Transfers motivated by altruism, norms of giving, and guilt play an important role in supporting individuals who suffer … norm of giving where donors feel guilty for deviating from the norm. The feelings of guilt decline with the expected social …

either privately, or publicly in front of one’s social group. Our theoretical model identifies guilt from letting down the … large treatment effects and confirms the central roles of guilt and shame. Under private repayment, a JL contract increases … compared to guilt-aversion. Under IL, repayment in public relative to private repayment increases effort by 60%, confirming our …

) and advantageous inequality aversion (or guilt) from 26 articles in economics, psychology, neuroscience and computer … interval [0:240; 0:620]; the mean guilt coefficient is 0:290 with a 95% probability that the true value lies in the interval [0 …

informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this …

We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in “high” and “low … section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger drop in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than … females, and Whites exhibit a larger drop in performance compared to minorities. Differences between high and low stakes tests …