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Sadder but wiser : the effects of affective states and weather on ambiguity attitudes
Baillon, Aurélien; Koellinger, Philipp; Treffers, Theresa - 2014
the joy, fear, and control groups, where decision makers deviate more from payoff-maximizing behaviors and are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337020
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Salience of law enforcement : a field experiment
Dur, Robert A. J.; Vollaard, Ben A. - 2016
We conduct a field experiment to examine whether the deterrent effect of law enforcement can be strengthened by making law enforcement activities more salient. Our focus is on illegal disposal of household garbage in residential areas. At a random subset of 56 locations in a city in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011583707
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Simple and complex gift exchange in the laboratory
Heijden, Eline C. van der; Nelissen, Jan H. M.; Potters, Jan - 2001
not onlymutual trust, like simple exchange, but also a substantial degree of coordination. We examinewhether players are …
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The dark side of personality : anti-sociality increases strategic game play
Engelmann, Jan; Schmid, Basil; Chumbley, Justin; Fehr, Ernst - 2018
decision strategies in a manner that is consistent with its name: significantly lower levels of trust and decreased … personality on investor trust and trustee reciprocity in the presence relative to the absence of the investor's option to punish … levels of investor trust and trustee reciprocity, while there is a significant increase in both behaviors when punishment was …
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Social relations and relational incentives
Dur, Robert A. J.; Tichem, Jan - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722629
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Auctioning incentive contracts : an experimental study
Onderstal, Sander; Meerendonk, Arthur van de - 2009
In this note, we experimentally examine the relative performance of price-only auctions and multi-attribute auctions. We do so in procurement settings where the buyer can give the winning bidder incentives to exert effort on non-price dimensions after the auction. Both auctions theoretically...
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Input versus output taxation in an experimental international economy
Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2003
This paper is concerned with a policy oriented macroeconomic experiment involving an 'international' economy with a relatively small 'home' country and a large 'foreign' country. It compares the economic performance of two alternative tax systems as a means to finance unemployment benefits: a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333884
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Dividing justly in bargaining problems with claims
Gächter, Simon; Riedl, Arno - 2004
Theoretical research on claims problems has concentrated on normative properties and axiomatizations of solution concepts. We complement these analyses by empirical evidence on the predictability of three classical solution concepts in a bankruptcy problem. We examine both people's impartial...
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Competition and well-being
Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2004
We study the effects of competition in a context in which people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that in such an environment the very presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any payoff gains for the short side of the market. We also find that...
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Reciprocity and emotions : arousal, self-reports, and expectations
Ben Shaḥar, Gershon; Bornstein, Gary; Hopfensitz, Astrid - 2004
Although reciprocity is a key concept in the social sciences, it is still unclear why people engage in costly reciprocation. In this study, physiological and self-report measures were employed to investigate the role of emotions, using the Power-to-Take Game. In this 2-person game, player 1 can...
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