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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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Gender quotas, competitions, and peer review : experimental evidence on the backlash against women

Leibbrandt, Andreas; Wang, Liang Choon; Foo, Cordelia - 2015 - This version: 11 September 2015

This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging...

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The impact of losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges

Buser, Thomas - 2014

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

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Where to look for the morals in markets?

Sutter, Matthias; Huber, Jürgen; Kirchler, Michael; … - 2016

Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact, competitive pressure on markets may create strong...

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Market competition and efficient cooperation

Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno - 2016

We use laboratory experiments to study the causal effects of favorable and unfavorable competitive market experience on cooperation in a subsequent social dilemma game. The issues we study are part of the broader topic of whether there are behavioral spillovers between different spheres of...

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The effect of losing and winning on cheating and effort in repeated competitions

Necker, Sarah; Paetzel, Fabian - 2022

Competitive rewards are often assigned on a regular basis, e.g., in annual salary negotiations or employee-of-the-month schemes. The repetition of competitions can imply that opponents are matched based on earlier outcomes. Using a real-effort experiment, we examine how cheating and effort...

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Competition and the role of group identity

Cornaglia, Francesca; Drouvelis, Michalis; Masella, Paolo - 2019

The emergence of competition is a defining aspect of human nature and characterizes many important social environments …

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Can competition spoil reciprocity? : a laboratory experiment

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Große, Niels - 2010

This paper investigates how group membership and competition among trustors interact with trust and trustworthiness in … competition leads to a decrease in trustworthiness, especially among partners. We argue that once competition comes into play … reduces reciprocity. -- trust ; reciprocity ; investment game ; group membership ; competition …

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How social reputation networks interact with competition in anonymous online trading : an experimental study

Bolton, Gary E. (contributor); … - 2008

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Heterogeneity in rent-seeking contests with multiple stages : theory and experimental evidence

Hörtnagl, Tanja; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Stracke, Rudi; … - 2013

This paper investigates how heterogeneity in contestants ́investment costs affects the competition intensity in a … dynamic elimination contest. Theory predicts that the absolute level of investment costs has no effect on the competition …

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