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Does the Wage Tax System cause Budget Deficits?
Riedl, Arno; van Winden, Frans A.A.M. - 2000
In this paper we investigate experimentally the functioning of a wage tax financed unemployment benefit system on the development of the budget deficit, unemployment, and some other indicators of economic performance in an international economy. We find support for the hypothesis that...
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Negative Reciprocity and the Interaction of Emotions and Fairness Norms
Reuben, Ernesto; van Winden, Frans - 2005
This experimental study investigates how behavior changes after punishment for an unkind action. It also studies how fairness perceptions affect the reaction to punishment and whether this effect is consistent across repeated play and role experiences. A repeated version of the power-to-take...
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Screening Disability Insurance Applications
de Jong, Philip; Lindeboom, Maarten; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2006
-scale experiment was setup where in 2 of the 26 Dutch regions case workers of the disability insurance administration were instructed …
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The Bias of the Gini Coefficient due to Grouping
Ourti, Tom Van; Clarke, Philip - 2008
We propose a first order bias correction term for the Gini index to reduce the bias due to grouping. The first order … reveals an intuitive formula for the remaining second order bias which is useful in empirical analyses. We analyze the … it reduces a considerable share of the bias due to grouping. …
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The Bias of the Gini Coefficient Due to Grouping : Revisiting First-Order Corrections
Van Ourti, Tom - 2008
We propose a first order bias correction term for the Gini index to reduce the bias due to grouping. The first order … reveals an intuitive formula for the remaining second order bias which is useful in empirical analyses. We analyze the … it reduces a considerable share of the bias due to grouping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722922
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The Behavioral Impact of Emotions in a Power to take Game: An Experimental Study
Bosman, Ronald; van Winden, Frans A.A.M. - 1999
-making experiment preceding the take game. The gameconsists of two stages. In the first stage, the take authority decides howmuch income …
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Incentive Systems in a Real Effort Experiment
van Dijk, Frans; Sonnemans, Joep; van Winden, Frans - 1998
In the reported experiment different payment schemes are examined on theirincentive effects. Payment based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324549
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Hurting hurts more than Helping helps: The Role of the Self-serving Bias
Offerman, Theo - 1999
This paper investigates an implication of the self-serving bias for reciprocalresponses. It is hypothesized that … with the explanation offered by the self-serving bias. …
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Social Ties in a Public Good Experiment
van Dijk, Frans; Sonnemans, Joep; van Winden, Frans - 1996
The formation of social ties is examined in an experimental study of voluntary public good provision. The experiment …
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Decision and Strategies in a Sequential Search Experiment
Sonnemans, Joep - 1998
works in anindividual decision experiment. Subjects are faced with a sequentialsearch problem. After extensive practice …
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