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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy
Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009
counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266032
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Inter-charity competition under spatial differentiation : sorting, crowding, and spillovers
Gallier, Carlo; Goeschl, Timo; Kesternich, Martin; … - 2019
cities to conduct a field experiment with roughly 350 donation appeals. We induce spatial differentiation by varying the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105442
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A note on the design of experiments involving public goods
Graves, Philip E. - 2010
Concern about potential free riding in the provision of public goods has a long history. More recently, experimental economists have turned their attention to the conditions under which free riding would be expected to occur. A model of free riding is provided here which demonstrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274945
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The choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems : a survey of experimental research
Dannenberg, Astrid; Gallier, Carlo - 2019
A growing experimental literature studies the endogenous choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems arising in prisoners' dilemmas, public goods games, and common pool resource games. Participants in these experiments have the opportunity to influence the rules of the game before they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010646
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Asymmetric obligations
Riedel, Nadine; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2011
We use a laboratory experiment to investigate the behavioral effects of obligations that are not backed by binding … and asymmetric minimum contribution levels (obligations) in a repeated public goods experiment. The results provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274783
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The value of non-binding announcements in public goods experiments : some theory and experimental evidence
Berlemann, Michael; Dittrich, Marcus; Markwardt, Gunther - 2004
In this paper we present three simple theoretical models to explain the influence of the possibility to make non-binding announcements on investment behaviour in public goods settings. Our models build on the idea that voluntary contributions to the supply of a public good might be motivated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261099
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Do Norms on Contribution Behavior Affect Intrinsic Motivation? Field-Experimental Evidence from Germany
Boyer, Pierre C.; Dwenger, Nadja; Rincke, Johannes - 2016
This paper studies how imposing norms on contribution behavior affects individuals’ intrinsic motivation. We consider … legally a tax. We design a randomized field experiment with treatments informing individuals that the levy is a tax. We …, communicating the legal norm results in a significant crowd-out of intrinsic motivation. In contrast, strongly intrinsically …
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Who should own the past?
Halonen-Aktawijuka, Maija; Parfilis, Evanjelos - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040694
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Impact of mining boom on the quality of public goods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bertinelli, Luisito; Bourgain, Arnaud - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012661276
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Climate finance and emission reductions : what do the last twenty years tell us?
Gavard, Claire; Schoch, Niklas - 2021 - This version: 29 January 2021
In the framework of the Paris Agreement implementation, financial transfers remain a major point of negotiation for addressing equity concerns raised by the ambitious climate objectives. In complement to the theoretical, experimental and numerical studies that have examined the role of transfers...
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