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Belief Elicitation in Experiments: Is there a Hedging Problem?
Blanco, Mariana; Engelmann, Dirk; Koch, Alexander K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
stated beliefs against adverse outcomes of other decisions in the experiment. This raises two questions: (i) can we trust the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761772
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Preferences and Beliefs in a Sequential Social Dilemma: A Within-Subjects Analysis
Blanco, Mariana; Engelmann, Dirk; Koch, Alexander K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Within-subject data from sequential social dilemma experiments reveal a correlation of first-and second-mover decisions for which two channels may be responsible, that our experiment allows to separate: i) a direct, preference-based channel that influences both first- and second-mover decisions;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558951
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Eliciting Motives for Trust and Reciprocity by Attitudinal and Behavioural Measures
Farina, Francesco; O'Higgins, Niall; Sbriglia, Patrizia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
important primitives of social capital – trust and reciprocity – which can be used to explain deviations from the Nash … the behaviour of players in experimental trust and dictator games and suggest that the most informative utilization of … questionnaire about attitudes to trusting and reciprocating predict subjects’ behaviour and, by comparing behaviour in Trust and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700904
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Leaders as Role Models for the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods
Gächter, Simon; Renner, Elke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior. This link is interesting because field evidence suggests that people's behavior in domains like charitable giving, tax evasion, corporate culture and corruption is influenced by leaders (CEOs, politicians) and beliefs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959829
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Directed Generosity and Network Formation: Network Dimension Matters
D'Exelle, Ben; Riedl, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network dimensions (friendship, social support, economic exchange, etc.) in a rural village in the Southern hemisphere and measure generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765236
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The Roles of Incentives and Voluntary Cooperation for Contractual Compliance
Gächter, Simon; Kessler, Esther; Königstein, Manfred - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
voluntary cooperation. Further experiments show that this result is robust to two important variables: experiencing Trust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149162
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Gender, Economic Development and Islam: A Perspective from France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Muslims do less well on the French labor market than their non Muslim counterparts. One explanation for this relative failure can be characterized by the following syllogism: (1) the empowerment of women is a sine qua non for economic progress; (2) in-group norms among Muslims do not empower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539173
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On Representative Social Capital
Bellemare, Charles; Kröger, Sabine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper analyzes data for a random sample drawn from the Dutch population who reveal their propensity to invest and reward investments in building up social capital by means of an economic experiment. We find substantial heterogeneity in the propensity to invest and in the propensity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762102
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"One Muslim is Enough!" - Evidence from a Field Experiment in France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Anti-Muslim prejudice is widespread in Western countries. Yet, Muslims are expected to constitute a growing share of the total population in Western countries over the next decades. This paper predicts that this demographic trend will increase anti-Muslim prejudice. Relying on experimental games...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371862
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Culture of Trust and Division of Labor
Meier, Stephan; Stephenson, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
– specifically the trust environment – and its internal structure. We show experimentally that exogenously imposed culture … endogenously leads to variation in organizational form. We prime trust using past performance from a pilot study and demonstrate … that the level of trust within an organization affects division of labor and consequently organizational productivity. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265299