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Would You Mind if I Get More? An Experimental Study of the Envy Game
Casal, Sandro; Güth, Werner; Jia, Mofei; Ploner, Matteo - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
setting in which there is no conflict in material interests: a proposer, holding the role of residual claimant, chooses the … harms the proposer. Notwithstanding, maximal claims by proposers are predominant for all game types. This generates conflict …
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More than Words: Communication in Intergroup Conflicts
Leibbrandt, Andreas; Sääksvuori, Lauri - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
collective action in the context of finitely repeated intergroup conflict and demonstrate that conflict expenditures are …
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An ultimatum game with multidimensional response strategies
Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria; Nardi, Chiara; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We enrich the choice task of responders in ultimatum games by allow- ing them to independently decide whether to collect what is offered to them and whether to destroy what the proposer demanded. Such a multidimensional response format intends to cast further light on the motives guiding...
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Leading by example in intergroup competition: An experimental approach
Weisser, Johannes - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We investigate leading by example in a public goods game in scenarios with and without intergroup competition. Leading by example is implemented via a sequential decision protocol. We examine both one-shot and repeated interaction and make use of the strategy method to characterize followers'...
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Leading by Words in Privileged Groups
Weisser, Johannes - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Koukoumelis et al. (2010, 2012) have shown that one-way communication enhances contributions to public goods. We investigate the effectiveness of one-way communication, when the benefits from the public good are asymmetric and the sender of a message is the main beneficiary of cooperation. Our...
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Social motives in intergroup conflict
Weisel, Ori; Ro'i Zultan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We experimentally test the social motives behind individual participation in intergroup conflict by manipulating the … framing and symmetry of conflict. We find that behavior in conflict depends on whether one is harmed by actions perpetrated by … mobilized to do what is good for the group and contribute to the conflict. On the other hand, if people perceive to be …
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Rules (of Bidding) to Generate Equal Stated Profits - An Axiomatic Approach -
Güth, Werner - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Although one may hope to achieve equality of stated profits without enforcing it, one may not trust in such voluntary equality seeking and rather try to impose rules (of bidding) guaranteeing it. Our axiomatic approach is based on envy-free net trades according to bids which, together with the...
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Group Reciprocity
Hugh-Jones, David; Leroch, Martin A. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
in that person's group. Group reciprocity may be a key motivation behind intergroup conflict. We investigated group …
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Brothers in Arms: Cooperation in Defence
Hugh-Jones, David; Ro'i Zultan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
observe surprisingly high levels of cooperation and altruism within groups in conflict situations such as civil wars. We …
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Concession Bargaining - An Experimental Comparison of Protocols and Time Horizons
Alberti, Federica; Fischer, Sven; Güth, Werner; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Concessions try to avoid conflict in bargaining and can finally lead to an agreement. Although they usually are seen as …
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