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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553331
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The coevolution of behavior and normative expectations : customary law in the lab
Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael - 2011
into the normatively desired direction as normative expectations and behavioural patterns coevolve. -- experiment ; Public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488630
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961993
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923879
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003877140
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Zur Interaktion von Recht und sozialen Normen bei der dezentralen Bereitstellung von Gemeinschaftsgütern
Magen, Stefan - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004879571
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Altruism and charitable giving in a fully replicated economy/ Thomas Gaube
Gaube, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002753207
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553361
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The coevolution of behavior and normative expectations: Customary law in the lab
Engel, Christoph; Kurschilgen, Michael - 2011
Customary law has been criticized from very different angles. Rational choice theorists claim that what looks like custom is nothing but self-interest. Positivists doubt that anything beyond consent assumes the force of law. In this paper, we adopt an experimental approach to test these claims....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286718
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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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