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The measurement of social norms plays a pivotal role in many social sciences. While economists predominantly conduct …, on the one hand, often fall short in the measurement of more complex elements, such as the conditionality or the level of … bargaining norms in the case of ultimatum games. To substantiate our claim, we conduct a methodological experiment in which we …
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In a series of one-shot linear public goods game, we ask subjects to report their contributions, their contribution plans for the next period, and their first-order beliefs about their present and future partner. We estimate subjects' preferences from plans data by a infinite mixture approach...
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Motivated agents are characterized by increasing their effort if their work generates not only a monetary return for them but also a benefit for a mission they support. While their motivation may stem from working for their preferred (i.e., the `right') mission, it may also be the principal's...
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In the literature on Sen’s capability approach, studies focussing on the empirical measurement of conversion factors … individual’s conversion efficiency. -- conversion efficiency ; welfare measurement ; robust nonparametric efficiency analysis …
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This paper illustrates the importance of consistency between the empirical measurement and the concept of variables in …
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actually leads to a higher voluntary provision of sick pay by firms. -- sick pay ; sick leave ;experiment ; gift exchange. …
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against each other. In a computerized lab experiment with minimal group design, we prime subjects to two alternative …
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