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Nobody likes a rat: On the willingness to report lies and the consequences thereof
Reuben, Ernesto; Stephenson, Matt - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 384-391
We investigate the intrinsic motivation of individuals to report, and thereby sanction, fellow group members who lie for personal gain. We further explore the changes in lying and reporting behavior that result from giving individuals a say in who joins their group. We find that enough...
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Private law enforcement, fine sharing, and tax collection: Theory and historical evidence
Coşgel, Metin M.; Etkes, Haggay; Miceli, Thomas J. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 3, pp. 546-552
This paper contributes to the literature on private law enforcement by proposing a novel solution to the problem of underenforcement by monopolistic enforcers. Monopolistic enforcers underinvest in enforcement because they ignore the social benefits of deterrence. We show that this problem can...
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Endogenous community formation and collective provision – A procedurally fair mechanism
Güth, Werner - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 108 (2014) C, pp. 389-395
A group of actors, individuals or firms, can engage in collectively providing projects which may be costly or generating revenues and which may benefit some and harm others. Based on requirements of procedural fairness, we derive a bidding mechanism determining endogenously who participates in...
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On the advantages and disadvantages of subjective measures
Jahedi, Salar; Méndez, Fabio - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 98 (2014) C, pp. 97-114
This paper utilizes data from a laboratory experiment in order to examine the advantages and disadvantages of subjective measures. Our results indicate good and bad news: subjective measures correlate highly with the variables they are designed to capture but they also systematically suffer from...
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Public beliefs and corruption in a repeated psychological game
Balafoutas, Loukas - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 78 (2011) 1, pp. 51-59
This paper investigates the role of guilt aversion for corruption in public administration. Corruption is modeled as … the outcome of a game played between a bureaucrat, a lobby, and the public. There is a moral cost of corruption for the …, corruption is more likely when the horizon of the game is relatively long and when public beliefs are initially low and are …
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Corruption, fertility, and human capital
Varvarigos, Dimitrios; Arsenis, Panagiotis - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 109 (2015) C, pp. 145-162
. By integrating the theoretical analyses of endogenous growth, corruption and fertility choices, we show that the negative … corruption. …
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Do higher child care subsidies improve parental well-being? Evidence from Quebec's family policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 1-16
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in child care subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Quebec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day child care to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 91 (2013) C, pp. 75-92
We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic differences in this regard between countries that are characterized by a high or, respectively, low level of actual...
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Public sector employees: Risk averse and altruistic?
Buurman, Margaretha; Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert; Van … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 3, pp. 279-291
We assess whether public sector employees have a stronger inclination to serve others and are more risk averse than employees in the private sector. A unique feature of our study is that we use revealed rather than stated preferences data. Respondents of a large-scale survey were offered a...
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The impact of individual wealth on posterior political power
Rossi, Martín A. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 469-480
I exploit a unique historical event to explore the causal relationship between individual wealth and posterior political power. Shortly after the founding of Buenos Aires, plots of land in the outskirts of the city were randomly assigned to all heads of household that participated in the...
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