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Evidence on behavior of experts in credence goods markets raises an important causality issue: Do "fair prices" induce "good behavior", or do "good experts" post "fair prices"? To answer this question we propose and test a model with three seller types: "the good" choose fair prices and behave...
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Although paying taxes is a key element in a well-functioning civilized society, the understanding of why people pay taxes is still limited. What current evidence shows is that, given relatively low audit probabilities and penalties in case of tax evasion, compliance levels are higher than would...
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Although paying taxes is a key element in a well-functioning civilized society, the understanding of why people pay taxes is still limited. What current evidence shows is that, given relatively low audit probabilities and penalties in case of tax evasion, compliance levels are higher than would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632952
inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study in a large experiment with 936 participants the … has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …
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, verifiability fails to yield efficiency in experiments with endogenous prices. We identify heterogeneous distributional preferences … as the main cause and design a parsimonious experiment with exogenous prices that allows classifying experts as either …-standard distributional preferences, among which efficiency-loving and inequality aversion are most frequent. We discuss implications for …
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