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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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Identity and redistribution: theory and evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S.; Manifold, Emma; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2020

We propose a theoretical model that embeds social identity concerns, as in Akerlof and Kranton (2000), with inequity averse preferences, as in Fehr and Schmidt (1999). We conduct an artefactual ultimatum game experiment with registered members of British political parties, for whom political...

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Public goods games and psychological utility : theory and evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S.; Wei, Mengxing; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2018

We consider a theoretical model of a public goods game that incorporates reciprocity, guilt-aversion/surprise-seeking, and the attribution of intentions behind these emotions. In order to test our predictions, we implement the "induced beliefs method" and a within-subjects design, using the...

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Prosociality, political identity, and redistribution of earned income : theory and evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S.; Manifold, Emma; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2018

We explore the relation between social political identity and prosociality. We first construct a theoretical model to generate predictions for the behavior of players in an ultimatum game who are influenced by social political identity. Then we use a novel subject pool-registered members of...

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Quantum decision theory and the Ellsberg paradox

Al-Nowaihi, Ali; Dhami, Sanjit S.; Wei, Mengxing - 2018

We formulate a simple quantum decision model of the Ellsberg paradox. We report the results of an experiment we performed to test the matching probabilities predicted by this model using an incentive compatible method. We find that the theoretical predictions of the model are in conformity with...

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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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Mental accounting, loss aversion, and tax evasion : theory and evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S.; Hajimoladarvish, Narges - 2020

model through MTurk experiments. Evasion is increasing in the tax rate and decreasing in the audit penalty. Moral costs …

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Psychological and social motivations in microfinance contracts : theory and evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S.; Arshad, Junaid; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2019

Microfinance contracts have enormous economic and welfare significance. We study, theoretically and empirically, the problem of effort choice under individual liability (IL) and joint liability (JL) contracts when loan repayments are made either privately, or publicly in front of one's social...

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Religious identity, trust, reciprocity, and prosociality : theory and evidence

Dhami, Sanjit S.; Wei, Mengxing; Mamidi, Pavan - 2022

the relevant predictions, which are then tested in pre-registered lab-in-the-field experiments from villages in the Indian …

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