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Free Riding in the Lab and in the Field
Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We run a public good experiment in the field and in the lab with (partly) the same subjects. The field experiment is a … true natural field experiment as subjects do not know that they are exposed to an experimental variation. We can show that … subjects' behavior in the classic lab public good experiment correlates with their behavior in the structurally comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727879
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Do People Behave in Experiments as in the Field? – Evidence from Donations
Benz, Matthias; Meier, Stephan - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627987
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The Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255768
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The Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822636
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The Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137083
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From the lab to the field: envelopes, dictators and manners
Stoop, Jan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Results are reported of the first natural field experiment on the dictator game, where subjects are unaware that they … participate in an experiment. In contrast to predictions of the standard economic model, dictators show a large degree of pro … participate in an experiment or not. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652044
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Windfall vs. Earned Money in the Laboratory: Do They Affect the Behavior of Men and Women Differently?
Carlsson, Fredrik; He, Haoran; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
obtained in a laboratory experiment affects male and female behavior differently.<p> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008525392
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Are the Unskilled Really That Unaware? Understanding Seemingly Biased Self-Assessments
Krajc, Marian - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2008
The so-called unskilled-and-unaware problem was experimentally identified a decade ago: The unskilled are seemingly afflicted by a double curse because they also seem unaware of their (relative) lack of skills. Numerous authors have elaborated on this problem – experimentally as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357525
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Do People Behave in Experiments as in the Field? Evidence from Donations
Benz, Matthias - 2011
Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757018
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Do People Behave in Experiments as in the Field? - Evidence from Donations
Benz, Matthias - 2011
Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714715