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Other-regarding Preferences, Group Identity and Political Participation: An Experiment
Robalo, Pedro; Schram, Arthur; Sonnemans, Joep - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
We experimentally study the relationship between other-regarding preferences, group identity and political participation. In doing so, we propose a novel group identity induction procedure that succeeds in creating environments where in-group bias is either high or low. At the individual level,...
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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 Instituut - 1999
punishment behavior. (3) Thereare discontinuous “jumps” in the behavior of responders. They either chooseno punishment (destroy … nothing) or the highest level of punishment (destroyeverything). (4) Expectations have a significant effect on the … probabilityof punishment but not on the intensity of experienced emotion. We explainthis last result in terms of norm …
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Does Stake Size matter for Cooperation and Punishment?
Kocher, Martin G.; Martinsson, Peter; Visser, Martine - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
The effects of stake size on cooperation and punishment are investigated using a public goods experiment. We find that … an increase in stake size does neither significantly affect cooperation nor, interestingly, the level of punishment. …
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Self-Confidence and Strategic Deterrence
Charness, Gary; Rustichini, Aldo; Ven, Jeroen van de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
We examine factors that may contribute to 'overconfidence' in relative ability on an intelligence test. We test experimentally for evidence of self-esteem concerns and instrumental strategic concerns. Errors in Bayesian updating are rare when the information does not involve own relative...
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What can the Big Five Personality Factors contribute to explain Small-Scale Economic Behavior?
Muller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
Growing interest in using personality variables in economic research leads to the question whether personality as measured by psychology is useful to predict economic behavior. Is it reasonable to expect values on personality scales to be predictive of behavior in economic games? It is undoubted...
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Strategies and Evolution in the Minority Game: A Multi- Round Strategy Experiment
Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep; Tuinstra, Jan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in <I>Games and Economic Behavior</I> (2014). Volume 86, pages 77-95.<P> Minority games are a stylized description of strategic situations with both coordination and competition. These games are widely studied using either simulations or laboratory...</p></i>
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A Dynamic Model of Investor Decision-Making: How Adaptation to Losses affects Future Selling Decisions
Lee, Carmen; Kraeussl, Roman; Lucas, André; Paas, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
We conduct an experiment to test whether the size of a loss and the time in a losing position affect investors’ adaptation to the loss situation and, subsequently, whether this adaptation affects future investment decisions. As investors adapt to losses, their neutral reference point shifts...
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The Impact of Losing in a Competition on the Willingness to seek Further Challenges
Buser, Thomas - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
How do people react to setbacks and successes? I introduce a new measure of challenge-seeking to determine the effect of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257541
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A Field Experiment in Motivating Employee Ideas
Neckermann, Susanne; Gibbs, Michael; Siemroth, Christoph - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control groups. Employees in treatment teams received rewards if their … ideas were approved. Nothing changed for employees in control teams. Our main finding is that rewards substantially … increased the quality of ideas submitted. Further, rewards increased participation in the suggestion system, but decreased the …
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Give or take? Rewards vs. Charges for a Congested Bottleneck
Rouwendal, Jan; Verhoef, Erik T.; Knockaert, Jasper - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
congestion using rewards instead of taxes, as well as combinations of rewards and taxes. The model considers a Vickrey-ADL model … a fine toll, and to a continuum of combinations of time-varying tolls and rewards (including fine feebates). When demand …
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