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and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
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and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736607
and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141434
Departures from pure self interest in economic experiments have recently inspired models of "social preferences". We … conduct experiments on simple two-person and three-person games with binary choices that test these theories more directly … than the array of games conventionally considered. Our experiments show strong support for the prevalence of "quasi …
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We examine, experimentally and theoretically, how communication within a partnership may mitigate the problem (highlighted in contract theory) of hidden action. What is the form and content of the communication? Which model of decision-making can capture the impact of communication? We consider...
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We examine social preferences of Swedish and Austrian children and adolescents using the experimental design of Charness and Rabin (2002). We find that difference aversion decreases while social-welfare preferences increase with age.
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and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294821
and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269867
Some current utility models presume that people are concerned with their relative standing in a reference group. If this is true, do certain types care more about this than others? Using simple binary decisions and self-reported happiness, we investigate both the prevalence of ``difference...
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and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557230