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Guilt from promise-breaking and trust in markets for expert services: Theory and experiment
Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Qiu, Jianying; … - 2010
broken, and guilt is exacerbated by higher interaction prices. An experiment qualitatively confirms our predictions: (1) most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269892
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330095
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261901
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An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis
Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - 2003
period and individuals are not too risk averse. This paper tests the POUM hypothesis by means of a within subjects experiment … inequality aversion are (partially) controlled for via either the experiment design or the information collected during the … experiment. We find that the POUM hypothesis holds under alternative specifications, even when we control for individual fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261622
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Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay : An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Villeval, Marie-Claire; Eriksson, Tor - 2004
experiment that analyzes the influence of other-regarding preferences on sorting and incentives. Experimental evidence shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261940
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A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; von Rosenbladt, Bernhard; … - 2003
representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262013
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Punishing Free-Riders : How Group Size Affects Mutual Monitoring and the Provision of Public Goods
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2004
Because costly punishment is not credible, subgame perfection suggests that punishment will not deter free riding, regardless of the size or structure of groups. However, experiments show that people will punish free riders, even at considerable cost. To examine the implications of agents who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262078
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Social Reciprocity
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2004
altruism. Instead, we posit that social reciprocity is a triggered normative response. Our experiment confirms the existence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271935
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Can You Leave High School Behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - 2014
In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333334
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Diploma No Problem : Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2004
Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower quality than public schools. Using a stylized model of the education market with sequential entry of a public and a private school, we show that, depending on the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262077