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Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk-Taking

David, Cesarini; Dawes, Christopher T.; Johannesson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007

In this paper, we use the classical twin design to provide estimates of genetic and environmental influences on experimentally elicited preferences for risk and giving. Using standard methods from behavior genetics, we find strong prima facie evidence that these preferences are broadly heritable...

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In Bloom: Gender Differences in Preferences among Adolescents

Dreber, Anna; von Essen, Emma; Ranehill, Eva - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2011

We look at gender differences among adolescents in Sweden in preferences for altruism, risk and competition. We find …

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Do People Care about Social Context? Framing Effects in Dictator Games

Dreber, Anna; Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; … - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2011

Many previous experiments document that behavior in multi-person settings responds to the name of the game and the labeling of strategies. Usually these studies cannot tell whether frames affect preferences or beliefs. In this Dictator game study, we investigate whether social framing effects...

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The Ultimatum Game Revisited

Tullberg, Jan - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999

The starting point of this article is the result of one ultimatum game experiment - one of many showing a huge deviation from the predictions of micro theory. However, further analysis gives an explanation of subject behavior that deserves to be seen as rational, if assumptions, such as a total...

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Time is not money

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2006

Casual observation suggests that people are more generous with their time than with their money. In this paper we present experimental evidence supporting the hypothesis. A third of our subjects demand no compensation for non-monetary investments, whereas almost all subjects demand compensation...

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The Fetters of the Sib: Weber Meets Darwin

Alger, Ingela; Weibull, Jörgen - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007

other. We show that altruism has a non-monotonic effect on effort. We study how this effect depends on "climate," the …

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The Value of Private Safety versus the Value of Public Safety

Johannesson, Magnus; Johansson, Per-Olov; O'Conor, … - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1996

In this study we report an attempt to measure the WTP of car owners for a reduction of the probability of being killed in a traffic accident. One group of respondents is offered a safety device to be installed in their car, while another group is offered a public safety program (improved road...

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Anticipated verbal feedback induces altruistic behavior

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007

A distinctive feature of humans compared to other species is the high rate of cooperation with non-kin. One explanation is that humans are motivated by concerns for social esteem. In this paper we experimentally investigate the impact of anticipated verbal feedback on altruistic behavior. We...

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Family ties, incentives and development: a model of coerced altruism

Alger, Ingela; Weibull, Jörgen - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007

mixture of true and coerced altruism between family members. We model families as pairs of siblings. Each sibling exerts … actuarially fair formal insurance. We show that coerced family altruism reduces individual efforts in equilibrium. However …, individuals always benefit ex ante from living in families with coerced altruism, as compared with living in autarky. We show that …

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Altruism and Climate

Weibull, Jörgen; Alger, Ingela - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2006

analyze how the equilibrium outcome depends on altruism and climate for ex ante identical individuals. We also consider (a …) "coerced altruism," that is, situations where a social norm dictates how output be shared, (b) the effects of insurance markets …, and (c) the role of institutional quality. The evolutionary robustness of altruism is analyzed and we study how this …

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