Why are people so often overconfident? We conduct an experiment to test the hypothesis that people become overconfident …

.e., underconfident agents are more likely to accept early offers than overconfident agents. The experiment identifies a behavioral …

them. Through a pre-registered and theory-guided laboratory experiment, we provide evidence that such reciprocal …

sanctions) and the type of experiment (online vs. offline). Irrespective of the declaration's content, commitment requests do …

such beliefs is still in its infancy. Our experiment examines the use of second-order beliefs, measuring belief hierarchies …

influence performance in these tasks. In a field experiment with more than 3000 participants, we document a positive effect of …

This paper studies the implications of agents signaling their moral type in a lying game. In the theoretical analysis …, a signaling motive emerges where agents dislike being suspected of lying and where some types of liars are more … particular on partial lying, where some agents dishonestly report a non payoff-maximizing report. I discuss the relationship with …

This paper presents an experiment on a coordination game with extrinsic random signals, in which we systematically vary …