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We show with a laboratory experiment that individuals adjust their moral principles to the situation and to their …
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than weakness. We test and confirm Schelling's conjecture in a simple take-it-or-leave bargaining experiment where the …
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present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants make decisions …
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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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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 …
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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...
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experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by …
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whether people retrieve their memory self-servingly in social encounters, we designed an experiment in which participants play …
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that it correlates with trusting behaviour in the experiment. Both survey and experimental measure correlate with related …
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be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to …
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