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Fooling the Nice Guys: Explaining receiver credulity in a public good game with lying and punishment
Irlenbusch, Bernd; Ter Meer, Janna - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 321-327
situation. In a laboratory experiment, subjects play a public good game with punishment in which feedback on actual … inflated beliefs about the contribution of others. This, in turn, impacts their contribution and punishment decisions. …
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Social preferences can make imperfect sanctions work: Evidence from a public good experiment
Engel, Christoph - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 108 (2014) C, pp. 343-353
against advantageous inequity. Using a linear public good with centralized punishment, I find that participants increase … against exploiting others, the less it matters whether punishment was deterrent. …
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Beliefs and ingroup favoritism
Ockenfels, Axel; Werner, Peter - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 108 (2014) C, pp. 453-462
We report on two experiments designed to investigate the role of beliefs for ingroup favoritism. On average, dictators transfer substantially more to recipients who are publicly known to share the same group identity, compared to transfers given to recipients who are publicly known to be...
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The royal lie
Hoffmann, Mareike; Lauer, Thomas; Rockenbach, Bettina - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 305-313
According to the Greek philosopher Plato “[…] if anyone at all is to have the privilege of lying the rulers of the State […] may be allowed to lie for the public good” (The Royal Lie). To investigate whether The Royal Lie may foster cooperation in public goods provision we experimentally...
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A naturalistic theory of economic organization
Stoelhorst, J.W.; Richerson, Peter J. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 90 (2013) S, pp. 45-45
We develop a theory of economic organization grounded in the naturalistic paradigm currently emerging at the intersection of biology and the behavioral and social sciences. The crux of this approach is the recognition that an understanding of the evolutionary origins of human organizational...
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Is altruism bad for cooperation?
Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 3, pp. 330-341
feel hostility towards free riders and enjoy inflicting harm on them, the incentives provided by the anticipated punishment … altruism attenuates the punishment motive and thus may reduce the level of punishment inflicted on defectors, resulting in … contribution costs and punishment costs. The range over which altruism inhibits cooperation and reduces material payoffs is greater …
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The subgroup problem: When can binding voting on extractions from a common pool resource overcome the tragedy of the commons?
Bernard, Mark; Dreber, Anna; Strimling, Pontus; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 91 (2013) C, pp. 122-130
Using a common pool resource game protocol with voting we examine experimentally how cooperation varies with the level at which (binding) votes are aggregated. Our results are broadly in line with theoretical predictions. When players can vote on the behavior of the whole group or when leaders...
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Voluntary contributions with redistribution: The effect of costly sanctions when one person's punishment is another's reward
Page, Talbot; Putterman, Louis; Garcia, Bruno - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 95 (2013) C, pp. 34-48
contributions, punishments and earnings change when punishment is in the form of fines the punisher distributes to other members of … her group. The linked punishment-reward set up is of theoretical interest and could represent simultaneous shifts of … social disapproval and approval. Conjectures that punishment will be better targeted, and that it will be more substantial …
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An exploration of third and second party punishment in ten simple games
Leibbrandt, Andreas; López-Pérez, Raúl - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 84 (2012) 3, pp. 753-766
This paper explores the motivations behind punishment from unaffected third parties and affected second parties using a … that subjects are either inequity averse or selfish best explains the pattern of punishment from both third and second …
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Social background, cooperative behavior, and norm enforcement
Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Visser, Martine - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 2, pp. 341-354
Studies have shown that there are differences in cooperative behavior across countries. Furthermore, differences in the use and the reaction on the introduction of a norm enforcement mechanism have been documented in cross-cultural studies, recently. We present data which prove that stark...
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