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curbs sabotage due to agreements on flat prize structures and increased output. -- Sabotage ; tournament ; reciprocity …
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, it is not the consequence of a stronger level of reciprocity by agents, but of the retrenchment of sanctioning options on …
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This paper studies the role of autonomy and reciprocity in explaining control averse responses in principal … an alternative explanation based on reciprocity. We propose a simple model and an experiment to test the relative …
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groups perceive a particular exchange as fair. We investigate racial differences in fairness standards using preferences for …
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We experimentally investigate multiple notions of equity in ultimatum bargaining with asymmetric outside options. Building on the generalized equity principle formulated by Selten (1978), we derive three different equity rules that can explain 43% of all offers. Our within-subject design further...
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We compare inequality aversion in individuals and teams by means of both within- and between-subject experimental designs, and we investigate how teams aggregate individual preferences. We find that team decisions reveal less inequality aversion than individual initial proposals in team...
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We investigate experimentally the effects of information about native/immigrant identity, and the ability to communicate a self-chosen personal characteristic towards the rival on conflict behavior. In a two-player individual contest with British and Immigrant subjects in the UK we find that...
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fairness ; discrimination …
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important primitives of social capital - trust and reciprocity - which can be used to explain deviations from the Nash … be much more powerful ex post - once the two motivational components have been separated out. -- Trust ; reciprocity …
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Labor market opportunities and wages may be unfair for various reasons, and how workers respond to different types of unfairness can have major economic consequences. Using an online labor platform, where workers engage in an individual task for a piece-rate wage, we investigate the causal...
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