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On the social dimension of time and risk preferences: An experimental study

Levati, M. Vittoria; Güth, Werner; Ploner, Matteo - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005

We report on an experiment designed to explore the interrelation of other-regarding concerns with attitudes towards risk and delay when the latter have a social dimension, i.e., pertain to one's own and another person's payoffs. For this sake, we compare evaluations of several prospects, each of...

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The impact of payoff interdependence on trust and trustworthiness

Levati, M. Vittoria; Ploner, Matteo; Güth, Werner - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005

, trust remains unaffected by the extent of interdependence whereas trustworthiness reacts positively to it. …

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Social identity and trust - An experimental investigation

Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria; Ploner, Matteo - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2007

We experimentally examine how group identity affects trust behavior in an investment game. In one treatment, group … prompted) to minimal group identity to two-dimensional group identity, we find no significant differences in trust decisions …. However, trust is significantly and positively correlated with contribution decisions, suggesting that "social" trust is …

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Is Satisficing Absorbable? - An Experimental Study

Güth, Werner; Levati, M. Vittoria; Ploner, Matteo - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006

We experimentally investigate whether the satisficing approach is absorbable, i.e., whether it still applies after participants become aware of it. In a setting where an investor decides between a riskless bond and either one or two risky assets, we familiarize participants with the satisficing...

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The Effect of Group Identity in an Investment Game

Güth, Werner; Ploner, Matteo; Levati, Vittoria - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

The present research experimentally examines the influence of group identity on trust behavior in an investment game … identity, we find no significant differences in trust decisions. However, trust is significantly positively correlated with …

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