effects on trust and performance in exchange relations through a laboratory experiment. Formal institutions are modeled as …

position vis-á-vis others. Taking a bet can improve oneś position relative to others or threaten it. We present an experiment …

our experiment preferences for social welfare and those for equality call for different actions. Surprisingly, even … experiment, even when it is not in a selfish world.-- Experiments ; incomplete contracts ; relationship-specific investment …

experiment whether peopleś fairness ideals vary with respect to changes in the order in which they undertake two allocation tasks …

experiment, a trust game variant, we study whether moral wiggle room also prevails, when reciprocity is a potential motivation …

central in informing behavior in one-shot games. -- Altruism ; Inequality, Empathy ; Theory of Mind ; Behavioral Economics …

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 …

We conduct a real-effort task experiment where subjects' performance translates into a donation to a charity. In a … public. In line with the competitive altruism hypothesis, a biology-based explanation for status-seeking behavior, especially … giving ; social-image concerns ; competitive altruism ; experiments ; social status …