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Seeking or ignoring ethical certifications in consumer choice
Amasino, Dianna R.; Oosterwijk, Suzanne; Sullivan, … - 2024
Consumers often encounter, and claim to care about, ethical information concerning the products they purchase. Across three studies, we investigate how the accessibility of this information impacts choice. When consumers must seek out product attribute information, the impact of ethical...
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On esteem-based incentives
Mazyaki, Ali; Weele, Joël J. van der - 2018
Incentives based on esteem, honor and shame are increasingly popular and easy to use due to modern surveillance techniques. However, the use of shaming is controversial: critics argue that delegating punishment to a crowd can lead to mob justice and a loss of control over the size of the...
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Goal setting and raising the bar : a field experiment
Lent, Max van; Souverijn, Michiel - 2016
We study goal setting using a randomized field experiment involving 1092 first-year undergraduate students. Students … more so when they performed poorly prior to the experiment. Next, we find that students in the raise treatment do not …
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Social comparison and risky choices
Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - 2009
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The importance of emotions for the effectiveness of social punishment
Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - 2006
This paper experimentally explores how the enforcement of cooperative behavior in a social dilemma is facilitated through institutional as well as emotional mechanisms. Recent studies emphasize the importance of negatively valued emotions, such as anger, which motivate individuals to punish free...
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Social preferences in private decisions
Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - 2012
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Intertemporal and social preferences predict compliance in a social dilemma : an application in the context of COVID-19
Hulsen, Merel A. J. van; Rohde, Kirsten I. M.; Exel, N. … - 2020 - Revision: October 2020
In this paper, we examine the role of intertemporal and social preferences in explaining cooperation in social dilemmas. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic caused an acute social dilemma in the Netherlands. In this dilemma, citizens had to decide whether or not to comply with the personal measures...
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Individual oath-swearing and lying under peer pressure
Kingsuwankul, Sorravich - 2023
context where the prevalence of lying is typically higher? Results from a lab experiment reveal that the impact of an oath on …
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No clue about bioplastics
Ansink, Erik; Wijk, Louise; Zuidmeer, Frederiek - 2019
We analyze recycling decisions for bioplastics using a natural field experiment. The potential environmental benefits … of these new plastics may not materialize if they are recycled incorrectly. The field experiment that we set up to test … this recycling behavior exploits the setting of a lemonade tasting. In our experimental treatments, subjects are exposed to …
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Payment choice, image motivation and contributions to charity : evidence from a field experiment
Soetevent, Adrian R. - 2009
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