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Conforming with Peers in Honesty and Cooperation
Isler, Ozan; Gaechter, Simon - 2022
tendency to be influenced by and conform with peers domain-general? In an online experiment (N = 815), we studied peer effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083953
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Living in Two Neighborhoods : Social Interactions in the Lab
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gaechter, Simon - 2023
interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids theidentification problem present in the field. Our novel design feature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261034
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An Experimental Investigation of Intrinsic Motivations for Giving
Tonin, Mirco - 2015
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 … third one, T3, with a charity recipient and no crowding out, which elicits both types of altruism. We use T1 to assess to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038284
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Are Happier People Less Judgmental of Other People's Selfish Behaviors? Laboratory Evidence from Trust and Gift Exchange Games
Drouvelis, Michalis - 2013
What determines people's moral judgments of selfish behaviors? Here we study whether people's normative views in trust and gift exchange games, which underlie many situations of economic and social significance, are themselves functions of positive emotions. We used experimental survey methods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078831
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Experimental Evidence of Self-Image Concerns as Motivation for Giving
Tonin, Mirco - 2012
We conduct an experiment in which subjects make a series of decisions of allocating an endowment of £10 between … by altruism toward the recipient. We argue that opting out indicates that giving is also motivated by self-image concerns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109429
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Racial Differences in Inequality Aversion : Evidence from Real World Respondents in the Ultimatum Game
Griffin, John D. - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128219
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Self Selection Does Not Increase Other-Regarding Preferences Among Adult Laboratory Subjects, But Student Subjects May Be More Self-Regarding than Adults
Anderson, Jon C. - 2010
) and therefore subjects self-selected into the experiment. Because the structure of their training program reduced the …-selected adults and the adult trainees, suggesting that selection into this type of experiment is unlikely to bias inferences with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134817
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Beliefs, Learning, and Personality in the Indefinitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma
Gill, David; Rosokha, Yaroslav - 2022
We aim to understand the role and evolution of beliefs in the indefinitely repeated prisoner’s dilemma (IRPD). To do so, we elicit beliefs about the supergame strategies chosen by others. We find that heterogeneity in beliefs and changes in beliefs with experience are central to understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078209
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Equality, Equity and Incentives : An Experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas - 2010
We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects either vote on or exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137515
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Attitudes to Income Inequality : Experimental and Survey Evidence
Clark, Andrew - 2014
We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income inequality. We interpret the latter as any disparity in incomes between individuals. We classify these findings into two broad types of individual attitudes towards the income distribution in a society: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054599