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Conditional Cooperation and Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods
Keser, Claudia; Winden, Frans A.A.M. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
This discussion paper led to a publication in <A href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9442.00182/abstract">'Journal of Economics'</A> 102(1) 23-39.<P>We compare a partners condition where the same small group of subjects plays arepeated public good game to astrangers condition where subjects play this game in changing group formations.Subjects in the partners...</p></a>
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Cooperation in an Overlapping Generations Experiment
Offerman, Theo; Verbon, Jan PottersHarry A.A.; Verbon, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999
. Cooperation in such games can be sustained as aNash equilibrium. Besides the efficient cooperative equilibrium there is alsothe … inefficient non-cooperative equilibrium. This paper investigatesexperimentally whether cooperation actually occurs in a simple …
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The Design of (De)centralized Punishment Institutions for Sustaining Co-operation
Kosfeld, Michael; Riedl, Arno - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
cooperation and sanctioning', 2007, <I>KritV - Kritische Vierteljahresschrift fur Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft</I>, 90, 1 …, and whether they can increase the cooperation level of individuals in the group. …
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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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Do Polls create Momentum in Political Competition?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
We explore how public opinion polls affect candidates' campaign spending in political competition. Generally, polls lead to (more) asymmetric behavior. Under a majority rule there always exists an equilibrium in which the initially more popular candidate invests more in the campaign and thereby...
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Do Experts' SKU Forecasts improve after Feedback?
Legerstee, Rianne; Franses, Philip Hans - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
experts received different kinds of feedback on their behavior. We have data for 21 experts located in as many countries who … accuracy over these 12 months. In September 2007 these experts were given feedback on their behavior and they received a …
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Audit Rates and Compliance: A Field Experiment in Long-term Care
Lindeboom, Maarten; Klaauw, Bas van der; Vriend, Sandra - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
We provide evidence from a large-scale field experiment on the causal effects of audit rules on compliance in a market …
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An Experimental Investigation of Wage Taxation and Unemployment in Closed and Open Economies
Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans van - Tinbergen Instituut
We investigate experimentally the economic effects of wage taxation to finance unemployment benefits for a closed economy and an international economy. The main findings are the following. (i) There is clear evidence of a vicious circle in the dynamic interaction between the wage tax and...
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The Emergence of Social Structure: Employer Information Networks in an Experimental Labor Market
Gerxhani, Klarita; Brandts, Jordi; Schram, Arthur - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
use laboratory experiments to investigate how employers develop social structures for sharing information about the …
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Tax Evasion and the Source of Income
Gërxhani, Klarita; Schram, Arthur - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
, pages 402-422.<P> A series of experiments in Albania and the Netherlands give us the opportunity to compare behavioral … they are audited, there is a fine for underreporting. This experiment was organized (separately) among high school pupils …
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