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Observing your competitor : the role of effort information in two-stage tournaments

Ludwig, Sandra; Lünser, Gabriele K. - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 33 (2012) 1, pp. 166-182

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Incentives to lose revisited : the NHL and its tournament incentives

Fornwagner, Helena - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 75 (2019) 2, pp. 1-12

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244195

An experimental test of the deterrence hypothesis

Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Strassmair, Christina - 2008

the deterrence hypothesis, namely that crime is weakly decreasing in deterrent incentives, i.e. severity and probability … of punishment. In our experiment, subjects can steal from another participant's payoff. Deterrent incentives vary across … incentives, subjects steal more the stronger the incentives. We observe two types of subjects: selfish subjects who act according …

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Is the veil of ignorance only a concept about risk? : an experiment

Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2008

We implement the Rawlsian veil of ignorance in the laboratory. Our experimental design allows separating the effects of risk and social preferences behind the veil of ignorance. Subjects prefer more equal distributions behind than in front of the veil of ignorance, but only a minority acts...

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Is there psychological pressure in competitive environments?

Feri, Francesco; Innocenti, Alessandro; Pin, Paolo - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 39 (2013), pp. 249-256

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Risk taking in winner-take-all competition

Kräkel, Matthias; Nieken, Petra; Przemeck, Judith - 2008

We analyze a two-stage game between two heterogeneous players. At stage one, common risk is chosen by one of the players. At stage two, both players observe the given level of risk and simultaneously invest in a winner-take-all competition. The game is solved theoretically and then tested by...

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The lions-foxes dilemma : the case of chess tournaments

Zak, Uri; Avrahami, Judith; Kareev, Yaakov - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 75 (2019) 2, pp. 1-10

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Motivating teammates : the leader's choice between positive and negative incentives

Gürerk, Özgür; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Rockenbach, Bettina - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 30 (2009) 4, pp. 591-607

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Incentives and information as driving forces of default effects

Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Grunewald, Andreas - 2015

The behavioral relevance of non-binding defaults is well established. While most research has focused on decision makers’ responses to a given default, we argue that this individual decision making perspective is incomplete. Instead, a comprehensive understanding of default effects requires to...

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The counterintuitive effects of thank-you gifts on charitable giving

Newman, George E.; Shen, Y. Jeremy - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 33 (2012) 5, pp. 973-983

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