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Ignorance is not always Bliss : Feedback and Dynamics in Public Good Experiments
Suetens, Sigrid; Bigoni, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010
In this paper we study the effects of providing additional feedback about individual contributions and earnings on the … feedback. Particularly, individuals with a high propensity to contribute tend to imitate the highest contributor more often and … are more inclined to obtain feedback about individual contributions than about individual earnings than individuals with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090656
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Voting on Punishment Systems Within a Heterogeneous Group
Noussair, Charles; Tan, F. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009
We consider a voluntary contributions game, in which players may punish others after contributions are made and observed. The productivity of contributions, as captured in the marginal-per-capita return, differs among individuals, so that there are two types: high and low productivity. Every two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092305
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Communication and Guilt in a Prisoner's Dilemma
Suetens, Sigrid; Miettinen, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2008
In this paper we measure experienced guilt in a prisoner’s dilemma experiment with pre-play communication. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091182
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Cooperation in Experimental Games of Strategic Complements and Substitutes
Potters, Jan; Suetens, Sigrid - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
Results are reported of a laboratory experiment aimed at examining whether strategic substitutability and strategic … equilibrium.We find that there is significantly more cooperation when actions exhibit strategic complementarities than in case of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092089
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Allowing for Two Production Periods in the Cournot Duopoly : Experimental Evidence
Müller, Wieland - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091454
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Job Scheduling, Cooperation and Control
Borm, Peter; Calleja, P.; Estevez Fernandez, M.A.; … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
This paper considers one machine job scheduling situations or sequencing problems, where clients can have more than a single job to be processed in order to get a final output.Moreover, a job can be of interest for different players. This means that one of the main assumptions in classic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091902
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Leading by Example? Investment Decisions in a Mixed Sequential-Simultaneous Public Bad Experiment
van der Heijden, Eline; Moxnes, E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003
This paper investigates the effect of having a leader in a laboratory public bad experiment with five subjects in each … group.The control treatment is a standard public bad experiment, while in the leader treatments the design is such that in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092455
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Are moral objections to free riding evolutionarily stable?
Güth, W.; Nitzan, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1993
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Inequality, trust and growth : An experimental study
Sadrieh, A.; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002
In a three player dynamic public goods experiment, social output today determines production possibilities tomorrow ….Mutual co-operation maximises both.The property rights to social output are distributed unequally.Extent and skew of inequality … most cases.There is also substantial co-operation, but little sabotage.Our exogenous variations of inequality are neutral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090686
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Fairness, Public Good, and Emotional Aspects of Punishment Behavior
Abbink, K.; Sadrieh, A.; Zamir, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002
We report an experiment on two treatments of an ultimatum minigame.In one treatment, responders' reactions are hidden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092134