Similar Search Results

Explaining cooperative behavior in public goods games : how preferences and beliefs affect contribution levels

Ackermann, Kurt A.; Murphy, Ryan O. - In: Games 10 (2019) 1/15, pp. 1-34

individual level using multiple methods, and at multiple times during the experiment. With this rich set of predictor variables …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012015524

Social norms, endogenous sorting and the culture of cooperation

Fehr, Ernst; Williams, Tony - 2018

quickly if we introduce two relevant features of social life into the experiment: (i) subjects can migrate across groups with …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011844819

Punishment strategies across societies : conventional wisdoms reconsidered

Suleiman, Ramzi; Samid, Yuval - In: Games 12 (2021) 3, pp. 1-23

reconsiders the generality of both explanations. Using data from a public goods experiment with punishment, conducted by the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607461

Prescriptive norms and social comparisons

Michaeli, Moti; Spiro, Daniel - In: Games 9 (2018) 4/97, pp. 1-12

This paper analyzes the equilibrium strength of prescriptive norms to contribute to public goods. We consider three methods of establishing what an acceptable contribution to the public good is. Under the first method, the contribution of the bottom contributor is the reference point by which...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012014923

Behavioural responses to unfair institutions : experimental evidence on rule compliance, norm polarisation, and trust

Columbus, Simon; Feld, Lars P.; Kasper, Matthias; … - 2023

and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014319160

Why volunteer? : Evidence on the role of altruism, reputation, and incentives

Carpenter, Jeffrey P. (contributor); … - 2007

altruism, reputational concerns, and material incentives. We present an analysis of a unique data set that combines an … experimental measure of altruism, surveyed measures of other factors including reputational concerns, and call records from … explanations, we find that altruism and reputational concerns are positively associated with the decision to volunteer. Moreover …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561613

Decentralizing development : evidence from government splits

Dahis, Ricardo; Szerman, Christiane - 2024

Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common in many countries. We examine the economic consequences of redistricting through the creation of smaller government units. Exploiting reforms that led to sharp variations in the number of government units in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014463692

Social pressure in networks induces public good provision

Jimenez-Gomez, David - In: Games 12 (2021) 1/4, pp. 1-17

I develop a dynamic model with forward looking agents, and show that social pressure is effective in generating provision in a public good game: after a small group of agents start contributing to the public good, other agents decide to contribute as well due to a fear of being punished, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432525

Local norms describing the role of the state and the private provision of training

Kuhn, Andreas; Schweri, Jürg; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2019

Apprenticeship systems are essentially based on the voluntary participation of firms that provide (and usually also finance) training positions, often incurring considerable net training costs. One potential, yet under-researched explanation for this behavior is that firms act in accordance with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979838

Thankful or thankless : does the past's altruism increase the present's public good contributions?

Abatayo, Anna Lou; Svenningsen, Lea Skræp; Thorsen, Bo … - In: Games 11 (2020) 1/6, pp. 1-29

Two important aspects of global environmental problems are that (1) the actions of past generations affect the opportunities of the present, and (2) both in the past and the present generations, collaboration across different countries is needed to provide global public goods. In this paper, we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168602

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last