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Wagener, Andreas; Kolmar, Martin - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2011

We analyze the interplay of group identity and inter-group conflict in a contest where each of two conflicting groups can develop either a group or an individualistic identity. Contest structures impact on the adoption of identities which themselves influence behavior in the contest. We show the...

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City Silhouette, World Climate

Dascher, Kristof - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

A country's urban silhouettes prophesy its future climate policy, or so this paper argues. The more its city silhouettes are skewed to the periphery, the more likely a country is to implement the carbon tax. This is why the effect of a country's urban form on greenhouse gas emissions -- a bone...

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The determinants of voluntary carbon offsetting: A micro-econometric analysis of individuals from Germany and the United States

Ziegler, Andreas; Schwirplies, Claudia - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

This paper examines the determinants of voluntary individual carbon offsetting, i.e. the financial compensation of emissions from energy use. In contrast to former studies in this field, we particularly consider a comprehensive set of factors that are discussed in the context of voluntary...

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Negotiating Environmental Agreements under Ratification Uncertainty

Köke, Sonja; Lange, Andreas - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013

cooperation. Similar comparative statics arise under uncertainty when pivotal voters' and negotiators' preferences diverge. This …

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Cooperation and Trustworthiness in Repeated Interaction

Cagala, Tobias; Glogowsky, Ulrich; Grimm, Veronika; … - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2015

, contributors and administrators establish a stable interaction with cooperation matching the level from a comparable Public Goods … that cooperation breeds trustworthiness and vice versa and that one-time disruptions are particularly damaging in settings …

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Institutions, Shared Guilt, and Moral Transgression

Szech, Nora; Rothenhäusler, Dominik; Schweizer, Nikolaus - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

This paper studies the influence of shared guilt and diffused responsibility in institutions that may require the support of several actors to realize specific outcomes. Decision makers weigh supporting an immoral yet egoistically advantageous action to the detriment of a third party against...

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The impact of market innovations on the evolution of norms: the sustainability case

Müller, Stephan; von Wangenheim, Georg - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

That institutions matter is widely accepted among economists and so are social norms as an important category of informal institutions. Social norms matter in many economic situations, but in particular for markets. The economic literature has studied the interrelation between markets and social...

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Evolution of cooperation in social dilemmas: signaling internalized norms

von Wangenheim, Georg; Müller, Stephan - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

Economists have a long tradition in identifying the evolution of cooperation in large, unstructured societies as a … puzzle. We suggest a new explanation for cooperation which avoids restrictions of most previous attempts. Our explanation … deals with the role of internalized norms for cooperation in large unstructured populations. Even internalized norms, i …

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Intertemporal Effort Provision in Sequential Tournaments

Klein, Arnd Heinrich; Schmutzler, Armin - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013

This paper analyzes intertemporal effort provision in two-stage tournaments. A principal with a fixed budget for prizes faces two risk-neutral agents. He observes noisy signals of effort in both periods. His goal is to maximize either total efforts (perfect substitutes) or the product of first-...

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Incentives for Overbidding in Minimum-Revenue Core-Selecting Auctions

Ott, Marion; Beck, Marissa - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013

We find new equilibria of minimum-revenue core-selecting (MRCS) auctions that, in contrast to previously identified equilibria, involve overbidding - bidding more than one's true value for some packages of goods. With full information, every MRCS auction in every possible setting has equilibria...

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