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The Focusing and Informational Effects of Norms on Pro-Social Behavior
Krupka, Erin L.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2021
This paper reports an experiment examining the effect of social norms on pro-social behavior. We test two predictions … derived from work in psychology regarding the influence of norms. The first is a 'focusing' influence, whereby norms only … and thus demonstrates a direct effect of norms on behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316701
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Norm Enforcement in Social Dilemmas : An Experiment with Police Commissioners
Dickinson, David L. - 2014
Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052702
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Racial Differences in Inequality Aversion : Evidence from Real World Respondents in the Ultimatum Game
Griffin, John D. - 2011
in three states and merged with information on neighborhood income and racial composition. We experimentally vary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128219
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Cardiovascular Consequences of Unfair Pay
Falk, Armin - 2011
test potential adverse health effects of unfair pay using data from a large representative data set. Complementary to our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124489
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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
Maggian, Valeria - 2014
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061440
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Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?
Altmann, Steffen; Dohmen, Thomas J.; Wibral, Matthias - 2021
We study the intrapersonal relationship between trust and reciprocity in a laboratory experiment. Reciprocal subjects trust significantly more than selfish ones. This finding raises questions about theories of social preferences which predict that "fairer" players should trust less
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316844
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Moral Hypocrisy, Power and Social Preferences
Rustichini, Aldo - 2012
scenarios. Our results show that individuals adjust abstract norms to fit the game, their role and the choices they made. First …, norms that appear abstract and universal take into account the bargaining power of the two sides. The strong side bends the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104971
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Learning About a Class of Belief-Dependent Preferences Without Information on Beliefs
Bellemare, Charles - 2011
information about the (higher-order) beliefs of players. The approach can be applied to a class of belief-dependent preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120421
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Measuring Belief-Dependent Preferences Without Information About Beliefs
Bellemare, Charles - 2019
sequential two-player games without exploiting information or data on the (higher-order) beliefs of players. We show how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870347
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Discountinous System of Allowances : The Response of Prosocial Health-Care Professionals
Hernandez-Pizarro, Helena M; Nicodemo, Catia; … - 2021
This paper examines the unintended strategic effects of non-linear incentives in public policies. A system of health care subsidies structured in discrete intervals may lead to strategic behaviour. We provide new evidence on this issue, focusing on a case where the strategic actions are taken by...
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