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Whistle-blower protection : theory and experimental evidence
Mechtenberg, Lydia; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas - 2017
Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving … issues in a theory-guided lab experiment. Easily attainable ("belief-based") protection indeed leads to more reports, both …
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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 …' corruptibility but is not sufficient to eliminate the Tragedy of corruption that leads both firms and officials to earn less than in … the absence of corruption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528171
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The importance of peers for compliance with norms of fair sharing
Gächter, Simon; Gerhards, Leonie; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2015
observed to act in isolation from each other. In this paper we use a large-scale dictator game experiment (N = 850) to show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449225
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Anger management : aggression and punishment in the provision of public goods
Gee, Laura K.; Lyu, Xinxin; Urry, Heather - 2017
welfare is reduced is that punishment can express anger about free-riding. If this is the case, then tools that regulate … aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (Objective), through a form of emotion regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607404
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On the impact of quotas and decision rules in ultimatum collective bargaining
Feicht, Robert; Grimm, Veronika; Rau, Holger A.; … - 2015
We conduct multi-person one-shot ultimatum games that reflect important aspects of collective bargaining. In all treatments a proposer has to divide a pie among herself and two groups of three recipients each. She cannot discriminate within, but across groups. A committee with representatives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387570
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Peers or police? : detection and sanctions in the provision of public goods
DeAngelo, Gregory; Gee, Laura K. - 2018
actions of bad actors. However, in many situations bad acts go undetected and unknown to others. We use a lab experiment to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865465
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Nobody likes a rat : on the willingness and consequences of reporting lies
Reuben, Ernesto; Stephenson, Matt - 2012
prevalent and reporting is nonexistent. -- lying ; lying aversion ; whistleblowing ; social norms ; dishonesty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665545
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Gender and psychological pressure in competitive environments
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick - 2021
Gender differences in paid performance under competition have been found in many laboratory-based experiments, and it … environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485925
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Gossip and the efficiency of interactions
Fehr, Dietmar; Sutter, Matthias - 2016
experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subjects play a trust game. Third parties observe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452089
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How cognitive skills affect strategic behavior : cognitive ability, fluid intelligence and judgment
Gill, David; Knepper, Zachary; Prowse, Victoria; Zhou, Junya - 2024
We explore the influence of cognitive ability and judgment on strategic behavior in the beauty contest game (where the Nash equilibrium action is zero). Using the level-k model of bounded rationality, cognitive ability and judgment both predict higher level strategic thinking. However,...
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