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Engel, Christoph - 2016

For decades, experimental economics has been very interested in behavior that could be characterized as practicing solidarity (although the term is rarely used). Solidarity is a key concept in Catholic Social Teaching. This paper builds a bridge between these two endeavors that, thus far, had...

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We are not alone : the impact of externalities on public good provision

Engel, Christoph; Rockenbach, Bettina - 2009

Providing public goods is hard, because providers are best off free-riding. Is it even harder if one group's public good is a public bad for another group or, conversely, gives the latter a windfall profit? We experimentally study public goods provision embedded in a social context and find that...

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Cooperation norms in multiple-stage punishment

Nicklisch, Andreas; Wolff, Ireneus - 2009

to be both consistent across decisions and relatively stable over time. -- Experiment ; public-good ; punishment ; social …

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An experimental contribution to the theory of customary (international) law

Engel, Christoph - 2010

In their majority, public international lawyers postulate that for a new rule of customary law to originate, two conditions must be fulfilled: there must be consistent practice, and it must be shown that this practice is motivated by the belief that such behaviour is required in law. Maurice...

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Altruism and charitable giving in a fully replicated economy/ Thomas Gaube

Gaube, Thomas (contributor) - 2005

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You are in charge : experimentally testing the motivating power of holding a judicial office

Engel, Christoph; Zhurakhovska, Lilia - 2016

"office motive". In a lab experiment, we rule out both traditional explanations by design. Nonetheless authorities do a …

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The values of ex-ante and ex-post communication in dictator games

Langenbach, Pascal - 2014

two experimentswhich study how the timing of messages affects dictators' decisions (experiment 1) and which value … recipients attach to communication opportunities (experiment 2). The first experiment shows that the effect of communication on …, recipients in a second experiment reveal a strong preference for pre-decision messages: Their willingnessto pay for pre …

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The values of ex-ante and ex-post communication in dictator games

Langenbach, Pascal - 2016 - Revised version: April 2016

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The role of rivalry : public goods versus common-pool resources

Maier-Rigaud, Frank P.; Apesteguia, Jose - 2004

Despite a large theoretical and empirical literature on public goods and common-pool resources, a systematic comparison of these two types of social dilemmas is lacking. In fact, there is considerable confusion about these two types of dilemma situations. As a result, they are often treated...

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Insuring your donation : an experiment

Buijze, Renate; Engel, Christoph; Hemels, Sigrid - 2015

An increasing fraction of donations is channeled through donation intermediaries. These entities serve multiple purposes, one of which seems to be providing donors with greater certainty: that the donation reaches its intended goal, and that the donor may be sure to get a tax benefit. We...

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