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by an experiment. Finally, we show how partial information transmission can lead to communication failure, and show how …
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We investigate experimentally whether emotions affect bidding behavior in a firstprice auction. To induce emotions, we … confront subjects after a first auction series with apositive or negative random economic shock. We then explore the relation … between emotions andbidding behavior in a second auction series. Our main results are: (i) the economic shock has asubstantial …
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verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective …
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risk attitudes weremeasured through a web-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants' preferencesfor … resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly measured during the experiment.Main findings are that delayed …
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Social preference models were originally constructed to explain two things: why people spend money to affect the earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental situation where participants face a risky decision that...
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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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favor and against this assumption and test in our own experiment, whether and which personality factors are useful in …
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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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We analyze gender differences in the trust game in a "behind the veil of ignorance" design. This method yields strategies that are consistent with actions observed in the classical trust game experiments. We observe that, on average, men and women do not differ in "trust", and that women are...
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The effects of stake size on cooperation and punishment are investigated using a public goods experiment. We find that …
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