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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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Norms play an important role in establishing social order. Thecurrent literature focuses on the emergence, maintenance and impactof norms with regard to coordination and cooperation. However, theissue of norm-related conict deserves more attention. We develop ageneral theory of \normative...
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We study ultimatum and dictator experiments where the first moverchooses the amount of money to be distributed between the playerswithin a given interval, knowing that her own share is fixed. Thus, thefirst mover is faced with scarcity, but not with the typical trade-off betweenher own and the...
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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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