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The formation of prosociality : causal evidence on the role of social environment
Kosse, Fabian; Deckers, Thomas; Pinger, Pia; … - 2019
This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of social environment for the formation of prosociality. In a first step, we show that socioeconomic status (SES) as well as the intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers' prosocial attitudes are systematically related to...
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Quality certifications for nonprofits, charitable giving, and donor's trust : experimental evidence
Adena, Maja; Alizade, Jeyhun; Bohner, Frauke; Harke, Julian - 2017
certificate increases trust in the nonprofit organization. There is some evi-dence pointing to the causal role of trust for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011639053
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Quality certifications for nonprofits, charitable giving, an d donor's trust: experimental evidence
Adena, Maja; Alizade, Jeyhun; Bohner, Frauke; Harke, Julian - 2018
, participants presented with a quality certificate chose higher donations by around 10% and reported higher trust towards the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863397
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Have preferences become more similar worldwide?
Kotschy, Rainer; Sunde, Uwe - 2023
Recent evidence shows substantial heterogeneity in time, risk, and social preferences across and within populations; yet little is known about the dynamics of preference heterogeneity across generations. We apply a novel identification strategy based on dyadic differences in preferences using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495141
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Crime, deterrence and punishment revisited
Kelaher, Richard; Sarafidis, Vasilis; Bun, Maurice J. G. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596916
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Endogenous preferences, emotions, and the breaking of social capital into economics
Vihanto, Martti - 2007
of choice and decisionmaking. The paper limits itself to examining the role of trust in the formation and disruption of … social capital. Emotions such as guilt and shame are central in the emergence of trust within social relations. Sources of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012502972
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The long-term costs of government surveillance : insights from stasi spying in East Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Löffler, Max; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2019 - This version: August 2019
institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We also find substantial and long-lasting economic effects of Stasi surveillance …
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Price competition and reputation in markets for experience goods : an experimental study
Huck, Steffen; Lünser, Gabriele K.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2015 - September 2013, revised March 2015
We experimentally examine the effects of price competition in markets for expe-rience goods where sellers can build up reputations for quality. We compare price competition to monopolistic markets and markets where prices are exogenously fixed (somewhere between the endogenous oligopoly and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498486
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The role of central bank knowledge and trust for the public's inflation expectations
Mellina, Sathya; Schmidt, Tobias - 2018
Since the financial crisis, central banks have stressed the role of trust and communication in connection with their … effectiveness of monetary policy. Assessing how much the general public knows about and trust in central banks and how these factors …' objectives. Knowledge of the ECB's and the Bundesbank's goals act as significant drivers of trust in these institutions, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897980
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Price competition and reputation in markets for experience goods : an experimental study
Huck, Steffen; Lünser, Gabriele K.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2013
We experimentally examine the effects of price competition in markets for experience goods where sellers can build up reputations for quality. We compare price competition to monopolistic markets and markets where prices are exogenously fixed (somewhere between the endogenous oligopoly and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010188722