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Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - 2011

strength. We then present three experiments that study main predictions and implications of the model. The first is a simple …

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Other-regarding behaviour : testing guilt- and reciprocity-based models

Regner, Tobias; Harth, Nicole S. - 2010

and reciprocity). In addition to incentivised elicitation of first- and second-order action beliefs, we assess … intentions-based models. Both second-order beliefs and the weighting factor that depends on a participant's sensitivity to guilt/reciprocity … returned. -- social preferences ; other-regarding behaviour ; experiments ; trust game ; guilt aversion ; beliefs …

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Moral emotions and partnership

Bracht, Juergen; Regner, Tobias - 2011

-regarding behaviour ; experiments ; psychological game theory ; guilt aversion ; shame ; beliefs ; emotions ; partnership …

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Social welfare versus inequality concerns in an incomplete contract experiment

Faravelli, Marco; Kirchkamp, Oliver; Rainer, Helmut - 2010

We study a situation where two players first choose a sharing rule, then invest into a joint production process, and then split joint benefits. We investigate how social preferences determine investments. In our experiment we find that even the materially disadvantaged player cares more for...

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The development of egalitarianism, altruism, spite and parochialism in childhood and adolescence

Fehr, Ernst; Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias - 2011

We study how the distribution of other-regarding preferences develops with age. Based on a set of allocation choices, we can classify each of 717 subjects, aged 8 to 17 years, as either egalitarian, altruistic, or spiteful. Varying the allocation recipient as either an in-group or an out-group...

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Thinking in Chinese vs. thinking in English : social preference and risk attitudes of multicultural minds

Li, King King - 2010

This paper investigates whether language priming activates different cultural identities and norms associated with the language communicated; bilingual subjects are given Chinese instructions in the Chinese treatment and English instructions in the English treatment. The main findings are: (1) in...

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Unraveling fairness in simple games? : the role of empathy and theory of mind

Artinger, Florian; Exadaktylos, Filippos; Koppel, Hannes; … - 2010

Economists have been theorizing that other-regarding preferences influence decision making. Yet, what are the corresponding psychological mechanisms that inform these preferences in laboratory games? Empathy and Theory of Mind (ToM) are dispositions considered to be essential in social...

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More than outcomes : a cognitive dissonance-based explanation of other-regarding behavior

Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - 2011

-regarding behavior ; self-image ; experiments ; cognitive dissonance ; social norms ; normative beliefs ; expectations …

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Gift exchange in the workplace: money or attention?

Dur, Robert - 2008

We develop a model of manager-employee relationships where employees care more for their manager when they are more convinced that their manager cares for them. Managers can signal their altruistic feelings towards their employees in two ways: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention....

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Social relations and relational incentives

Dur, Robert; Tichem, Jan - 2012

This paper studies how social relationships between managers and employees affect relational incentive contracts. To this end we develop a simple dynamic principal-agent model where both players may have feelings of altruism or spite toward each other. The contract may contain two types of...

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