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Payment Choice, Image Motivation and Contributions to Charity

Soetevent, Adriaan R. - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

This study uses a door-to-door fundraising field experiment to examine the impact of different payment options on …

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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...

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Bidding to give in the Field: Door-to-Door Fundraisers had it right from the Start

Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J.C.; Soetevent, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We … and the lottery. Although the all-pay auction is the superior fundraising mechanism both in theory and in the laboratory …, it raised the lowest revenue per household in the field. Our experiment reveals two potential explanations for this …

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‘Let me dream on!’ Anticipatory Emotions and Preference for Timing in Lotteries

Kocher, Martin; Krawczyk, Michal; Winden, Frans van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …

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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 …

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Deal or No Deal? Decision-making under Risk in a Large-payoff Game Show

Post, Thierry; Baltussen, Guido; Assem, Martijn van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

We examine the risky choices of contestants in the popular TV game show “Deal or No Deal” and related classroom experiments. Contrary to the traditional view of expected utility theory, the choices can be explained in large part by previous outcomes experienced during the game. Risk aversion...

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Grow rich while you sleep: Selection in Experiments with Voluntary Participation

Gautier, Pieter; Klaauw, Bas van der - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

-exchange experiment. The promotion campaign allowed guests to pay any non negative amount of money for a stay in one of 36 hotels in …

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Do Experts' SKU Forecasts improve after Feedback?

Legerstee, Rianne; Franses, Philip Hans - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

We analyze the behavior of experts who quote forecasts for monthly SKU-level sales data where we compare data before and after the moment that experts received different kinds of feedback on their behavior. We have data for 21 experts located in as many countries who make SKU-level forecasts for...

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Tournament Incentives in The Field: Gender Differences in The Workplace

Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert; Sol, Joeri; Verbeke, Willem - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We ran a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain consisting of 128 stores. In a random sample of these stores, we …

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Inconsistent and Lexicographic Choices in Stated Preference Analysis

Rouwendal, Jan; Blaeij, Arianne T. de - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

In stated choice (SC) data inconsistent and lexicographic choice behavior is often observed. It is sometimes recommended to remove data with these characteristics from the analysis. In this paper we reconsider this recommendation. In our data many respondents have inconsistent choice patterns,...

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