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One of the main findings of a large body of gift exchange experiments is that in an incomplete contracts environment … in the size of the workforce and intention-based reciprocity rather than social preferences seems to be the main driving …
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We consider repeated trust game experiments to study the interplay between explicit and relational incentives. After … contract), because this game better sustains (implicit) relational incentives backed by either reputational or reciprocity …
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Numerous gift exchange experiments have found a positive relationship between employers' wage offers and workers …' effort levels. In (almost) all these experiments the employer both owns and controls the firm. Yet in reality many firms are …
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reciprocity, however, suggest that this relationship may go the other way around. In this paper we test these predictions by means … less attractive when the scope for rent-seeking activities increases. However, reciprocity motivations do seem to mitigate …
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Theory predicts that default breach remedies are immaterial whenever contracting costs are negligible. Some experimental studies, however, suggest that in practice default rules do matter, as they may affect parties' preferences over contract terms. This paper presents results from an experiment...
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We examine the force of three types of behavioral dynamics in quantity-setting triopoly experiments:mimicking the …
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to form cartels in Cournot markets. As in previous experiments, markets become very competitive when individualized …
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In economic environments, decision-makers may strategically delay irreversible investments to learn from the actions of others creating socially suboptimal outcomes. We investigate if and how communication mitigates the strategic delay in investment timings. Players choose when to invest in a...
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We study experimentally whether the endowment effect survives in a social and strategic context. Participants are asked for their Willingness-to-Accept (WTA) or Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) to play a series of 2x2 games. In the second part of the experiment, we study the endowment effect in...
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