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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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influence participation and effort. We contrast three incentive schemes in a real-effort experiment in which individuals decide …
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We present results of a household-level survey on behaviors regarding refuses in the home waste-waters network. Interpreting survey results in a panel-data logit results show that most socio-economic and public good-related respondent’s characteristics do not play a significant role in...
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in economics. In an experiment we investigate whether such behavior can be influenced by the very nature of an …
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We model the interaction between an employer and a worker with interdependent preferences in a simple one-shot production process. In particular, we assume that the worker becomes kinder if she senses that her employer is an altruist. We assume that intentions are private information. Thus, the...
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We consider corruption behavior in a three-players game : Principal, Agent, Corrupter. When the Principal chooses a fair wage, the Agent faces con°icting interests to reciprocate. This delegation effect is expected to lower the level of corruption as compared to what arises in two-players...
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learning that held by the manager. In the Random treatment, workers can also change opinion but payoffs are assigned randomly …
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We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
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While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
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We explore the effects of competitive incentives and of their time horizon on the evolution of both asset prices and …
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