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Your conscience you must keep, or it must be kept for you
Rai, Birendra K. - 2007
Parents in several cultures 'discipline' their daughters to inculcate the supposedly feminine virtues. The measures taken by parents range from the benign to the brutal across societies. The paper formalizes the idea that this process can be understood as an equilibrium outcome of a signaling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263838
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Is observed other-regarding behavior always genuine?
Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - 2007
We investigate to what extent genuine social preferences can explain observed other-regarding behavior. In a social dilemma situation (a dictator game variant), people can choose whether to learn about the consequences of their choice for the receiver. We find that a majority of the people that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263853
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Mandatory sick pay provision: A labor market experiment
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Duersch, Peter; Oechssler, Jörg; … - 2009
The question whether a minimum rate of sick pay should be mandated is much debated. We study the effects of this kind of intervention in an experimental labor market that is rich enough to allow for moral hazard, adverse selection, and crowding out of good intentions to occur. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267086
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Equity versus efficiency? Evidence from three-person generosity experiments
Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, Manfred; … - 2010
In two-person generosity games the proposer's agreement payoff is exogenously given whereas that of the responder is … endogenously determined by the proposer's choice of the pie size. Earlier results for two-person generosity games show that … participants seem to care more for efficiency than for equity. In three-person generosity games equal agreement payoffs for two of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267096
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On reciprocal behavior in prisoner dilemma game
Doghmi, Ahmed; Kobihy, Miloudi - 2009
In this paper, we introduce the concept of payoff distortion in the standard prisoner's dilemma game when strategies are driven by psychological behaviors. This concept enables to take account each player's assessment of the other player's behavior and the asymmetry of information. We determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267132
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Does entitlement crowd out efficiency or equality seeking? Selling the roles in generosity game experiments
Bäker, Agnes; Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, … - 2010
In generosity games, one agreement payoff is exogenously given, whereas the other is endogenously determined by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281618
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Equity versus Efficiency?– Evidence from Three-Person Generosity Experiments –
Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, Manfred; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2010
In two-person generosity games the proposer's agreement payoffis exogenously given whereas that of the responder is … endogenouslydetermined by the proposer's choice of the pie size. Earlier resultsfor two-person generosity games show that participants seem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870886
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Mandatory Sick Pay Provision: A Labor Market Experiment
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Oechssler, Jörg; Duersch, Peter; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The question whether a minimum rate of sick pay should be mandated is much debated. We study the effects of this kind of intervention in an experimental labor market that is rich enough to allow for moral hazard, adverse selection, and crowding out of good intentions to occur. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512519
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On reciprocal Behavior in Prisoner Dilemma game
Doghmi, Ahmed; Kobiyh, Miloudi - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we introduce the concept of payoff distortion in the standard prisoner's dilemma game when strategies are driven by psychological behaviors. This concept enables to take account each player's assessment of the other player's behavior and the asymmetry of information. We determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500800
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Equity versus Efficiency? - Evidence from Three-Person Generosity Experiments -
Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, Manfred; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In two-person generosity games the proposer's agreement payoff is exogenously given whereas that of the responder is … endogenously determined by the proposer's choice of the pie size. Earlier results for two-person generosity games show that … participants seem to care more for efficiency than for equity. In three-person generosity games equal agreement payoffs for two of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478716