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To accurately predict behavior economists need reliable measures of individual time preferences and attitudes toward …
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In this paper we experimentally investigate whether partial coercion can in combination with conditional cooperation increase contributions to a public good. We are especially interested in the behavior of the non-coerced populations. The main finding is that in our setting conditional...
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clear that the rate of mistakes over time must be controlled for if one is to draw inference on preferences from response …
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Existing experimental research on behavior in weakest-link games shows overwhelmingly the inability of people to coordinate on the efficient equilibrium, especially in larger groups. We hypothesize that people will be able to coordinate on efficient outcomes, provided they have sufficient...
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‘s preferences are regarding redistribution - both through pensions schemes as well as more generally. It would seem that economists … experiments have revealed, however, that most people do in fact have redistributional preferences that are not merely inspired by … different types of situations. The first deals with distributional preferences behind a veil of ignorance. What type of income …
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Existing experimental research on behavior in weakest-link games shows overwhelmingly the inability of people to coordinate on the efficient equilibrium, especially in larger groups. We hypothesize that people will be able to coordinate on efficient outcomes, provided they have sufficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395307
consequences. Although risk preferences are likely important, existing research is silent about how social and risk preferences … find that individuals' risk preferences are predictive for giving in both experiments. Increased risk exposure of …-linear generalization of a model allowing for other-regarding preferences, ex-post and ex-ante fairness, and risk aversion. We find some …
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people’s preferences are regarding this form of redistribution. This paper reviews experimental evidence on preferences … regarding redistribution and asks what this evidence tells us about preferences for redistribution through pension schemes. We … distinguish between three fundamentally different types of situations. The first deals with distributional preferences behind a …
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