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We analyze gender differences in the trust game in a "behind the veil of ignorance" design. This method yields … and women do not differ in "trust", and that women are slightly more "trustworthy". However, men's strategies are bimodal …, peaking at the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium and the Pareto efficient frontier, while women's strategies are single peaked …
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contraceptives to determine the importance of sex hormones in explaining gender differences in competitiveness. Participants in a … laboratory experiment solve a simple arithmetics task first under a piece rate and then under a competitive tournament scheme … whether women select into the competitive environment. The observed patterns are consistent with a negative impact especially …
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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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This discussion paper led to a publication in <A href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jae.1071/full"><I>Journal of Applied Econometrics</I></A>, 24(6), 993-1023.Parents’ transfer motives are important for understanding, e.g., macroeconomics, income (re)distribution, savings, and public finance. Using data from six biennial waves of the Health and Retirement...</i></a>
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altruism. We show that allowing for private provision of health care, parallel to (free) treatment in a National Health Service …
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altruism. A fall in the population growth rate, even to negative values, will imply a reduction of the interest rate and an …
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We examine how multitasking affects performance and check whether women are indeed better at multitasking. Subjects in … our experiment perform two different tasks according to three treatments: one where they perform the tasks sequentially … their own schedule also perform significantly worse. Finally, our results do not support the stereotype that women are …
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of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment …
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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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-making experiment preceding the take game. The gameconsists of two stages. In the first stage, the take authority decides howmuch income …-69, as: 'Emotional Hazard in a Power-to-Take Experiment'. …
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