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Doing your best when stakes are high? : theory and experimental evidence
Houy, Nicolas; Nicolaï, Jean-Philippe; Villeval, … - 2016
experiment that reproduces the main features of a tennis match. We show that our importance criterion is able to predict the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452765
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Contribution games and the end-game effect : when things get real ; an experimental analysis
Bar-El, Ronen; Tobol, Yossi - 2013
rounds and the end-game effect is reversed. -- public goods experiment ; end-game effect ; free-riding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727615
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In search of stars : network formation among heterogeneous agents
Goeree, Jacob K. (contributor); Riedl, Arnold (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper reports the results of a laboratory experiment on network formation among heterogeneous agents. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115141
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Can endogenous group formation prevent coordination failure? : A theoretical and experimental investigation
Raab, Philippe (contributor) - 2005
; median effort game ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002881644
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Anger management : aggression and punishment in the provision of public goods
Gee, Laura K.; Lyu, Xinxin; Urry, Heather - 2017
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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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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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477537
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The effect of self-awareness and competition on dishonesty
Çıbık, Ceren Bengü; Sgroi, Daniel - 2021
-registered experiment with 1,260 subjects. In the first wave we vary the level of awareness of subjects' past dishonesty and explore the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494900