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Flexible Approximation of Subjective Expectations Using Probability Questions : An Application to the Investment Game
Bellemare, Charles - 2008
We use spline interpolation to approximate the subjective cumulative distribution function of an economic agent over the future realization of a continuous (possibly censored) random variable. The method proposed exploits information collected using a small number of probability questions on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773320
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Leaders as Role Models for the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods
Gaechter, Simon - 2014
We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior. This link is interesting because field evidence suggests that people's behavior in domains like charitable giving, tax evasion, corporate culture and corruption is influenced by leaders (CEOs, politicians) and beliefs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044717
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Did We Overestimate the Role of Social Preferences? The Case of Self-Selected Student Samples
Falk, Armin - 2011
general population in a trust experiment. We find very similar behavioral patterns for the two groups. If anything, the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130435
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A Novel Computerized Real Effort Task Based on Sliders
Gill, David - 2011
In this note, we present a novel computerized real effort task based on moving sliders across a screen which overcomes many of the drawbacks of existing real effort tasks. The task was first developed and used by us in Gill and Prowse (American Economic Review, forthcoming). We outline the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122979
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Selection and Mode Effects in Risk Preference Elicitation Experiments
von Gaudecker, Hans-Martin; van Soest, Arthur; … - 2021
We combine data from a risk preference elicitation experiment conducted on a representative sample via the Internet … with laboratory data on students for the same experiment to investigate effects of implementation mode and of subject pool … selection. We find that the frequency of errors in the lab experiment is drastically below that of the representative sample in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324852
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Directed Generosity and Network Formation : Network Dimension Matters
D'Exelle, Ben - 2010
We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network dimensions (friendship, social support, economic exchange, etc.) in a rural village in the Southern hemisphere and measure generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135187
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Who is Coming to the Artefactual Field Experiment? Participation Bias Among Chinese Rural Migrants
Frijters, Paul - 2015
In this paper, we compare participants in an artefactual field experiment in urban China with the survey population of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028147
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I (Don't) Like You! But Who Cares? Gender Differences in Same Sex and Mixed Sex Teams
Gerhards, Leonie - 2017
We study the effect of likability on female and male team behavior in a lab experiment. Extending a two-player public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954064
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Sorting Around the Discontinuity Threshold : The Case of a Neighbourhood Investment Programme
Gerritsen, Sander - 2016
This paper investigates the empirical validity of the setup of a large-scale government neighbourhood investment programme in the Netherlands. Selection of neighbourhoods into the programme was determined by their score on a predetermined index. At first sight this is a textbook example for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995597
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Knowing What Works - The Case for Rigorous Program Evaluation
Schmidt, Christoph M. - Universität <Heidelberg> / … - 1999
This paper outlines why program evaluation should follow well-respected scientific standards and why it should be performed by independent researchers.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005840377