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Behavioral economic phenomena in decision-making for others

Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa S. - 2018

We examine whether biases identified in the behavioral-economics literature apply in decision-making for others (DMfO). We conduct a laboratory experiment in which subjects make decision on behalf of themselves and others in eighteen tasks that measure the following biases: present-bias in time...

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Conducting interactive experiments online

Arechar, Antonio A.; Gächter, Simon; Molleman, Lucas - 2017

interactive experimentation. We find that basic behavioral patterns of cooperation and punishment in the laboratory are replicable …

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Loss aversion and lying behavior : theory, estimation and empirical evidence

Garbarino, Ellen; Slonim, Robert; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2016

We theoretically show that agents with loss-averse preferences facing a decision to receive a bad financial payoff if they report honestly or to receive a better financial payoff if they report dishonestly are more likely to lie to avoid receiving the low payoff the lower the ex-ante probability...

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Loss aversion in social image concerns

Petrishcheva, Vasilisa; Riener, Gerhard; … - 2020

This paper explores whether loss aversion applies to social image concerns. In a simple model, we combine loss aversion in social image concerns and attitudes towards lying. We then test its predictions in a laboratory experiment. Subjects are first ranked publicly in a social image relevant...

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Cooperation, punishment and organized crime : a lab-in-the-field experiment in Southern Italy

Nese, Annamaria; O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Sbriglia, Patrizia - 2016

‐criminal population in the same geographical area on the other. We provide experimental evidence on cooperation and response to sanctions … contrast, ordinary criminals behave in a much more opportunistic fashion, displaying lower levels of cooperation and, in the … game with Third Party punishment, punishing less as well as tending to punish cooperation (almost as much) as defection …

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Security of property as a public good : institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries

Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis G.; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012

We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly...

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Ambiguity on audits and cooperation in a public goods game

Dai, Zhixin; Hogarth, Robin M.; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2014

We investigate the impact of various audit schemes on the future provision of public goods, when contributing less than the average of the group is sanctioned exogenously and the probability of an audit is unknown. We study how individuals update their beliefs about the probability of being...

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Group (re-)formation in public good games : the tale of the bad apple

Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine; Thommes, Kirsten - 2016

cooperation in a partner setting. We systematically vary a group's composition from all individuals being partner over blended … composition does not affect cooperation in the subsequent partner setting with one exception: Groups cooperate significantly less …

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Cooperation in a fragmented society : experimental evidence on syrian refugees and natives in Lebanon

Drouvelis, Michalis; Malaeb, Bilal; Vlassopoulos, Michael; … - 2019

Lebanon is the country with the highest density of refugees in the world, raising the question of whether the host and refugee populations can cooperate harmoniously. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment in Lebanon studying intra- and inter-group behavior of Syrian refugees and Lebanese...

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Decisions on extending group membership : evidence from a public good experiment

Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine; Thommes, Kirsten; … - 2019

temporary group member's effort but also the efforts of the permanent group members and, ultimately, also cooperation within the …

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