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Trust, trustworthiness and the consensus effect : an evolutionary approach

Adriani, Fabrizio; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2013

People often form expectations about others using the lens of their own attitudes (the so-called consensus effect). We study the implications of this for trust and trustworthiness. Trustworthy individuals are more \optimistic" than opportunists and are accordingly less afraid to engage in...

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Entry or exit? : the effect of voluntary participation on cooperation

Nosenzo, Daniele; Tufano, Fabio - 2015

We study the effects of voluntary participation on cooperation in collective action problems. Voluntary participation may foster cooperation through an entry mechanism, which leads to assortative selection of interaction partners, or an exit mechanism, whereby the opportunity to leave the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434271

Information-sensitive Leviathans

Nicklisch, Andreas; Grechenig, Kristoffel; Thoeni, Christian - 2016

We study information conditions under which individuals are willing to delegate their sanctioning power to a central authority. We design a public goods game in which players can move between institutional environments, and we vary the observability of others' contributions. We find that the...

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Entry or exit? : the effect of voluntary participation on cooperation

Nosenzo, Daniele; Tufano, Fabio - 2015

We study the effects of voluntary participation on public good provision. Voluntary participation may foster cooperation through two mechanisms: an entry mechanism, which leads to assortative selection of interaction partners, or an exit mechanism, whereby the opportunity to leave the...

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Institutions, opportunism and prosocial behavior : some experimental evidence

Cabrales, Antonio; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Hernán … - 2020

Formal or informal institutions have long been adopted by societies to protect against opportunistic behavior. However, we know very little about how these institutions are chosen and their impact on behavior. We experimentally investigate the demand for different levels of institutions that...

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The effect of voluntary participation on cooperation

Nosenzo, Daniele; Tufano, Fabio - 2017 - This is a revised version of 2015-20

We study the effects of voluntary participation on cooperation in collective action problems. Voluntary participation may foster cooperation through a mechanism of assortative selection of interaction partners based on false consensus bias, or through a mechanism whereby the decision to not...

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Gift exchange and workers' fairness concerns : when equality is unfair

Abeler, Johannes; Altmann, Steffen; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2009

. This is not caused by monetary incentives per se since under both wage schemes it is profit-maximizing for agents to exert …

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The effects of (incentivized) belief elicitation in public good experiments

Gächter, Simon (contributor); Renner, Elke (contributor) - 2006

distribution of beliefs as well as the relationship between contributions and beliefs are unaffected by incentives. Eliciting … results for the design of experiments. -- Incentives ; beliefs ; experiments ; public goods …

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The impact of pay comparisons on effort behavior

Nosenzo, Daniele - 2010

This study uses a three-person gift-exchange game experiment to examine the impact of pay comparisons on effort behavior. We compare effort choices made in a treatment where workers' wages are secret with effort choices made in two 'public wages' treatments. The two 'public wages' treatments...

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The effects of (incentivized) belief elicitation in public goods experiments

Gächter, Simon; Renner, Elke - 2010

Belief elicitation is an important methodological issue for experimental economists. There are two generic questions: 1 …) Do incentives increase belief accuracy? 2) Are there interaction effects of beliefs and decisions? We investigate these … beliefs are incentivized. The relationship between contributions and beliefs is slightly steeper under incentives. However, we …

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