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Modelling social dynamics (of obesity) and thresholds

Wirl, Franz; Feichtinger, Gustav - In: Games 1 (2010) 4, pp. 395-414

This paper focuses on the dynamic aspects of individual behavior affected by its social embedding, either at large (society-wide norms or averages) or at a local neighborhood. The emphasis is on how initial conditions can affect the long run outcome and to derive, discuss and apply the...

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Imitation of peers in children and adults

Apesteguia, Jose; Huck, Steffen; Oechssler, Joerg; … - In: Games 9 (2018) 1/11, pp. 1-15

is prevalent in the behavior of children aged between 8 and 10. Surprisingly, we find that imitation seems to be … cognitively demanding. Most children in this age group ignore information about others, foregoing substantial learning …-based imitation of peers may be harder for children to perform than non-success-based imitation of adults. …

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Commitment to cooperation and peer punishment : its evolution

Sasaki, Tatsuya; Okada, Isamu; Uchida, Satoshi; Chen, … - In: Games 6 (2015) 4, pp. 574-587

Theoretical and empirical studies have generally weighed the effect of peer punishment and pool punishment for sanctioning free riders separately. However, these sanctioning mechanisms often pose a puzzling tradeoff between efficiency and stability in detecting and punishing free riders. Here,...

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Self-governance in generalized exchange. a laboratory experiment on the structural embeddedness of peer punishment

Kanitsar, Georg - In: Games 12 (2021) 2, pp. 1-16

another structural setting: a system of generalized exchange. In a laboratory experiment, a repeated four-player prisoner …

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Reacting to unfairness : group identity and dishonest behavior

Della Valle, Nives; Ploner, Matteo - In: Games 8 (2017) 3, pp. 1-19

We experimentally investigate whether individuals are more likely to engage in dishonest behavior after having experienced unfairness perpetrated by an individual with a salient group identity. Two individuals generate an endowment together, but only one can decide how to share it. They either...

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Students, temporary workers and co-op workers : an experimental investigation on social preferences

Dragone, Davide; Galeotti, Fabio; Orsini, Raimondello - In: Games 6 (2015) 2, pp. 79-123

We conduct an artefactual field experiment to compare the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of three …

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Equity versus efficiency? : evidence from three-person generosity experiments

Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, Manfred; Bäker, … - In: Games 1 (2010) 2, pp. 89-102

In two-person generosity games, the proposer’s agreement payoff is exogenously given, whereas that of the responder is endogenously determined by the proposer’s choice of the pie size. In three-person generosity games, equal agreement payoffs for two of the players are either exogenously...

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The influence of priming on reference states

Matthey, Astrid - In: Games 1 (2010) 1, pp. 34-52

outcomes of either the individual herself or her reference group. The experiment described in this paper suggests that, in …

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Spite and reciprocity in auctions

Nishimura, Naoko; Cason, Timothy N.; Saijō, Tatsuyoshi; … - In: Games 2 (2011) 3, pp. 365-411

The paper presents a complete information model of bidding in second price sealed-bid and ascending-bid (English) auctions, in which potential buyers know the unit valuation of other bidders and may spitefully prefer that their rivals earn a lower surplus. Bidders with spiteful preferences...

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What behaviors are disapproved? : experimental evidence from five dictator games

López-Pérez, Raúl; Vorsatz, Marc - In: Games 3 (2012) 2, pp. 78-96

The literature on social norms has often stressed that social disapproval is crucial to foster compliance with norms and promote fair and cooperative behavior. With this in mind, we explore the disapproval of allocation decisions using experimental data from five dictator games with a feedback...

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