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We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
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. While it is hard to measure how this uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be … studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the … men winning the tournament significantly more often than women under uncertainty and ambiguity. These findings suggest …
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In addition to discrimination, market power, and human capital, gender differences in risk preferences might also contribute to observed gender wage gaps. We conduct laboratory experiments in which subjects choose between a risky (in terms of exposure to unemployment) and a secure job after...
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this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which experimental employers make a hiring decision concerning a …
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setting. This holds regardless of uncertainty surrounding the number of repetitions or whether pre-play communication has …
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We aim to understand the role and evolution of beliefs in the indefinitely repeated prisoner's dilemma (IRPD). To do so, we elicit beliefs about the supergame strategies chosen by others. We find that heterogeneity in beliefs and changes in beliefs with experience are central to understanding...
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and indirect reciprocity as well as third-party punishment – emerges earliest as an effective means to increase … cooperation in a repeated prisoner's dilemma game. We find that third-party punishment exhibits a strikingly positive effect on … cooperation rates by doubling them in comparison to a control condition. It promotes cooperative behavior even before punishment …
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We report the results of a laboratory experiment testing for the existence of loss aversion in a standard risk aversion … protocol (Holt and Laury, 2002). In our experiment, participants earn and retain money for a week before using it in an …
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stimulate effort. Through a real-effort artefactual field experiment with factory workers and university students as a …
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Laboratory experiments involving a real effort task are conducted to examine the importance of gender differences in competition aversion for generating gender wage gaps. Cross-subject design treatment and control experiments suggest that gender differences in risk aversion play no significant...
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