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A fault confessed is half redressed - Confessions and Punishment
Utikal, Verena - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2010
laboratory experiment I examine how confessions work. I analyze whether the willingness to punish harmful failures depends on how …
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On the attribution of externalities
Utikal, Verena; Fischbacher, Urs - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2009
Do people blame or praise others for producing negative or positive externalities? The experimental philosopher Knobe conducted a questionnaire study that revealed that people blame others for foreseen negative externalities but do not praise them for foreseen positive ones. We find that the...
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On the Acceptance of Apologies
Fischbacher, Urs; Utikal, Verena - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2010
laboratory experiment we find that harmdoers use apologies in particular if they fear punishment and when their intentions cannot …
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I am sorry - Honest and fake apologies
Utikal, Verena - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2013
laboratory experiment we test whether lying aversion can explain this behavior by comparing honest and fake apologies. First, we …
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