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model based on cognitive dissonance thatfocuses on the importance of self-image. An experiment (a dictator game variant …
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We experimentally investigate whether the satisficing approach isabsorbable, i.e., whether it still applies after participants become awareof it. In a setting where an investor decides between a riskless bondand either one or two risky assets, we familiarize participants with thesatisficing...
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We present an experiment designed to test the Modigliani-Miller theorem. Applyinga general equilibrium approach and not …, participantswell recognize changes in the systematic risk of equity associated with increasingleverage and, accordingly, demand higher … rate of return. Yet, this adjustment is notperfect: subjects underestimate the systematic risk of low-leveraged equity …
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process in which normative conflicts explain the nally emerging norm. The theory is tested with adynamical experiment on …
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. In our experiment, before playing the generosity game,participants are asked to buy their role via a random price ….Interpreting participants' willingness to pay as an aspiration level of how muchthey want to earn, our design further allows us to test for …
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Unlike previous attempts to implement cooperation in a prisoners’ dilemma gamewith an infinite horizon in the laboratory, we focus on extended prisoners’ dilemmagames in which a second (pure strategy) equilibrium allows for voluntary cooperationin all but the last round. Our four main...
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We analyze the effects of asymmetric information concerning thesize of a pie on proposer behavior in three different bargaining situations:the ultimatum game, the Yes-No-game and the dictator game.Our data show that (a) irrespective of the information condition, proposergenerosity increases with...
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making in teams. I find in an investment experiment that individual decisions withsalient group membership are largely the …
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Using a symmetric 2-person prisoners’ dilemma as the base game, each playerreceives a signal for the number of rounds to be played with the same partner.The actual number of rounds (the length of the supergame) is determined bythe maximal signal where each player expects the other’s signal...
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differences. In this paper we test this hypothesis by making maleand female participants to face two different but related … papers: women aresensitive to the design and context of the experiment in ways that menare not. In addition, we go further …
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