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Inter-generational thoughtfulness in a dynamic public good experiment

Spiller, Jörg; Bolle, Friedel - 2016

In a laboratory experiment we investigate inter-generational concerns and myopia in a dynamic Public Good game. Groups of four played a 15-period game where they could either invest in a green sector or in a more profitable brown sector that builds a pollution stock. We find that subjects are...

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Crowding out and imitation behavior in the solidarity game

Vogel, Claudia; Heimel, Jana; Bolle, Friedel - 2004

In the Solidarity Game (Selten and Ockenfels, 1998), two "rich" persons can support a "poor" one. A strong positive correlation between one rich person's solidarity contribution and his expected contribution of the other is observed. This paper investigates the causality behind this correlation....

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A behavioral theory of equilibrium selection

Bolle, Friedel - 2017

costs in order to produce a public good. The case k=4 is the Stag Hunt game which is most often used to test equilibrium …

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Experimental investigations of binary threshold public good games

Spiller, Jörg; Bolle, Friedel - 2017

investigate 16 different symmetric and asymmetric BTPG games with n=4 and k=1,2,3,4 and test general theoretical attributes of …

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Not efficient but payoff dominant: Experimental investigations of equilibrium play in binary threshold public good games

Bolle, Friedel; Spiller, Jörg - 2016

test general theoretical attributes of equilibria and proposals for equilibrium selection. As theory predicts, if the cost … experiments we do not find a framing effect. A finite mixture model successfully (i.e. without rejection in a chi-square test …

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Small numbers matching markets: Unstable and inefficient due to over-competition?

Otto, Philipp E.; Bolle, Friedel - 2009

The extant literature on matching markets assumes ordinal preferences for matches, while bargaining within matches is … mostly excluded. Central for this paper, however, is the bargaining over joint profits from potential matches. We investigate …

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Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018

. Experimental provision of return and cost information significantly increases educational aspirations. However, it does not close … the aspiration gap as university graduates respond even more strongly to the information treatment. Persistent effects in … a follow-up survey indicate that participants indeed process and remember the information. Differences in economic …

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Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018

To study how information about educational inequality affects public concerns and policy preferences, we devise survey … experiments in representative samples of the German population. Providing information about the extent of educational inequality … strong positive information treatment effect, which is increased further by informing about policy effectiveness. …

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Earnings information and public preferences for university tuition: Evidence from representative experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2022

about the university earnings premium. To test whether public support for tuition depends on earnings information, we devise … opposing tuition. Providing information on the university earnings premium raises support for tuition by 7 percentage points …, turning the plurality in favor. The opposition-reducing effect persists two weeks after treatment. Information on fiscal costs …

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The political economy of higher education finance: How information and design affect public preferences for tuition

Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2019

Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public … support for tuition depends on information and design, we devise several survey experiments in representative samples of the … German electorate (N>19,500). The electorate is divided, with a slight plurality opposing tuition. Providing information on …

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