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Gift exchange and workers' fairness concerns : when equality is unfair
Abeler, Johannes; Altmann, Steffen; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2009
contractual incompleteness. In our experiment, one principal is matched with two agents. The principal pays equal wages in one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854042
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Heterogeneity and cooperation in privileged groups : the role of capability and valuation on public goods provision
Kolle, Felix - 2012
We experimentally investigate cooperation in privileged groups which according to Olson (1965) are groups in which at least one member has an incentive to supply a positive amount of the public good. More specifically, we analyze group member heterogeneity with respect to two dimensions:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578217
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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? : evidence from the lab
Barr, Abigail; Hochleitner, Anna; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2023
the causal relationship running from inequality to instability. Specifically, we conduct a laboratory experiment. In the … experiment, two groups are interacting with each other repeatedly and have an incentive to cooperate even though cooperation … comes at the cost of inter-group inequality. In the second half of the experiment, we vary the extent of the inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444823
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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? : evidence from the lab
Barr, Abigail; Hochleitner, Anna; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2024 - [Revised version of 2023-13]
causal relationship running from inequality to social instability. We run a laboratory experiment in which two groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529307
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The importance of peers for compliance with norms of fair sharing
Gächter, Simon; Gerhards, Leonie; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2015
observed to act in isolation from each other. In this paper we use a large-scale dictator game experiment (N = 850) to show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434301
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Are victims truly worse off in the presence of bystanders? : revisiting the bystander effect
Fromell, Hanna; Nosenzo, Daniele; Owens, Trudy; Tufano, … - 2017
" present who can also offer help. We designed an experiment to re-examine this "bystander effect" using modified dictator games …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764262
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Cooperation, discounting, and the effects of delayed costs and benefits
Kölle, Felix; Lauer, Thomas - 2018
Numerous studies have investigated how people resolve intertemporal trade-offs in individual decision making, but little is known about how the timing of costs and benefits affects behavior in strategic decision situations. Here, we experimentally study how delayed costs and/or benefits affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906687
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Promoting cooperation : the distribution of reward and punishment power
Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin - 2012
Recent work in experimental economics on the effectiveness of rewards and punishments for promoting cooperation mainly examines decentralized incentive systems where all group members can reward and/or punish one another. Many self-organizing groups and societies, however, concentrate the power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578208
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The value of vulnerability : the transformative capacity of risky trust
Bruni, Luigino; Tufano, Fabio - 2015
The "grammar of trust" is one the most explored loci in game theory and behavioural economics. However, still much needs to be understood about the nature of trust in non-enforceable, personalised interactions, in markets and within organizations. This experimental study aims at contributing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391585
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Endogenous information disclosure in experimental oligopolies
Kopányi, Dávid; Kopányi-Peuker, Anita - 2015
conduct a laboratory experiment where firms decide only about their production levels first, and the information they receive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530643