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Testing a Forgotten Aspect of Akerlof's Gift Exchange Hypothesis: Relational Contracts with Individual and Uniform Wages
Kocher, Martin G.; Luhan, Wolfgang J.; Sutter, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
that receive different wages. We present the first test of this component, which we call the fair uniform-wage hypothesis …. In our laboratory experiment, we establish the existence of a significant efficiency premium of uniform wages. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279270
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The Effect of Religion on Cooperation and Altruistic Punishment: Experimental Evidence from Public Goods Experiments
Akay, Alpaslan; Karabulut, Gökhan; Martinsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and altruistic punishment by using public goods experiments. We conducted the experiments in Turkey at different points in time; one on the most religious day during Ramadan (the Night of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369116
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Strategic Sophistication of Adolescents: Evidence from Experimental Normal-Form Games
Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco; Rützler, Daniela; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides making choices, subjects have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that choices are more often a best reply to beliefs if any player has a dominant strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466019
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Can Endogenous Group Formation Prevent Coordination Failure? A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation
Raab, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
, independently of the initial strategy profile. In the experimental part we test this prediction. Our results show that the accuracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761696
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The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Dulleck, Uwe; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study in a large experiment with 936 participants the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822832
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The Impact of Distributional Preferences on (Experimental) Markets for Expert Services
Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias; Dulleck, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
as the main cause and design a parsimonious experiment with exogenous prices that allows classifying experts as either …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550001
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Strategic Sophistication of Individuals and Teams in Experimental Normal-Form Games
Sutter, Matthias; Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We present an experiment on strategic thinking and behavior of individuals and teams in one-shot normal-form games …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480923
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Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Harbring, Christine; Irlenbusch, Bernd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
behavior is almost non-existent. We study sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980267
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Group Membership, Competition, and Altruistic versus Antisocial Punishment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Army Groups
Goette, Lorenz; Huffman, David; Meier, Stephan; Sutter, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We investigate how group boundaries, and the economic environment surrounding groups, affect altruistic cooperation and punishment behavior. Our study uses experiments conducted with 525 officers in the Swiss Army, and exploits random assignment to platoons. We find that, without competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680896
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Helping in Teams
Danilov, Anastasia; Harbring, Christine; Irlenbusch, Bernd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
benchmark is tested in an experiment. Furthermore, we provide the first clean one-shot experimental test of the Lazear and Rosen … (1981) tournament model. In a second experiment, we investigate the effectiveness of corporate value statements to encourage …
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