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Conflict, Evolution, Hegemony, and the Power of the State
Levine, David; Modica, Salvatore - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
In a model of evolution driven by conflict between societies more powerful states have an advantage. When the influence of outsiders is small we show that this results in a tendency to hegemony. In a simple example in which institutions differ in their "exclusiveness" we find that these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950707
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On the Self-interested Use of Equity in International Climate Negotiations
Lange, Andreas; Löschel, Andreas; Vogt, Carsten; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
arguments may be perceived as being used for different reasons, for example, out of fairness considerations or in order to … facilitate negotiations. Consistent with experimental and behavioral studies on fairness perceptions, we find that individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000622
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Revisiting the Classical View of Benefit-Based Taxation
Weinzierl, Matthew C - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper explores how the persistently popular "classical" logic of benefit-based taxation, in which an individual's benefit from public goods is tied to his or her income-earning ability, can be incorporated into modern optimal tax theory. If Lindahl's methods are applied to that view of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096573
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Do Race and Fairness Matter in Generosity? Evidence from a Nationally Representative Charity Experiment
Luttmer, Erzo F.P.; Fong, Christina M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We present a dictator game experiment where the recipients are local charities that serve the poor. Donors consist of approximately 1000 participants from a nationally representative respondent panel that is maintained by a private survey research firm, Knowledge Networks. We randomly manipulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005660138
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The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market
Zeckhauser, Richard; Horton, John J.; Rand, David G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Online labor markets have great potential as platforms for conducting experiments, as they provide immediate access to … experiments can be just as valid - both internally and externally - as laboratory and field experiments, while requiring far less … money and time to design and to conduct. In this paper, we first describe the benefits of conducting experiments in online …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008628361
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Self-Confidence and Social Interactions
Benabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000
This paper studies the interactions between an individual's self esteem and his social environment in the workplace, at school, and in personal relationships. Because a person generally has only imperfect knowledge of his own abilities, people who derive benefits from his performance (parent,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710142
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Threats without Binding Commitment
Shavell, Steven; Spier, Kathryn - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996
This paper explores the power of threats in the absence of binding commitment. The threatener cannot commit to carrying out the threat if the victim refuses payment, and cannot commit to not carrying out the threat if payment is made. If exercising the threat is costly to the threatener, then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720933
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Religiosity and State Welfare
Dills, Angela; Hernández-Julián, Rey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
The Catholic sex abuse scandals reduced both membership and religiosity in the Catholic Church. Because government spending on welfare may substitute for the religious provision of social services, we consider whether this plausibly exogenous decline in religiosity affected several measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969278
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The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
Burgess, Robin; Miguel, Edward Andrew; Jedwab, Remi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Ethnic favoritism is seen as antithetical to development. This paper provides credible quantification of the extent of ethnic favoritism using data on road building in Kenyan districts across the 1963-2011 period. Guided by a model it then examines whether the transition in and out of democracy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969355
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What Policies Increase Prosocial Behavior? An Experiment with Referees at the Journal of Public Economics
Chetty, Raj; Saez, Emmanuel; Sándor, László - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We evaluate policies to increase prosocial behavior using a field experiment with 1,500 referees at the Journal of Public Economics. We randomly assign referees to four groups: a control group with a six week deadline to submit a referee report, a group with a four week deadline, a cash...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969357