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Optimal and fair prizing in sequential round-robin tournaments : experimental evidence

Lauber, Arne; March, Christoph; Sahm, Marco - 2022

the prize structure aﬀects the intensity, fair-ness, and dynamic behavior in sequential round-robin tournaments with three …

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Optimal and Fair Prizing in Sequential Round-Robin Tournaments : Experimental Evidence

Lauber, Arne; March, Christoph; Sahm, Marco - 2022

the prize structure aﬀects the intensity, fair-ness, and dynamic behavior in sequential round-robin tournaments with three …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293842

Behavioural Responses to Unfair Institutions : Experimental Evidence on Rule Compliance, Norm Polarisation and Trust

Columbus, Simon; Kasper, Matthias; Feld, Lars P.; … - 2023

This study investigates the effects of unfair enforcement of institutional rules on public good contributions, personal and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce rule compliance compared to fair institutions. However,...

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Fairness properties of compensation schemes

Becker, Christoph; Fehr, Dietmar; Rau, Hannes; … - 2025

How do different characteristics of pay-for-performance schemes affect fairness perceptions? In two studies, we … tournament incentives. We find that pay inequality has a strong negative effect on perceived fairness. Controlling for pay …. Adding performance-dependent resource advantages or handicaps negatively influences perceived fairness. We find that …

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The role of interpersonal uncertainty in prosocial behavior

Chakraborty, Anujit; Henkel, Luca - 2024

favoritism, merit-based fairness ideals, and self-favoring behavior in dictator games. We then show that these patterns also …

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Peer evaluation tournaments

Dufwenberg, Martin; Görlitz, Katja; Gravert, Christina - 2025

Peer evaluation tournaments are common in academia, the arts, and corporate environments. They make use of the expert knowledge that academics or team members have in assessing their peers’ performance. However, rampant opportunities for cheating may throw a wrench in the process unless,...

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Does honesty respond to unrelated luck?

Geraldes, Diogo; Theurich, Franziska; Kim, Duk Gyoo - 2024

We conducted a lab experiment to examine (1) whether luck-based income influences honesty in a subsequent, unrelated decision, (2) whether the perceived agency over an uncertain event affects the interplay between luck and honesty, and (3) whether accumulated previous luck-based incomes...

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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? : an experimental study

Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - 2013

This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...

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Let the market decide : an experimental study of competition and fairness

Bartling, Björn; Grieder, Manuel; Zehnder, Christian - 2014

inform the debate on the fairness of market outcomes by showing that the use of a competitive procedure can, by itself …

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A theory of reciprocity

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001

This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...

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