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Strong, bold, and kind : self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas

Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R. - 2013

We develop a model that relates self-control and conflict identification to cooperation patterns in social dilemmas. As predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels of cooperation. This means that there is...

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Thanks but no thanks : a new policy to reduce land conflict

Dufwenberg, Martin; Köhlin, Gunnar; Martinsson, Peter; … - 2014

Land conflicts in developing countries are costly. An important policy goal is to create respect for borders. This often involves mandatory, expensive interventions. We propose a new policy design, which in theory promotes neighborly relations at low cost. A salient feature is the option to...

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Equity as a prerequisite for stable cooperation in a public-good economy : the core revisited

Buchholz, Wolfgang; Peters, Wolfgang - 2010

In this paper we explore the relationship between an equitable distribution of the cost shares in public-good provision on the one hand and the core property of an allocation on the other. In particular we show that it is an inhomogeneous distribution of cost shares that motivates some coalition...

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Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences

Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J. - 2009

Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences …. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences …, although during the last two decades, the use of lab experiments has accelerated. Nonetheless, there remains considerable …

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Progressivity of burden-sharing in a Lindahl equilibrium

Buchholz, Wolfgang; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2017

In this paper, we show that progressivity (regressivity) of burden sharing in a Lindahl equilibrium is a direct consequence of gross complementarity (substitutability) between the private and the public good when the public good is taken as the numéraire. We, moreover, link the respective...

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The malleability of undiscounted utilitarianism as a criterion of intergenerational justice

Asheim, Geir B.; Buchholz, Wolfgang - 2000

Undiscounted utilitarianism as a criterion of intergeneration justice has been questioned for different reasons: It has been argued (1) that any complete ordering of allocations with an infinite number of generations guaranteeing an optimal allocation must involve discounting, and (2) that...

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Discounting and welfare analysis over time : choosing the [eta]

Buchholz, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2008

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A general approach to welfare measurement through national income accounting

Asheim, Geir B.; Buchholz, Wolfgang - 2002

We develop a framework for analyzing national income accounting using a revealed welfare approach that is sufficiently general to cover, e.g., both the standard discounted utilitarian and maximin criteria as special cases. We show that the basic welfare properties of comprehensive national...

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Equal sacrifice and fair burden sharing in a public goods economy

Buchholz, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2007

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Justifying the Lindahl solution as an outcome of fair cooperation

Buchholz, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2005

distributional equity. Fairness among agents with different preferences is taken into account by considering their marginal …

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