We investigate how payoff-irrelevant terms can negatively impact relational contracts. In a lab experiment we compare … two economically equivalent contracts - a fixed-term renewable and an open-ended at-will contract. Each contract provides … partners with full flexibility regarding the length and termination of their interaction. When only one contract type is …

"We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden … can select one of three agents, while in a third treatment an agent may choose between the contract menus offered by two … correspondence between the theoretical predictions and the contract menus actually chosen in each treatment. There is, however, a …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

We test whether humans are intuitively inclined to cooperate with or punish strangers using a natural field experiment … pressure can increase rates of punishment. We discuss our results with respect to findings in the lab on cognitive models of …

production in a standard voluntary contributions mechanism (VCM) experiment. Additionally, the effect of sleep restriction on an … individual's likelihood of sending costly peer punishment is examined. Actigraphy sleep monitoring watches are used to validate …-parametric as well as regression analysis, we find that when punishment is not available, sleep restriction does not affect the …

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 …

. To this end, we conduct a repeated public goods experiment with and without punishment using samples from the laboratory … and the online platform Amazon Mechanical Turk. We chose to replicate this experiment because it is long and logistically … interactive experimentation. We find that basic behavioral patterns of cooperation and punishment in the laboratory are replicable …

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 nationals in a repeated public good game without and with punishment. We find that …

This paper provides experimental evidence showing that members of a majority group systematically shift punishment on … injustice affecting a member of one's own group shapes punishment of an unrelated bystander ("a scapegoat"). We manipulate the … member of one's own group is harmed, the punishment "passed" on innocent individuals more than doubles when they are from the …