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The Trust Game behind the Veil of Ignorance: A Note on Gender Differences
Vyrastekova, Jana; Onderstal, Sander - 2010
We analyze gender differences in the trust game in a behind the veil of ignorance design. This method yields strategies … that are consistent with actions observed in the classical trust game experiments. We observe that, on average, men and … women do not differ in trust, and that women are slightly more trustworthy. However, men's strategies are bimodal, peaking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325668
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What can the Big Five Personality Factors contribute to explain Small-Scale Economic Behavior?
Muller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - 2012
predicting behavior in the trust or investment game. We can also use the trust game to understand how personality measures fare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326411
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The Trust Game Behind the Veil of Ignorance : A Note on Gender Differences
Vyrastekova, Jana; Onderstal, Sander - 2010
We analyze gender differences in the trust game in a "behind the veil of ignorance" design. This method yields … strategies that are consistent with actions observed in the classical trust game experiments. We observe that, on average, men … and women do not differ in "trust", and that women are slightly more "trustworthy". However, men's strategies are bimodal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014193586
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Reciprocity and Emotions: Arousal, Self-Reports, and Expectations
Ben-Shakhar, Gershon; Bornstein, Gary; Hopfensitz, Astrid; … - 2004
Although reciprocity is a key concept in the social sciences, it is still unclear why people engage in costly …-reported anger highlights the importance of using both techniques for studying reciprocity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325363
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That's Just - Not Fair: Gender Differences in Notions of Justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403563
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How Universal is Behavior?
Brandts, Jordi; Saijo, Tatsuyoshi; Schram, Arthur - 2002
This paper studies behavior in experiments with a linear voluntary contributions mechanism for public goods conducted in Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The same experimental design was used in the four countries. Our 'contribution function' design allows us to obtain a view of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325039
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Social Comparison and Risky Choices
Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - 2009
This study attempts to combine two traditional fields in microeconomics: individual decision making under risk and decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment in which participants make a series of choices between...
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Social Preferences in Private Decisions
Linde, Jona; Sonnemans, Joep - 2012
Social preference models were originally constructed to explain two things: why people spend money to affect the earnings of others and why the income of others influences reported happiness. We test these models in a novel experimental situation where participants face a risky decision that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326434
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The economics of participatory value evaluation
Dekker, Thijs; Koster, Paul; Mouter, Niek - 2019
This paper develops a novel approach to the economic evaluation of public policies: participatory value evaluation (PVE). PVE involves citizens directly in decisions of the government, taking into account governmental and individual budget constraints. Citizens receive reliable information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114761
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Measuring tastes for equity and aggregate wealth behind the veil of ignorance
Heufer, Jan; Shachat, Jason M.; Xu, Yan - 2018
We propose an instrument to measure individuals' social preferences regarding equity and efficiency behind a veil of ignorance. We pair portfolio and wealth distribution choice problems which have a common budget set. For a given bundle, the distribution over an individual's wealth is the same...
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