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Secessionism and Minority Protection in an Uncertain World
Anesi, Vincent - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2010
With the changing economic circumstances confronting their countries, regionally concentrated minorities have been facing a strategic problem, important aspects of which can be stylized as a situation in which a minority leader is uncertain about the costs of secession for her community. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010545645
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Secessionism and Minority Protection in an Uncertain World
Anesi, Vincent - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2010
With the changing economic circumstances confronting their countries, regionally concentrated minorities have been facing a strategic problem, important aspects of which can be stylized as a situation in which a minority leader is uncertain about the costs of secession for her community. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677998
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Inter-Group Conflict and Intra-Group Punishment in an Experimental Contest Game
Abbink, Klaus; Brandts, Jordi; Herrmann, Benedikt; … - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2009
We study how conflict in contest games is influenced by rival parties being groups and by group members being able to … punish each other. Our motivation stems from the analysis of socio-political conflict. The theoretical prediction is that … conflict expenditures are independent of group size and of whether punishment is available or not. We find, first, that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200579
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Determinants of Revolt: Evidence from Survey and Laboratory Data
ABBINK, KLAUS; PEZZINI, SILVIA - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2005
This paper examines determinants of revolutionary behaviour. We study the role of freedom of communication, repression of opposition and the government’s selfishness. Combining econometric analysis of survey data with a laboratory experiment, we analyse how these factors affect preferences for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150924
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Inter-Group Conflict and Intra-Group Punishment in an Experimental Contest Game
Abbink, Klaus; Brandts, Jordi; Herrmann, Benedikt; … - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2009
We study how conflict in contest games is influenced by rival parties being groups and by group members being able to … punish each other. Our motivation stems from the analysis of socio-political conflict. The theoretical prediction is that … conflict expenditures are independent of group size and of whether punishment is available or not. We find, first, that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552240
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Inter-Group Conflict and Intra-Group Punishment in an Experimental Contest Game
Abbink, Klaus; Brandts, Jordi; Herrmann, Benedikt; … - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2007
We study how conflict in a contest game is influenced by rival parties being groups and by group members being able to … contributions to the contest effort are revealed leads to even larger conflict expenditures. Now material losses are 869% of the … punish each other. Our main motivation stems from the analysis of socio-political conflict. The relevant theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005796056
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Determinants of Revolt: Evidence from Survey and Laboratory Data
ABBINK, KLAUS; PEZZINI, SILVIA - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2005
This paper examines determinants of revolutionary behaviour. We study the role of freedom of communication, repression of opposition and the government’s selfishness. Combining econometric analysis of survey data with a laboratory experiment, we analyse how these factors affect preferences for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010601956
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Inter-Group Conflict and Intra-Group Punishment in an Experimental Contest Game
Abbink, Klaus; Brandts, Jordi; Herrmann, Benedikt; … - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2007
We study how conflict in a contest game is influenced by rival parties being groups and by group members being able to … contributions to the contest effort are revealed leads to even larger conflict expenditures. Now material losses are 869% of the … punish each other. Our main motivation stems from the analysis of socio-political conflict. The relevant theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652414
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The social costs of responsibility
Humphrey, Steven J.; Renner, Elke - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2011
responsibility affects individual risk preferences. Responsibility does, however, crowd-out cooperation in a public goods game. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010545638
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The social costs of responsibility
Humphrey, Steven J.; Renner, Elke - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2011
responsibility affects individual risk preferences. Responsibility does, however, crowd-out cooperation in a public goods game. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854168