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The solidarity motive
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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Altruism and charitable giving in a fully replicated economy/ Thomas Gaube
Gaube, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361495
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The values of ex-ante and ex-post communication in dictator games
Langenbach, Pascal - 2016 - Revised version: April 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011671666
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581340
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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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Words substitute fists : justifying punishment in a public good experiment
Engel, Christoph; Zhurakhovska, Lilia - 2013
controlled conditions, we have conducted a public goods experiment with central punishment. The authority is neutral - she does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784192
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The jurisdiction of the man within : introspection, identity, and cooperation in a public good experiment
Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael - 2015
According to Adam Smith (1790), human selfishness can be restrained by introspection. We test the effect of introspection on people’s willingness to cooperate in a public good game. Drawing on the concept of identity utility (George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton, 2000), we show...
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Leading with(out) sacrifice? : a public-goods experiment with a super-additive player
Glöckner, Andreas; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Kube, Sebastian - 2009
We analyse two team settings in which one member in a team has stronger incentives to contribute than the others. If contributions constitute a sacrifice for the strong player, the other team members are more inclined to cooperate than if contributions are strictly dominant for the strong...
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Asymmetric enforcement of cooperation in a social dilemma
Nikiforakis, Nikos; Normann, Hans-Theo; Wallace, Brian - 2009
We use a public-good experiment to analyze behavior in a decentralized asymmetric punishment institution. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003862419