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Theories of the evolution of cooperative behaviour: A critical survey plus some new results
Rowthorn, Robert E.; Guzmán, Ricardo Andrés; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Gratuitous cooperation (in favour of non-relatives and without repeated interaction) eludes traditional evolutionary …, conformism and gratuitous cooperation co-evolve, and group selection is a necessary ingredient for the co-evolution to take place …-mutations (e.g., the rare emergence of a charismatic leader that brings order to the group) are necessary to sustain cooperation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619776
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Ramsey, Pigou, heterogenous agents, and non-atmospheric consumption externalities
Wendner, Ronald - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper analyzes the effects of non-atmospheric consumption externalities on optimal commodity taxation and on the social cost and optimal levels of public good provision. A negative consumption externality, by lowering the social cost of public good provision, may require the second-best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372581
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Provision of Differentiated Public Goods within Organizations
Zudenkova, Galina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper analyzes provision of a differentiated public good within an organization. A moderate principal assigns a public good production to one of two extreme agents. A contributing agent then gets the opportunity to choose a public good variety he prefers but has to carry a cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108083
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Ramsey, Pigou, and a Consumption Externality
Wendner, Ronald - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of consumption externalities on optimal taxation and on the social cost and optimal levels of public good provision. If public and private goods are Hicksian complements and no lump sum taxes are available, the second-best level of public good provision can exceed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562635
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Measuring social capital with a myograph
Roberto, Censolo; Laila, Craighero; Luciano, Fadiga; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
We study the behavior of 12 pairs of undergraduate students while they were involved in a simple coordination game requiring motor interaction. Three experimental conditions were defined according to whether a monetary prize was given to both or only one subject, if the couple was in...
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Waiting to Cooperate?
Kaplan, Todd; Ruffle, Bradley; Shtudiner, Zeev - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Sometimes cooperation between two parties requires exactly one to cede to the other. If the decisions whether to cede … a two-player cooperation game enhances cooperation. Although subjects cede less overall with the waiting option, we show …
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Which way to cooperate
Kaplan, Todd; Ruffle, Bradley - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Cooperation in real-world dilemmas takes many forms. We introduce a class of two-player games that permits two distinct … cooperation will emerge. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789934
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Activity-Level Externalities
enrico, baffi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In the literature we find unanimous consensus on the analysis of bilateral accident models. In bilateral accident models, indeed, it is usually held that both with the negligence rule and with strict liability with contributory negligence, the residual bearer adopts an efficient level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259828
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Trade sustainability impact assessment (SIA) on the comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada: Final report
Kirkpatrick, Colin; Raihan, Selim; Bleser, Adam; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Commissioned by the European Commission, the Final Report for the EU-Canada Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) provides a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts of trade liberalisation under CETA. The analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647267
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Sorting with shame in the laboratory
Ong, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Trust is indispensable to fiduciary fields (e.g., credit rating), where experts exercise wide discretion on others behalf. Can the shame from scandal sort trustworthy people out of a fiduciary field? I tested for the possibility in a charitable contribution game where subjects could be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005029704