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relationships and a segregation equilibrium emerges. Segregation stems from the systematic cooperation by one group with another …
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We conducted a sensitivity analysis of results in weighted voting experiments by varying the following two features of the protocol by Montero et al. (2008): (a) the way subjects' roles are reassigned in each round (random versus semi-fixed roles) and (b) the number of proposals that subjects...
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Are women disproportionately attracted to work environments where cooperation rather than competition is rewarded? This … paper reports the results of a real-effort experiment in which participants choose between an individual compensation scheme …
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We investigate the impact of various audit schemes on the future provision of public goods, when contributing less than the average of the group is sanctioned exogenously and the probability of an audit is unknown. We study how individuals update their beliefs about the probability of being...
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cooperation) and payoff structure on cooperative behaviour, using an experimental setting with incomplete information. A game of … cooperate than predicted by theory. They also suggest that agent heterogeneity matters: the higher the proportion of 'strategic … cooperation (embedded in the payoff structure) tend to lower defection. Taken together, our results suggest that the subjects …
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We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …
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Cooperation among people who are not related to each other is sustained by the availability of punishment devices which … paper reports the results of an experiment investigating inequality aversion and negative emotions as possible determinants …
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Cooperation among people who are not related to each other is sustained by the availability of punishment devices which … paper reports the results of an experiment investigating inequality aversion and negative emotions as possible determinants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791908
prospects in a laboratory experiment. Under low stakes, we find the typical risk seeking behavior for small probabilities … predicted by the prospect theory. But under high stakes, we provide some evidence that risk seeking behavior is dramatically …
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prospects in a laboratory experiment. Under low stakes, we find the typical risk seeking behavior for small probabilities … predicted by the prospect theory. But under high stakes, we provide some evidence that risk seeking behavior is dramatically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791715