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relevant events. We conduct trust game experiments where the amount sent back by the second player (trustee) is exogenously …
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and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce … to no enforcement. We also find that social heterogeneity lowers average trust and induces ingroup favouritism in trust … positively into norms and trust. Our study contributes to the literature on behavioural responses to institutional design and …
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What determines people's moral judgments of selfish behaviors? Here we study whether people's normative views in trust …
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This paper presents results from a modified dictator experiment aimed at distinguishing and quantifying the two intrinsic motivations for giving: warm glow and pure altruism. In particular, we implemented a within-subject experimental design with three treatments: (i) one, T1, where the...
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We conduct an experiment in which subjects make a series of decisions of allocating an endowment of £10 between themselves and a passive recipient that is either a charity or the experimenter. When making these decisions subjects are informed that one of them will be chosen randomly at the end...
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This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...
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the fairness and unfairness of allocations in three different scenarios (a Dictator game, an Ultimatum game, and a Trust … (Dictator game and second mover in Trust game) than in those where they do (Ultimatum game). Finally the adjustment of …
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We present an experiment on strategic thinking and behavior of individuals and teams in one-shot normal-form games. Besides making choices, decision makers have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that teams play the Nash strategy significantly more often, and their choices...
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We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides making choices, subjects have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that choices are more often a best reply to beliefs if any player has a dominant strategy...
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return higher shares as second-movers in a trust game. Furthermore, they invest more in rewards and punishment when they can …
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