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Tipping versus Cooperating to Supply a Public Good
Barrett, Scott; Dannenberg, Astrid - CESifo - 2015
In some important multi-player situations, such as efforts to supply a global public good, players can choose the game they want to play. In this paper we conduct an experimental test of the decision to choose between a “tipping” game, in which every player wants to contribute to the public...
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Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Kocher, Martin G.; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian … - CESifo - 2013
predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels …
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Teams Punish Less
Auerswald, Heike; Schmidt, Carsten; Thum, Marcel; … - CESifo - 2013
punishment option and compare it to the behavior of individuals in a laboratory experiment. We also consider different team …
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Social Ties in a Public Good Experiment
Dijk, Frans van; Sonnemans, Joep; Winden, Frans van - CESifo - 2000
The formation of social ties is examined in an experimental study of voluntary public good provision. The experimental design consists of three parts. In the first part the value orientation (attitude to a generalized other) is measured. In the second part couples play a multi-period public good...
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A Gift is Not Always a Gift : Gift Exchange in a Voucher Experiment
Becker, Sascha O. - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123801
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Employee Recognition and Performance : A Field Experiment
Bradler, Christiane - 2013
This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084010
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Does Instrumental Reciprocity Crowd Out Prosocial Behavior?
Johnsen, Åshild - 2014
experimentally investigate the relationship between intrinsic and instrumental reciprocity by running a two-period repeated trust … do not know and hence the second period comes as a surprise. We find that subjects anticipate instrumental reciprocity …, and that intrinsic reciprocity is rewarded. In fact, the total level of cooperation, in which trust is reciprocated, is …
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When Will There Be Gift Exchange? Addressing the Lab-Field Debate with Laboratory Gift Exchange Experiments
Kessler, Judd B. - 2021
Gift exchange experiments have demonstrated that norms can affect labor market outcomes and provided an explanation for involuntary unemployment. However, conflicting results from laboratory and field experiments have questioned the relevance of gift exchange and helped spark an ongoing debate...
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You Owe Me
Malmendier, Ulrike; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2021
In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...
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Managerial Payoff and Gift Exchange in the Field
Englmaier, Florian; Leider, Stephen - 2021
We conduct a field experiment where we vary both the presence of a gift exchange wage and the effect of the worker …
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