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Brandts, Jordi; Saijō, Tatsuyoshi; Schram, Arthur - 2002

This paper studies behavior in experiments with a linear voluntary contributions mechanism for public goods conducted in Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The same experimental design was used in the four countries. Our 'contribution function' design allows us to obtain a view of...

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Handedness predicts social preferences : evidence connecting the lab to the field

Buser, Thomas - 2010

It is now generally accepted that some people are more altruistic, more trusting, or more reciprocal than others, but it is still unclear whether these differences are innate or a consequence of nurture. We analyse the correlation between handedness and social preferences in the lab and find...

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From self-fulfilling mistakes to behavioral learning equilibria

Hommes, Cars H. - 2017

This essay links some of my own work on expectations, learning and bounded rationality to the inspiring ideas of Jean-Michel Grandmont. In particular, my work on consistent expectations and behavioral learning equilibria may be seen as formalizations of JMG's ideas of self-fulfilling mistakes....

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Who are the behavioral economists and what do they say?

Heukelom, Floris - 2007

The most important financial source for behavioral economics is the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF). The most prominent behavioral economists among the RSF’s twenty-six member Behavioral Economics Roundtable (BER) are Kahneman, Tversky, Thaler, Camerer, Loewenstein, Rabin, and Laibson. The...

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Cheap-talk communication in procurement auctions : theory and experiment

Onderstal, Sander; Yang, Yang - 2020

and in a laboratory experiment. Our theoretical results suggest that in a setting where the buyer and the suppliers have …

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Information and strategic voting

Tyszler, Marcelo; Schram, Arthur - 2011

We theoretically and experimentally study voter behavior in a setting characterized by plurality rule and mandatory voting, where voters choose from three options. We are interested in the occurrence of strategic voting in an environment where Condorcet cycles may occur. In particular, we focus...

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That's just : not fair ; gender differences in notions of justice

Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015

In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...

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Rich meets poor : an international fairness experiment

Cappelen, Alexander W.; Moene, Karl Ove; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2008

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Rich meets poor : an international fairness experiment

Cappelen, Alexander W.; Moene, Karl Ove; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2008

conducted a real effort fairness experiment where people in two of the world's richest countries, Norway and Germany, interacted … directly with people in Uganda and Tanzania, two of the world's poorest countries. In this experiment, the participants were …. First, entitlement considerations are crucial in explaining the distributive behavior of rich people in the experiment …

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Self-selection and the power of incentive schemes : an experimental study

Výrašteková, Jana; Onderstal, Sander; Koning, Pierre - 2010

affects the performance of firms that increase the power of the incentive schemes. In a laboratory experiment, we let subjects …

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