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The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Dulleck, Uwe; Rudolf, Kerschbamer; Matthias, Sutter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study in a large experiment with 936 participants the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423961
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Are Religious People More Prosocial? A Quasi-Experimental Study with Madrasah Pupils in a Rural Community in India
Ahmed, Ali M. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008
Using quasi-experimental data, this paper examines the relationship between religiosity and prosocial behavior. In contrast to previous studies which identify religious people by how often they attend religious services or by their self-reported religiosity, this study compares the behavior of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190938
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Guilt from Promise-Breaking and Trust in Markets for Expert Services – Theory and Experiment
Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Qiu, Jianying; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
broken, and guilt is exacerbated by higher interaction prices. An experiment qualitatively confirms our predictions: (1) most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562419
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Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Kocher, Martin G.; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012
predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416204
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Social Background, Cooperative Behavior, and Norm Enforcement
Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Visser, Martine - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
Studies have shown that there are differences in cooperative behavior across countries. Furthermore, differences in the use and the reaction on the introduction of a norm enforcement mechansism have been documented in cross-cultural studies, recently. We present data which prove that stark...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517832
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Strategic Sophistication of Individuals and Teams in Experimental Normal-Form Games
Sutter, Matthias; Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
We present an experiment on strategic thinking and behavior of individuals and teams in oneshot normal-form games …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543208
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Gender, Competition and the Efficiency of Policy Intervention
Balafoutas, Loukas; Sutter, Matthias - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
Recent research has shown that women shy away from competition more often than men. We evaluate experimentally three alternative policy interventions to promote women in competitions: Quotas, Preferential Treatment, and Repetition of the Competition unless a critical number of female winners is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552184
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Windfall vs. Earned Money in the Laboratory: Do They Affect the Behavior of Men and Women Differently?
Carlsson, Fredrik; He, Haoran; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
obtained in a laboratory experiment affects male and female behavior differently.<p> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008525392
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Can we do policy recommendations from a framed field experiment? The case of coca cultivation in Colombia
Ibanez, Marcela; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008
recommendations is highly debatable. We investigate the external validity of a framed field experiment that mimics coca cultivation … and find evidence that behavior in the experiment is consistent with self-reported behavior. We use the experiment to … discuss the effectiveness of carrot and stick policies on coca investments. The experiment indicates that subjects are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651744
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Social preferences in childhood and adolescence - A large-scale experiment
Sutter, Matthias; Feri, Francesco; Kocher, Martin G.; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants make decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568487