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Group Polarization in the Team Dictator Game reconsidered
Luhan, Wolfgang J.; Kocher, Martin G.; Sutter, Matthias - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
dictator game. In our experiment teams are more selfish than individuals, and the most selfish team member has the strongest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137046
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The Behavioral Impact of Emotions in a Power to take Game: An Experimental Study
Bosman, Ronald; Winden, Frans A.A.M. van - Tinbergen Institute - 1999
-making experiment preceding the take game. The game consists of two stages. In the first stage, the take authority decides how much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137100
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Emotions and Economic Shocks in a First-Price Auction
Bosman, Ronald; Riedl, Arno - Tinbergen Institute - 2003
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137109
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The Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137083
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Control without Deception
Bardsley, Nicholas - Tinbergen Institute - 2000
in a public good experiment prompted by Weimann's (1994) result, from a deceptive design, that subjects are more … sensitive to free-riding than cooperation on the part of others. The experiment provides similar results to Weimann's, in that … explain decay in contributions in repeated play designs. The experiment shows there is a workable alternative to deception.<BR><BR> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136962
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Conditional Cooperation and Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods
Keser, Claudia; Winden, Frans A.A.M. van - Tinbergen Institute - 2000
We compare a partners condition where the same small group of subjects plays a repeated public good game to a strangers condition where subjects play this game in changing group formations. Subjects in the partners condition contribute from the first period on significantly more to the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136974
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Fairness and Reciprocity in the Hawk-Dove Game
Neugebauer, Tibor; Poulsen, Anders; Schram, Arthur J.H.C. - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
We study fairness and reciprocity in a Hawk-Dove game. This alllows us to test various models in one framework. We observe a large extent of selfish and rational behavior. Our results are inconsistent with leading models in this field.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137274
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Social Comparison and Risky Choices
Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513239
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Equilibrium Selection in Cheap Talk Games: ACDC rocks when Other Criteria remain silent
Ruiz, Adrian de Groot; Offerman, Theo; Onderstal, Sander - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
the size of credible deviations. In our experiment, we find support for the relevance of credible deviations. In addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838631
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Social Ties in a Public Good Experiment
Dijk, Frans van; Sonnemans, Joep; Winden, Frans van - Tinbergen Institute - 1996
The formation of social ties is examined in an experimental study of voluntary public good provision. The experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137243