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punishment, so that they increase overall welfare? We report an experiment in which players can issue non-binding threats to …
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In a public-good experiment with heterogeneous endowments, we investigate if and how the contribution level as well as …
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be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to …
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punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle"" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused …
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Subjects submitted strategies for playing a public good game. The strategies interacted with each other in a computer simulation. They could be revised and resubmitted for a second and a third simulation round. The strategies' average contribution to the public good increased from one simulation...
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In public goods experiments where subjects may change groups, we observe a continual flight of the more cooperative subjects away from the less cooperative ones. The less cooperative subjects attempt to enter cooperative groups in order to free-ride on their contributions. Lorsque les sujets...
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The paper extends the standard tax evasion model by allowing for social interactions. In Manski's (1993) nomenclature, our model takes into account social conformity effects (i.e., endogenous interactions), fairness effects (i.e., exogenous interactions) and sorting effects (i.e., correlated...
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In this experimental study we examine behavior relating to voluntary contributions to reduce expected losses associated, for example, with the occurrence of natural disasters or major industrial accidents. We ask subjects to allocate tokens between a private investment and a public investment....
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experiment shows that emotional arousal, measured by Skin Conductance Responses, increases in the proportion of evaded taxes. The …
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We conduct an experiment to test whether probability misperception may be a possible alternative to risk aversion to …
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