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improve self-control and reduce stress. We conduct the experiment with 139 participants, half of whom receive a four … experiment. The training technique we consider is a well-known psychological technique called "mindfulness", which is believed to …-related behaviours. We find evidence that mindfulness training reduces perceived stress, but only weak evidence on its impact on …
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We estimate the impact of Kenya's post-election crisis on individual risk preferences. The crisis interrupted a longitudinal survey of more than five thousand Kenyan youth, creating plausibly exogenous variation in exposure to civil conflict by the time of the survey. We measure individual risk...
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The distinct historical and cultural experiences of American blacks and whites may influence whether members of those groups perceive a particular exchange as fair. We investigate racial differences in fairness standards using preferences for equal treatment in the ultimatum game, where...
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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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rather than weakness. We test and confirm Schelling's conjecture in a simple take-it-or-leave bargaining experiment where the …
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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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. In our laboratory experiment, we establish the existence of a significant efficiency premium of uniform wages. However …
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as the main cause and design a parsimonious experiment with exogenous prices that allows classifying experts as either …
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behavior is almost non-existent. We study sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm …
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