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Experimental evidence of the importance of gender pairing in bargaining

Sutter, Matthias; Bosman, Ronald; Kocher, Martin; van … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

We study the influence of gender on economic decision making in a two-person bargaining game. By testing hypotheses derived from evolutionary psychology and social role theory, we find that (1) gender per se has no significant effect on behavior, whereas (2) gender pairing systematically affects...

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Friedman, Harsanyi, Rawls, Boulding - Or Somebody Else?An Experimental Investigation of Distributive Justice

Traub, Stefan; Seidl, Christian; Schmidt, Ulrich; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

This paper investigates distributive justice using a fourfold experimental design:The ignorance and the risk scenarios … became more inequality-averse and one quarterremained unchanged as umpires. In the risk scenario, subjects become onaverage …'shypothesis, the entropy social welfare function, and randomization preferenceenjoyed impressive acceptance. For the risk scenario, the …

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Tax Morale and (De-)Centralization- An Experimental Study

Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria; Sausgruber, Rupert - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

population size of eachregion. The experiment shows that centralization induces lower taxmorale and less efficient outcomes. The …

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Leading by example with and without exclusionpower in voluntary contribution experiments

Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria; Sutter, Matthias; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2006

We examine the effects of leading by example in voluntary contributionexperiments. Leadership is implemented by letting one group membercontribute to the public good before followers do. Such leadershipincreases contributions in comparison to the standard voluntary contributionmechanism,...

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Satisficing in sales competition: experimental evidence

Berninghaus, Siegfried; Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2006

In a stochastic duopoly market, sellers must form state-specific aspirationsexpressing how much they want to earn given their expectationsabout the other's behavior. We define individually and mutually satisficingsales behavior for given individual beliefs and aspiration profiles. In afirst...

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On the Co-evolution of Retribution and Trustworthiness:An (Indirect) Evolutionary and Experimental Analysis

Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut; Levati, M. Vittoria; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2006

Standard economic explanations of good conduct in trade rely almostexclusively on future-directed extrinsic motivations induced by materialincentives. But intrinsic motives to behave trustworthy and to punishuntrustworthiness do support trade. In our model, intrinsically motivatedplayers are...

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