through various devices, notably incentives, and (3) improve informational asymmetries. We find that randomized controlled …

setup to identify voluntary contributions to local public goods. The experiment enables individuals to contribute to a … have had a detrimental effect on investment in a poorer subsample. Results from a complementary experiment, which …

identify individual framing effects. We test for such effects in a field experiment on irrigation management in India. Using …

, incentives that motivate as well as information and communication technologies that enables or drives. …

how the traditional incentives’ mechanisms are modified in a non-profit setting. In particular, market, reputational and … ideological incentives are considered. The analysis highlights that new governance rules are necessary. In this context a new …

) measure which is used to test for the presence of mutual (rather than conventional unilateral) altruism. Methods: Contingent … are entirely altruistic. Caregiving spouses rank Cure before Burden, reflecting less than perfect altruism which accounts … for some 40 percent of their to-tal WTP. Still, this constitutes evidence of mutual altruism. Conclusions: The evidence …

Results are reported of the first natural field experiment on the dictator game, where subjects are unaware that they … participate in an experiment. In contrast to predictions of the standard economic model, dictators show a large degree of pro … participate in an experiment or not. …