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The investment game with asymmetric information
Coricelli, G.; Morales, L.G.; Mahlstedt, A. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
We analyze the effects of introducing asymmetric information and expectations in the investment game (Berg et al., 1995). In our experiment, only the trustee knows the size of the surplus. Subjects’ expectations about each other’s behavior are also elicited. Our results show that average...
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The framing of games and the psychology of play
Dufwenberg, Martin; Gächter, Simon; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike - In: Games and Economic Behavior 73 (2011) 2, pp. 459-478
Psychological game theory can provide rational-choice-based framing effects; frames influence beliefs, beliefs influence motivations. We explain this theoretically and explore empirical relevance experimentally. In a 2×2 design of one-shot public good games we show that frames affect subjectʼs...
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Age and the development of trust and reciprocity
Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin G. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
We examine the degree of trust and reciprocity in an experimental trust game with 662 participants from six different … age groups, ranging from 8 year old primary school children to retired persons in their late sixties. Although both trust … research has devoted surprisingly little attention to their development with age. Our results provide clear evidence that trust …
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Trust in cooperation or ability? – An experimental study on gender differences
Schwieren, Christiane; Sutter, Matthias - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2003
We examine experimentally two different types of trust: trust in another party’s cooperation and trust in ability. In …
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Why do people rate? Theory and evidence on online ratings
Lafky, Jonathan - In: Games and Economic Behavior 87 (2014) C, pp. 554-570
The rapid growth of online retail in the last decade has led to widespread use of consumer-generated ratings. This paper theoretically and experimentally identifies influences that drive consumers to rate products and examines how those factors can create distortions in product ratings. By...
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Express Yourself: The Price of Fairness in a Simple Distribution Game
Nicklisch, Andreas - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
A simple two-person distribution game similar to the ultimatum game is introduced. However, unlike the standard ultimatum game, responders can determine the payoff for the proposer in case of rejection. Therefore, they can express their concerns in monetary quantities. The experimental data are...
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Comparative statics of altruism and spite
Milchtaich, Igal - In: Games and Economic Behavior 75 (2012) 2, pp. 809-831
The equilibrium outcome of a strategic interaction may depend on the weight players place on other playersʼ payoffs or, more generally, on some social payoff that depends on everyoneʼs actions. A positive, negative or zero weight represents altruism, spite or complete selfishness,...
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On the social dimension of time and risk preferences: An experimental study
Levati, M. Vittoria; Güth, Werner; Ploner, Matteo - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
We report on an experiment designed to explore the interrelation of other-regarding concerns with attitudes towards risk and delay when the latter have a social dimension, i.e., pertain to one's own and another person's payoffs. For this sake, we compare evaluations of several prospects, each of...
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Friedman, Harsanyi, Rawls, Boulding - Or Somebody Else? An Experimental Investigation of Distributive Justice
Traub, Stefan; Seidl, Christian; Schmidt, Ulrich; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
This paper investigates distributive justice using a fourfold experimental design: The ignorance and the risk scenarios are combined with the self-concern and the umpire modes. We study behavioral switches between self-concern and umpire mode and investigate the goodness of ten standards of...
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Fairness Versus Efficiency - An Experimental Study of (Mutual) Gift Giving -
Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut; Ockenfels, Axel - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Retributive responses do play a role in human behavior. Whether they are primarily triggered by supposed intentions or by observed consequences of actions is an important question. It can be addressed by experimental studies of retributive responses in situations in which the individual actor...
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