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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/10013167956
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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
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345629
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576953
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398368
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Appropriating the commons : a theoretical explanation
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001
In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398786
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Fairness in round-robin tournaments with four players and endogenous sequences
Dietz, Fabian; Sahm, Marco - 2024
We examine the effects of endogenous sequences on the fairness in round-robin tournaments with four players, multiple … show that there is no sequence which implies perfect fairness. By contrast, some endogenous sequences imply horizontal ex …-ante fairness irrespective of the prize structure. In winner-take-all tournaments, additional endogenous sequences are horizontally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551066
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Sequential round-robin tournaments with multiple prizes
Laica, Christoph; Lauber, Arne; Sahm, Marco - 2017 - This version: October 6, 2017
We examine the fairness and intensity of sequential round-robin tournaments with multiple prizes. With three symmetric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735948
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The attack and defense of weakest-link networks
Kovenock, Daniel J.; Roberson, Brian; Sheremeta, Roman M. - 2010
This paper experimentally examines behavior in a two-player game of attack and defense of a weakest-link network of targets, in which the attacker's objective is to successfully attack at least one target and the defender's objective is diametrically opposed. We apply two benchmark contest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697819
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How trust in social dilemmas evolves with age
Kocher, Martin - 2015
While trust and trustworthiness provide a fundamental foundation for human relationships, little is known about how trusting and trustworthy behavior in social dilemmas is related to age and aging. A few papers use data from surveys such as the World Values Survey to address a potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298524