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Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...
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This experimental study investigates how behavior changes after punishment for an unkind action. It also studies how fairness perceptions affect the reaction to punishment and whether this effect is consistent across repeated play and role experiences. A repeated version of the power-to-take...
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verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective …
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period under delayed resolution (which involved two days). Affective traits and risk attitudes were measured through a web …-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants’ preferences for resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …
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maximization problem of the firm. As a result, monitoring and pay should be complements. In our experiment, between and within …
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Social preference models were originally constructed to explain two things: why people spend money to affect the earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental situation where participants face a risky decision that...
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decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment …
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dictator game. In our experiment teams are more selfish than individuals, and the most selfish team member has the strongest …
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-making experiment preceding the take game. The game consists of two stages. In the first stage, the take authority decides how much …
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We investigate experimentally whether emotions affect bidding behavior in a first price auction. To induce emotions, we confront subjects after a first auction series with a positive or negative random economic shock. We then explore the relation between emotions and bidding behavior in a second...
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