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I lie? We lie! Why? : experimental evidence on an dishonesty shift
Kocher, Martin; Schudy, Simeon; Spantig, Lisa - 2016
Unethical behavior such as dishonesty, cheating and corruption occurs frequently in organizations or groups. Recent experimental evidence suggests that there is a stronger inclination to behave immorally in groups than individually. We ask if this is the case, and if so, why. Using a...
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Incentive systems in a real effort experiment
Dijk, Frans van; Sonnemans, Joep; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2000
In the reported experiment different payment schemes are examined on their incentive effects. Payment based on …
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Social ties in a public good experiment
Dijk, Frans van; Sonnemans, Joep; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2000
The formation of social ties is examined in an experimental study of voluntary public good provision. The experimental design consists of three parts. In the first part the value orientation (attitude to a generalized other) is measured. In the second part couples play a multi-period public good...
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The behavioral impact of emotions in a power-to-take game : an experimental study
Bosman, Ronald; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2000
authority and responder. Both players in each pair have earned an income in an individual real effort decision-making experiment …
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Projective paternalism
Ambuehl, Sandro; Bernheim, Bert Douglas; Ockenfels, Axel - 2019
We study experimentally when, why, and how people intervene in others' choices. Choice Architects (CAs) construct opportunity sets containing bundles of time-indexed payments for Choosers. CAs frequently prevent impatient choices despite opportunities to provide advice, believing Choosers...
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Cash in hand and savings decisions
Spantig, Lisa - 2019
Cash is an important means of transaction, generally assumed to be fungible. However, behavioral economics and consumer research show that "cash in hand", physically holding on to cash and then handing it away, affects purchasing decisions. I study how cash in hand influences decisions in a...
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The bonus-income donation norm
Drouvelis, Michalis; Isen, Adam; Marx, Benjamin M. - 2019
the effects by income source can be explained by social norms. Our first experiment induces random variation in both … earned income and windfall bonuses and shows that only bonuses increases charitable donations. The second experiment uses an … elicited in the second experiment match the donation patterns in the first experiment both overall and across subject …
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The perks of being in the smaller team : incentives in overlapping contests
March, Christoph; Sahm, Marco - 2019
effort provision. We test the model in a laboratory experiment and confirm its main predictions. Our results have important …
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An experimental study on the effects of communication, credibility, and clustering in network games
Charness, Gary; Feri, Francesco; Meléndez-Jiménez, … - 2019
The effectiveness of social interaction depends strongly on an ability to coordinate actions efficiently. In large networks, such coordination may be very difficult to achieve and may depend on the communication technology and the network structure. We examine how pre-play communication and...
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Differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests : evidence from the GRE test
Schlosser, Analia; Neeman, Zvika; Attali, Yigal - 2019
We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in "high" and "low" stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger...
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