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The excess burden of tax evasion - An experimental detection-concealment contest

Bayer, Ralph-C.; Sutter, Matthias - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

We present an experimental study on the wasted resources associated with tax evasion. The waste arises from taxpayers and tax authorities, investing costly effort in concealment, respectively detect ion, of tax evasion. We show that (socially ineffcient) efforts depend positively on the...

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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 behavior. In particular we observe much more competition and …

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Interaction of Human and Artificial Agents on Double Auction MarketsSimulations and Laboratory Experiments

Grossklags, Jens; Schmidt, Carsten - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

This paper provides an overview on the simulations andexperiments we have done in order to better understandhuman-agent interaction in a market environment. We findthat the introduction of software agents does not necessarilyinduce a more efficient market. More surprisingly,information on the...

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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 are combined with the self-concernand the umpire modes. We study behavioral switches between self-concernand umpire mode and investigate the goodness of ten standards of...

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Specious Confidence after Tax Audits: A Contribution to theDynamics of Compliance

Kirchler, Erich; Maciejovsky, Boris; Schwarzenberger, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

a tax experiment. Compliance varied significantlyover time: it decreased immediately after an audit and increased …

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Information and Communication in Sequential Bargaining

Brosig, Jeannette; Ockenfels, Axel; Weimann, Joachim - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

In experimental bargaining with incomplete information, we vary the information distribution (symmetric and asymmetric), the direction of electronic prepaycommunication (no, one-way, and two way), and the electronic communication medium (email and video) Bargainig outcomes are influenced by 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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Reasoning and Institutions: Do Markets Facilitate LogicalReasoning in the Wason Selection Task?

Budescu, David V.; Maciejovsky, Boris - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

A vast literature shows that individuals frequently fail to identify the normative solutionsin logical reasoning tasks. Much attention has been devoted to the study ofthese deviations at the individual level; less effort was exerted to investigate whetherinstitutional settings might facilitate...

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THE EQUITY HOME BIAS: CONTRASTING AN INSTITUTIONAL WITH A BEHAVIORAL EXPLANATION

Fellner, Gerlinde; Maciejovsky, Boris - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

An empirically well-established finding is that equity portfolios are concentratedin the domestic equity market of the investor. Previous theoreticaland empirical analyses have mainly focused on institutional explanations andlargely neglected individual behavior. In this study we report the...

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Do Individuals Recognize Cascade Behavior of Others? - An Experimental study

Stiehler, Andreas - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

In a cascade experiment subjects are confronted with artificial predecessors prdecting in line with the BHW model …

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