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-effort experiment in which individuals had to decide when to exit the situation : a continuous reinforcement schedule (all periods paid …
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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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prospects in a laboratory experiment. Under low stakes, we find the typical risk seeking behavior for small probabilities …
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replicated several times, some doubts remain about its economic significance. Our two experiments show that the bias disappears …
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experiment based on a game in the first stage of which subjects can voluntarily contribute to the funding of a collective good …
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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 devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden …-information context. In our benchmark case, each principal is matched with one agent of unknown type. In our second treatment, a principal … substantially higher probability of trade, and that, overall, competition between agents generates the most efficient outcomes. …
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paper reports the results of an experiment investigating inequality aversion and negative emotions as possible determinants … inequality-aversion prevents some subjects from punishing in the equal cost treatment, negative emotions are the primary motive …
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to investigate the ex ante sorting effect of tournaments. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether …-subject variance is substantially lower than when the same payment scheme is imposed. Mainly based on the degree of risk aversion …
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lead, we report the results of a two-stage public good experiment with endogenous timing. Even though it turns out to be …
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