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Dominance and submission: Social status biases economic sanctions

von Essen, Emma; Ranehill, Eva - 2011

party punishment. Status is conveyed by surname; half of the third parties face dictators with a noble name and half face …'s decisions to use economic punishment, and that this holds true in situations where reputation or strategic concerns have no …

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Gender differences in competitiveness and risk taking: Comparing children in Colombia and Sweden

Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo; Dreber, Anna; von Essen, Emma; … - 2010

We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices. We include four types of tasks that vary in gender stereotyping when looking at competitiveness: running,...

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In bloom: Gender differences in preferences among adolescents

Dreber, Anna; von Essen, Emma; Ranehill, Eva - 2011

We look at gender differences in preferences for altruism, risk and competition in math and word search among adolescents in Sweden. We find that girls are more altruistic and less risk taking than boys. We find no gender gap in performance change when comparing performance under non-competition...

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Gender and cooperation in children: Experiments in Colombia and Sweden

Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo; Dreber, Anna; von Essen, Emma; … - 2011

We compare how children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden cooperate in a Prisoner's Dilemma. We introduce a new measurement device for cooperation that can be easily understood by children. There is some evidence of more cooperation in Sweden than in Colombia. Girls in Colombia are less...

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When Does the Price Affect the Taste? Results from a Wine Experiment

Almenberg, Johan - 2010

We designed an experiment that examines how knowledge about the price of a good, and the time at which the information …

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Dominance and Submission: Social Status Biases Economic Sanctions

von Essen, Emma; Ranehill, Eva - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2011

party punishment. Status is conveyed by surname; half of the third parties face dictators with a noble name and half face …’s decisions to use economic punishment, and that this holds true in situations where reputation or strategic concerns have no …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788636

Anticipated verbal feedback induces altruistic behavior

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus - 2007

A distinctive feature of humans compared to other species is the high rate of cooperation with non-kin. One explanation is that humans are motivated by concerns for social esteem. In this paper we experimentally investigate the impact of anticipated verbal feedback on altruistic behavior. We...

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Anticipated verbal feedback induces altruistic behavior

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007

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Testing guilt aversion

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; Tjøtta, Sigve; … - 2007

people to believe others to think like themselves. In order to test the guilt aversion hypothesis more rigorously, we conduct … three separate experiments: a dictator game experiment, a complete information trust game experiment, and a hidden action … trust game experiment. In the experiments we inform donors about the beliefs of their respective recipients, while eliciting …

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Trust and truth

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; Lilja, Jannie; … - 2007

In a laboratory experiment, we create relationships between pairs of anonymous subjects through a Prisoners' dilemma …

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