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Not Just Like Starting Over: Leadership and Revivification of Cooperation in Groups
Brandts, Jordi; Rott, Christina; Solà, Carles - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2015
We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how, after a history of decay, cooperation in a repeated voluntary … initial increase of cooperation, but to a subsequent new decay. Motivated by cooperation decay in organizations we study the … potential of three interventions of triggering higher and sustained cooperation, which take place at the same time as a restart …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261233
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Social norms and human cooperation
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - EconWPA - 2004
norms. In recent years, there has been substantial progress, however, on how cooperation norms are enforced. Here we review … insights into the proximate and ultimate forces behind human cooperation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076756
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Living in Two Neighborhoods – Social Interaction Effects in the Lab
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gaechter, Simon - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2009
Field evidence suggests that people belonging to the same group often behave similarly, i.e., behavior exhibits social interaction effects. We conduct a laboratory experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field and allows us to study the behavioral logic of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150913
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How Universal is Behavior? A Four Country Comparison of Spite and Cooperation in Voluntary Contribution Mechanisms
Brandts, Jordi; Saijo, Tatsuyoshi; Schram, Arthur - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2003
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/10010547363
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An Intercultural Examination of Cooperation in the Commons
Carpenter, Jeffrey; Cardenas, Juan Camilo - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 4, pp. 632-651
We design a real-time, intercultural common pool resource experiment using participants from cultures that derive different benefits from a global public good (extraction vs. conservation of biodiversity resources) to analyze the effect of group affiliation on cooperative behavior. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294404
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Living in Two Neighborhoods – Social Interaction Effects in the Lab
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gaechter, Simon - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2009
Field evidence suggests that people belonging to the same group often behave similarly, i.e., behavior exhibits social interaction effects. We conduct a laboratory experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field and allows us to study the behavioral logic of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552229
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Driving Forces Behind Informal Sanctions
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper investigates the driving forces behind informal sanctions in cooperation games and the extent to which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703785
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A Theory of Reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - CESifo - 2001
This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765909
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Do market conditions affect preferences? Evidence from experimental markets with excess supply and excess demand
Brandts, Jordi; Charness, Gary - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2000
We study whether people's preferences in an unbalanced market are affected by whether they are on the excess supply side or the excess demand side of the market. Our analysis is based on the comparison of behavior between two types of experimental gift exchange markets, which vary only with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772248
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How Universal is Behavior?
Brandts, Jordi; Saijo, Tatsuyoshi; Schram, Arthur - Tinbergen Institute - 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/10005137040