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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
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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
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Heterogeneous productivity in voluntary public good provision : an experimental analysis
Fellner, Gerlinde; Iida, Yoshio; Kröger, Sabine; Seki, … - 2011
vary. The experiment implements two marginal return types, low and high, and uses the information that members have about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233013
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The effect of conflict history on cooperation within and between groups : evidence from a laboratory experiment
Beekman, Gonne; Cheung, Stephen L.; Levely, Ian - 2014
We study cooperation within and between groups in the laboratory, comparing treatments in which two groups have previously been (i) in conflict with one another, (ii) in conflict with a different group, or (iii) not previously exposed to conflict. We model conflict using an inter-group Tullock...
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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 …
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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...
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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...
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Incentives for cooperation in teams: sociality meets decision rights
Butz, Britta; Guillén, Pablo; Harbring, Christine - 2021
We investigate the effect of a donation incentive tied to contributions to a public good when group members can decide on the size of the donation to be made. An up to 20 % donation of the public good was implemented either exogenously or endogenously by group members. In the Vote treatment,...
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Will there be blood? : incentives and substitution effects in pro-social behavior
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Slonim, Robert - 2009
experiment corroborates these findings and confirms that donors are motivated by the economic value of the items offered. We also … overestimated. -- Incentives ; altruism ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior ; public health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919831
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Why join a team?
Cooper, David J.; Saral, Krista Jabs; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2019
We present experiments exploring why high ability workers join teams with less able co-workers when there are no short-term financial benefits. We distinguish between two explanations: pro-social preferences and expected long-term financial gains from teaching future teammates. Participants...
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