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Previous findings on punishment have focused on environments in which the outcomes are known with certainty. In this paper, we conduct experiments to investigate how punishment affects cooperation in a two-person stochastic prisoner's dilemma environment where each person can decide whether or...
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approach contradicts traditional economic theory by suggesting that people in debt should pay off their debts from smallest …
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endowment effect, but that given the rich psychology behind the effect, a version of the theory that encompasses multiple …
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Experiment." Both academics and popular writers commonly summarize the results as showing that every change in light, even those …
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(2008)'s theory of contractual reference points. However, existing studies ignore realistic aspects of trading relationships … suggest refinements of the theory. In particular, we find that the availability of informal agreements and ex post …
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worker productivity in the facility. Using a natural field experiment, we report several insights. For example, conditional …
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This study explores empirically the price dynamics within two distinct market institutions - a double oral auction, which resembles modern asset markets, and a bilateral exchange market, which represents markets that have existed for centuries. To provide a theoretical basis to our...
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Auction theory represents one of the richest areas of research in economics over the past three decades. Yet, whether … is consistent with theory. Critical evaluation of the reduced-form bidding model, however, reveals that sharp tests of … therefore use a laboratory experiment to examine if the resale opportunity by itself can have the predicted theoretical effect …
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study provides an overview of experimental methods in economics, with a special focus on developing an economic theory of …
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I examine the interaction between present-bias and limited memory. Individuals in the model must choose when and whether to complete a task, but may forget or procrastinate. Present-bias expands the effect of memory: it induces delay and limits take-up of reminders. Cheap reminder technology can...
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