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We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
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We examine behavioral gender differences and gender pairing effects in a laboratory experiment with face …-to-face alternating-offers wage bargaining. Our results suggest that male players are able to obtain better bargaining outcomes than … than female employers pay to male employees. Moreover, we find gender differences in the first offers of the bargaining …
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if the buyer's bargaining position is sufficiently strong. Moreover, we show that negotiations provide stronger …For the procurement of complex goods the early exchange of information is important to avoid costly renegotiation ex … post. We show that this is achieved by bilateral negotiations but not by auctions. Negotiations strictly outperforms …
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likelihood of agreement in bilateral negotiations over the provision of a public good when parties have private information over … their contribution costs. We test the model in a laboratory experiment paying particular attention to how behavioral …
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We study equilibrium reporting behavior in Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013)-type cheating games when agents have a fixed cost of lying and image concerns not to be perceived as a liar. We show that equilibria naturally arise in which agents with low costs of lying randomize among a set of...
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Using a laboratory experiment, we present first evidence that stigmatization through public exposure causally reduces … can exclude other explanations for the observed stigma effect. In the experiment, social stigmatization implies a …
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An auction is externality-robust if unilateral deviations from equilibrium leave the other bidders' payoffs unaffected. The equilibrium and its outcome will then persist if certain types of externalities arise between bidders. One example are externalities due to spiteful preferences, which have...
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We test the claim that game form misconception among subjects making choices through the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) value elicitation procedure provides an explanation for the endowment effect, as suggested by Cason and Plott (forthcoming). We employ a design that allows us to clearly...
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predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels …
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monopoly pricing, contracting, bargaining, traffic safety, violence, and politics. Drawing on insights from psychology, we …
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