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In this paper, we study a voluntary contribution mechanism with one-way communication. The relevance of one person … mutual exchange of promises is necessary for the cooperation-enhancing effect of communication, we ï¬nd that, compared to a … standard voluntary contribution mechanism with no communication, one-way communication signiï¬cantly increases contributions …
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Diffusion der Unternehmensvision und der Zielhierarchie mittels einer integrierten internen Kommunikation. …
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other hand the decision makers rely too much on the received information. Moreover, communication as well as payoffs … communication is less biased. In all treatments, however, the messages are more precise than theoretically predicted. …
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We report on an experiment using video technology to manipulate pre-play communication protocols in the lab and to … study purely social effects of communication on donations and discrimination between potential receivers. The experimental … the latter decides on her gifts. Through the use of three communication setups (none, audio, and audio-visual) we show and …
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I conduct an experiment to assess whether majority voting on a non- binding sharing norm affects subsequent behavior in a dictator game. In a baseline treatment, subjects play a one shot dictator game. In a voting treatment, subjects are ï¬rst placed behind a 'veil of ignorance' and vote on...
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Why are some people more optimistic about their life than others? Literature on locus of control suggests that optimism is associated with the belief that one’s life outcomes are controlled by internal factors, such as ability, instead of external factors, such as powerful others or...
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Is it possible to elicit reliable assessment from an assessor with conflict of interest (e.g. a professor that writes a recommendation letter for a formal PhD student)? We propose an experimental test and show that compared to a not-incentivized assessment, a promise to give a truthful...
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We report evidence from an experiment where a principal chooses an agent out of two to perform a task for a fixed compensation. The principal's payoff depends on the agent's ex-ante ability and on a non-contractible effort that the agent has to exert once employed. We find that a significant...
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Numerous studies suggest that communication may be a universal means to mitigate collective action problems. In this … study, we challenge this view and show that the communication structure crucially determines whether communication mitigates … or intensifies the problem of collective action. We observe the effect of different communication structures on …
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