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Social peferences under risk : experimental analysis
Bradler, Christiane - 2009
whether this type of behavior persists when risk comes into play. I devise an experiment which sheds light on the …
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Social preferences under uncertainty
Gaudeul, Alexia - 2013
position vis-á-vis others. Taking a bet can improve oneś position relative to others or threaten it. We present an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784058
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Testing the framework of other-regarding preferences
Levati, M. Vittoria; Nicholas, Aaron; Rai, Birendra - 2011
We assess the empirical validity of the overall theoretical framework of other-regarding preferences by focusing on those preference axioms that are common to all the prominent theories of outcome-based other-regarding preferences. This common set of preference axioms leads to a testable...
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Thinking in Chinese vs. thinking in English : social preference and risk attitudes of multicultural minds
Li, King King - 2010
This paper investigates whether language priming activates different cultural identities and norms associated with the language communicated; bilingual subjects are given Chinese instructions in the Chinese treatment and English instructions in the English treatment. The main findings are: (1) in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688574
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Social preferences under risk : ex-post fairness vs. efficiency
Gaudeul, Alexia - 2015
Social lotteries are lotteries that are played along with someone else. The experimental literature indicates that risk attitudes depend on how one’s situation in the safe alternative compares to that of a peer. Evaluation of the risky alternative also depends on whether the lottery gives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295782
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Giving in dictator games : experimenter demand effect or preference over the rules of the game?
Chlaß, Nadine; Moffatt, Peter G. - 2012
Traditionally, giving in dictator games was assumed to signal preferences over others' payoffs. To date, several studies find that dictator game giving breaks down under conditions designed to increase dictators' anonymity or if an option to take money obscures the purpose of the task. Giving is...
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Would you mind if I get more? : an experimental study of the envy game
Casal, Sandro; Güth, Werner; Jia, Mofei; Ploner, Matteo - 2011
Envy is often the cause of mutually harmful outcomes. We experimentally study the impact of envy in a bargaining setting in which there is no conflict in material interests: a proposer, holding the role of residual claimant, chooses the size of the pie to be shared with a responder, whose share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009374671
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Revealed notions of distributive justice II : experimental evidence
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2013
We report the results of a combination of a dictator experiment with either a "social planner" or a "veil of ignorance …" experiment. The experimental design and the analysis of the data are based on the theoretical framework proposed in the companion … Agreement and Symmetry axioms proposed in BHH; we find that for 80% of participants the evidence is very strong. The experiment …
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An ultimatum game with multidimensional response strategies
Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria; Nardi, Chiara; … - 2014
We enrich the choice task of responders in ultimatum games by allowing them to independently decide whether to collect what is offered to them and whether to destroy what the proposer demanded. Such a multidimensional response format intends to cast further light on the motives guiding responder...
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Social preferences under risk : the role of social distance
Montinari, Natalia; Rancan, Michaela - 2013
In many different contexts individuals take decisions on the behalf of others. However, little is known about how this circumstance affects the decision making process and influences the ultimate individuals ́choices. In this paper, we focus on the context of investment decisions and study if...
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