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The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence
Fehr, Ernst; Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias - CESifo - 2011
a strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853854
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Come Together : Firm Boundaries and Delegation
Alfaro, Laura; Bloom, Nicholas; Conconi, Paola; … - 2021
of vertical integration and delegation for a large set of firms from many countries and industries. In line with the … model’s predictions, we obtain three main results: (i) integration and delegation co-vary positively; (ii) producers are … more likely to integrate suppliers in input sectors with greater productivity variation (as the option value of integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315416
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Social Welfare Versus Inequality Concerns in an Incomplete Contract Experiment
Faravelli, Marco; Kirchkamp, Oliver; Rainer, Helmut - 2021
then split joint benefits. We investigate how social preferences determine investments. In our experiment we find that even …-sharing can be successful in the experiment, even when it is not in a selfish world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316263
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Generosity Across Contexts
Davis, Alexander L.; Jehli, Nadja R.; Miller, John H.; … - CESifo - 2015
Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210786
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Do Gender Preference Gaps Impact Policy Outcomes?
Ranehill, Eva - 2018
laboratory experiment to provide a test of such a connection. In small laboratory “societies,” people repeatedly vote for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929252
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Does Instrumental Reciprocity Crowd Out Prosocial Behavior?
Johnsen, Åshild - 2014
In repeated games, it is hard to distinguish true prosocial behavior from strategic instrumental behavior. In particular, a player does not know whether a reciprocal action is intrinsically or instrumentally motivated. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043209
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The Many Faces of Human Sociality : Uncovering the Distribution and Stability of Social Preferences
Bruhin, Adrian - 2016
preferences while still being able to predict behavior over time and across situations. We tackle this task with an experiment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997075
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Generosity Across Contexts
Davis, Alexander L. - 2015
Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024673
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The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence
Fehr, Ernst; Glätzle-Rützle, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias - 2021
a strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316068
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Decision Initiation, Decision Implementation, and the Allocation of Decision Rights
Sloof, Randolph; von Siemens, Ferdinand - 2021
Organizations must not only take the right decisions, they must also ensure that these decisions are effectively implemented. Fama & Jensen (1983) argue that the same members of many organization are often responsible for both decision initiation and implementation. If these have social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315530