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Kräkel, Matthias - 2004

We introduce a concept of emotions that emerge when workers compare their own performance with a given standard or with the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the interplay of emotions and incentives is analyzed by focusing on three incentive schemes that are...

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Emotions, sanctions and cooperation

Joffily, Mateus; Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles N.; … - 2011

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available. The application of sanctions activates a...

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In-Group Favoritism and Peer Effects in Wrongful Acquittals: NBA Referees as Judges

Mocan, Naci; Osborne-Christenson, Eric - 2022

We provide the first analysis of racial in-group bias in Type-I and Type-II errors. Using player-referee matched data from NBA games we show that there is no overall racial bias or in-group bias in foul calls made by referees. Similarly, there is no racial bias or in-group bias in Type-I errors...

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Diversity and Discrimination in the Classroom

Anderberg, Dan; Dahl, Gordon B.; Felfe, Christina; … - 2024

-scale, incentivized lab-in-field-experiment based on the investment game, allowing us to assess the in-group bias of native German … design in our experiment. These findings suggest that extra efforts are needed to counteract low levels of inclusivity and …

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The Effect of Financial Constraints on In-Group Bias: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand

Boonmanunt, Suparee; Meier, Stephan - 2020

In-group bias can be detrimental for communities and economic development. We study the causal effect of financial constraints on in-group bias in prosocial behaviors – cooperation, norm enforcement, and sharing – among low-income rice farmers in rural Thailand, who cultivate and harvest...

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It Hurts to Ask

Benabou, Roland; Jaroszewicz, Ania; Loewenstein, George - 2022

We analyze the offering, asking, and granting of help or other benefits as a three-stage game with bilateral private information between a person in need of help and a potential help-giver. Asking entails the risk of rejection, which can be painful: since unawareness of the need can no longer be...

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Education and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Time Use Survey

Akar, Betul; Akyol, Pelin; Okten, Cagla - 2019

behavior of men as time spent in volunteering and helping others decreased. We also investigate the causal channels through …

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Helping and Antisocial Behavior in the Workplace

Haylock, Michael; Kampkötter, Patrick; Kosfeld, Michael; … - 2023

We offer a comprehensive analysis of the organizational and behavioral foundations of employees' helping and antisocial … data of larger German private-sector firms, we document a large variation in helping and antisocial behavior across firms …, and personality traits explain these firm-level differences in helping and antisocial behavior in the workplace. Our …

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Choosing the Joneses : Endogenous Goals and Reference Standards

Knell, Markus; Falk, Armin - 2004

A growing economic literature stresses the importance of relative comparisons, e.g., for savings and consumption or happiness. In this literature it is usually assumed that reference standards against which people compare themselves are exogenously given. In contrast findings from social...

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Women, children and patience: experimental evidence from Indian villages

Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009

In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed survey data. We find more patient choices among women...

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