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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
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Conditional Cooperation and Social Group - Experimental results from Colombia
Martinsson, Peter; Villegas-Palacio, Clara; Wollbrant, Conny - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
In contrast to previous studies on cross-group comparisons of conditional cooperation, this study keeps cross- and within-country dimensions constant. The results reveal significantly different cooperation behavior between social groups in the same location.<p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964397
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Global environmental problems, efficiency and limited altruism
Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004
Global environmental problems are often assumed to imply extensive inefficiencies since there is no global authority corresponding to the government at a national level. This paper shows, on the contrary, that rich countries in a free unregulated market may still undertake globally efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651775
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Competition and Cooperation in Network Games
Konovalov, Alexander - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014
We consider games where agents are embedded in a network of bilateral relationships and have multivariate strategy sets. Some components of their strategies correspond to individual activities, while the other strategic components are related to joint activities and interaction with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019109
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Would The Right Social Preference Model Please Stand Up!
Daruvala, Dinky - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006
A number of competing social preference models have been developed inspired by the evidence from economic experiments. We test the relative performance of some of these models using an experimental design that is aimed at capturing pure distributional concerns in a multi-person setting. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423933
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Cooperation in teams: the role of identity, punishment and endowment distribution
Weng, Qian; Carlsson, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2013
of income distribution in team cooperation. In a repeated public good experiment, conditions vary among different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019126
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SELF IMAGE AND CHOICE EXPERIMENTS: HYPOTHETICAL AND ACTUAL WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Svedsäter, Henrik - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003
honesty, and consistency between sequential choices. A model is tested by conducting the same choice-experiment for two WWF … are hypothetical, lower in a real-money experiment that follows a hypothetical experiment, and lowest when real … real-money experiment. The empirical results are consistent with these hypotheses. <p> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651629
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Choosing from Behind a Veil of Ignorance in India
Carlsson, Fredrik; Gupta, Gautam; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2002
Social inequality aversion is measured through a veil-of-ignorance experiment with Indian students. The median relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651632
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Keeping Up with the Vaishyas: Caste and Relative Standing
Carlsson, Fredrik; Gupta, Gautam; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
We investigate the importance of relative income within the Indian Caste system, using a choice experiment. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651677
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Are Vietnamese Farmers Concerned with their Relative Position in Society?
Carlsson, Fredrik; Nam, Pham Khanh; Linde-Rahr, Martin; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
This paper examines the attitude towards relative position or status among rural households in Vietnam. On average, the respondents show weaker preferences for relative position than in comparable studies in Western countries. Possible explanations are the emphasis on the importance of equality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651707