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Endogeneity and non-response bias in treatment evaluation : nonparametric identification of causal effects by instruments
Fricke, Hans; Frölich, Markus; Huber, Martin; Lechner, … - 2015
as the total population and suggest non- and semiparametric estimators. We apply the latter to a randomized experiment at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348296
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Delay of gratification and the role of defaults : an experiment with kindergarten children
Sutter, Matthias; Yilmaz, Levent; Oberauer, Manuela - 2015
. We study in an experiment with 336 kindergarten children, aged three to six years, whether intertemporal choice behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317627
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Exploitation aversion : when financial incentives fail to motivate agents
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Dolifka, David - 2013
intent, that can cause incentives to fail. Using an experiment that provides the material circumstances necessary for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771729
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Social comparisons in wage delegation : experimental evidence
Charness, Gary; Cobo-Reyes, Ramón; Lacomba, Juan A.; … - 2013
This article examines whether social comparisons have behavioral effects on workers' performance when a firm can choose workers' wages or let them choose their own. Firms can delegate the wage decision to neither, one or both workers in the firm. We vary the information workers receive, finding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226059
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Hedonic estimation under very general conditions using experimental and quasi-experimental designs
Rohlfs, Chris; Sullivan, Ryan; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2013
This paper develops a generalized hedonic model in which an exogenous shock to a single product attribute can affect other attributes, the markets for the product's complements and substitutes, and aggregate quantity produced. These factors are shown to be empirically relevant and to cause bias...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787341
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Donations, risk attitudes and time preferences : a study on altruism in primary school children
Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; … - 2014
experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257602
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The tragedy of corruption
Chen, Yefeng; Jiang, Shuguang; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2016
We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the public officials is introduced when the number of officials accepting a bribe from firms reaches a certain threshold. We show that, despite the social risk, the pursuit of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528171
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The labor supply of fixed-wage workers : estimates from a real effort experiment
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2016
supply using a real effort experiment. Two results stand out. First, no one theory seems to fit the pooled data. On average … reciprocal or intrinsically motivated and, indeed, these types respond as theory would predict: reciprocators return wage gifts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453435
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Where to look for the morals in markets?
Sutter, Matthias; Huber, Jürgen; Kirchler, Michael; … - 2016
Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact, competitive pressure on markets may create strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518078
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Compensating differentials in experimental labor markets
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans; Robbett, Andrea - 2015
The theory of compensating differentials has proven difficult to test with observational data: the consequences of …. Instead, we construct experimental, real-effort labor markets and offer an evaluation of the theory in a controlled setting … differentials are affected by worker mobility and therefore selection. Consistent with the theory, we find that riskier firms must …
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