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Cities and the structure of social interactions : evidence from mobile phone data
Büchel, Konstantin; Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2017
Social interactions are considered pivotal to agglomeration economies. We explore a unique dataset on mobile phone calls to examine how distance and population density shape the structure of social interactions. Exploiting an exogenous change in travel times, we show that distance is highly...
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A different look at Lenin's legacy : trust, risk, fairness and cooperativeness in the two Germanies
Heineck, Guido; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2010
interpreted as evidence for the passing of cultural traits across generations and for cooperation being sustained by values rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697515
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Culture and cooperation
Gaechter, Simon; Herrmann, Benedikt; Thöni, Christian - 2010
-1367), who study cooperation and punishment in sixteen subject pools from six different world cultures (as classified by … cultural background relative to individual heterogeneity and group-level differences in cooperation. We find that culture has a … substantial influence on the extent of cooperation, in addition to individual heterogeneity and group-level differences identified …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935235
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Inefficient group organization as optimal adaption to dominant environments
Kolmar, Martin; Wagener, Andreas - 2010
Contests between groups are plagued by intra-group externalities (freeriding). Yet, costless incentive schemes that entirely avoid free-riding within a group might not be desirable, neither individually nor socially. In contests among two groups, a relatively weak (i.e., small or unproductive)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008653415
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Boon or bane? : others' unemployment, well-being and job insecurity
Clark, Andrew E.; Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - 2008
The social norm of unemployment suggests that aggregate unemployment reduces the well-being of the employed, but has a far smaller effect on the unemployed. We use German panel data to reproduce this standard result, but then suggest that the appropriate distinction may not be between employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805987
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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state : the case of benefit morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
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Identity and entrepreneurship
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lüdemann, Elke - 2009
We incorporate the concept of social identity into a stylized model of occupational choice and analyze whether an individual's identity affects his or her decision to become an entrepreneur. We argue that an entrepreneurial identity results from an individual's socialization. This could be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850515
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Enforcement of contribution norms in public good games with heterogeneous populations
Reuben, Ernesto; Riedl, Arno - 2009
groups ; punishment ; cooperation ; social norms ; norm enforcement …
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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy
Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009
Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...
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