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Fehr, Ernst - EconWPA - 2003

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Detrimental effects of sanctions on human altruism

Fehr, Ernst; Rockenbach, Bettina - EconWPA - 2003

The existence of cooperation and social order among genetically unrelated individuals is a fundamental problem in the behavioural sciences. The prevailing approaches in biology and economics view cooperation exclusively as self-interested behaviour— unrelated individuals cooperate only if they...

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In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small- Scale Societies,

Fehr, Ernst; Henrich, Joseph; Boyd, Robert - EconWPA - 2003

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The Employment and Social Consequences of Vietnam's International Economic Integration

McCarty, Adam - EconWPA - 2001

The social consequences of restructuring can largely be understood in terms of the net employment impact and the imapct …

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Vietnam's Labour Market in Transition

McCarty, Adam - EconWPA - 2001

This report examines the employment structure and structural change (1986-1999) of Vietnam, discusses Vietnam's labour …

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Altruistic Punishment in Humans

Fehr, Ernst; Gaechter, Simon - EconWPA - 2003

Human cooperation is an evolutionary puzzle. Unlike other creatures, people frequently cooperate with genetically unrelated strangers, often in large groups, with people they will never meet again, and when reputation gains are small or absent. These patterns of cooperation cannot be explained...

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Strong Reciprocity, Human Cooperation and the Enforcement of Social Norms

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Gächter, Simon - EconWPA - 2003

This paper provides strong evidence challenging the self-interest assumption that dominates the behavioral sciences and much evolutionary thinking. The evidence indicates that many people have a tendency to voluntarily cooperate, if treated fairly, and to punish non-cooperators. We call this...

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Job Creation or Destruction? Labor-Market Effects of Wal-Mart Expansion

Basker, Emek - EconWPA - 2003

This paper estimates the effect of Wal-Mart expansion on retail employment at the county level. Using an instrumental …-Mart entry increases retail employment by 100 jobs in the year of entry. Half of this gain disappears over the next five years as … employment declines by approximately 20 jobs due to Wal-Mart's vertical integration. No spillover effect is detected in retail …

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