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We experimentally investigate multiple notions of equity in ultimatum bargaining with asymmetric outside options …
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rather than weakness. We test and confirm Schelling's conjecture in a simple take-it-or-leave bargaining experiment where the …In his classic article "An Essay on Bargaining" Schelling (1956) argues that ignorance might actually be strength …
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Credence goods markets suffer from inefficiencies arising from informational asymmetries between expert sellers and customers. While standard theory predicts that inefficiencies disappear if customers can verify the quality received, verifiability fails to yield efficiency in experiments with...
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Credence goods markets are characterized by asymmetric information between sellers and consumers that may give rise to …
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We study experimentally the effect of bargaining power in two sequential mechanisms that offer the possibility to trade … at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price … effects of bargaining power on aggregate outcomes. There is, however, substantial heterogeneity within sellers. Sellers who …
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framework. We test the model's predictions in a laboratory experiment. Both in theory and in the experiment diagnostic …
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in three states and merged with information on neighborhood income and racial composition. We experimentally vary …
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We investigate how group boundaries, and the economic environment surrounding groups, affect altruistic cooperation and punishment behavior. Our study uses experiments conducted with 525 officers in the Swiss Army, and exploits random assignment to platoons. We find that, without competition...
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This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and altruistic punishment by using public goods experiments. We conducted the experiments in Turkey at different points in time; one on the most religious day during Ramadan (the Night of...
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This paper introduces new experimental designs to enrich understanding of conditional cooperation and punishment in public good games. The key to these methods is to elicit complete contribution or punishment profiles using the strategy method. It is found that the selfish bias in conditional...
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