephen G.; Sahin, Özge - CESifo - 2012
We consider a consumption model that takes into account the valuation and demand uncertainties that consumers face while using access services. Typical examples of such services include telecommunication services, extended warranties for consumer electronics, and club memberships. We demonstrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416116
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Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Kocher, Martin G.; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian … - CESifo - 2013
predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010639421