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Appropriating the commons : a theoretical explanation

Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001

In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common … pool resource (CPR) experiments. The evidence indicates that in standard CPR games without communication and without …

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Beliefs and utility : experimental evidence on preferences for information

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - 2016

Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future consumption have direct utilityconsequences. This gives rise to informational preferences, i.e., preferences over the timing and structure of information. Using a novel and...

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Self-assessment : the role of the social environment

Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; … - 2020

This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the social environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high...

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Status inequality, moral disengagement and violence

Falk, Armin - 2017

the role of status inequality on violence suggests an important societal cost of economic and social inequalities. …

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Organizations, diffused pivotality and immoral outcomes

Falk, Armin; Szech, Nora - 2013

This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for money or to save mice. We compare a Baseline treatment where subjects are fully pivotal to a Diffused-Pivotality treatment where subjects simultaneously choose in groups of...

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Preferences for consistency

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - 2011

strength. We then present three experiments that study main predictions and implications of the model. The first is a simple … consistency can be used to manipulate choices. -- consistency preferences ; experiments ; early commitment ; charitable giving …

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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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A theory of reciprocity

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001

This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...

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Did we overestimate the role of social preferences? : the case of self-selected student samples

Falk, Armin; Meier, Stephan; Zehnder, Christian - 2010

phenomena. However, the empirical foundation of social preferences is largely based on laboratory experiments with self …-selected students as participants. This is potentially problematic as students participating in experiments may behave systematically … experiments with student samples misrepresent the importance of social preferences. Our first study shows that students who …

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Living in two neighborhoods : social interactions in the LAB

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gächter, Simon - 2003

Field evidence suggests that agents belonging to the same group tend to behave similarly, i.e., behavior exhibits social interaction effects. Testing for such effects raises severe identification problems. We conduct an experiment that avoids these problems. The main design feature is that each...

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