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The development gap in economic rationality of future elites
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Kariv, Shachar; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - In: Games and economic behavior 142 (2023), pp. 866-878
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Face-Saving or Fair-Minded : What Motivates Moral Behavior?
Cappelen, Alexander W. - 2013
We study the relative importance of intrinsic moral motivation and extrinsic social motivation in explaining behavior in the dictator game. We introduce a novel design that manipulates these two dimensions. The paper offers four main findings. First, intrinsic moral motivation is of fundamental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085587
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Modeling Individual Choices in Experiments : Reply to Conte and Moffatt
Cappelen, Alexander W. - 2010
In a comment to Cappelen, Hole, S. Sorensen, and Tungodden (2007b), Conte and Moffatt (2009) challenge our use of a random utility model when studying individual choices in a fairness experiment. They propose an alternative approach, what we call the random behavioral model, and they show that...
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Teaching through television : experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander W.; Sekei, Linda … - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 66 (2020) 6, pp. 2308-2325
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The economics of fairness
Cappelen, Alexander W. (ed.); Tungodden, Bertil (ed.) - 2019
Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. John E. Roemer (1986), 'Equality of Resources Implies Equality of Welfare', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 101 (4), November, 751-84 -- 2. Marc Fleurbaey (1995), 'Three Solutions for the Compensation Problem', Journal of Economic Theory, 65 (2),...
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The economics of fairness
Cappelen, Alexander W. (ed.); Tungodden, Bertil (ed.) - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972807
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A meritocratic origin of egalitarian behaviour
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Reme, … - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 132 (2022) 646, pp. 2101-2117
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Is There a Development Gap in Rationality?
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Kariv, Shachar; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2014
We report an experimental test of the four touchstones of rationality in choice under risk – utility maximization … political affairs. We find very small or no significant differences between the two samples in the degree of rationality … economic rationality. We show that a canonical IQ test indicates a much larger development gap in rationality relative to our …
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Understanding the resource curse : a large-scale experiment on corruption in Tanzania
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Mmari, … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 183 (2021), pp. 129-157
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Rich meets Poor - An International Fairness Experiment
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Moene, Karl Ove; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2008
Why do people in rich countries not transfer more of their income to people in the world's poorest countries? To study this question and the relative importance of needs, entitlements, and nationality in people's social preferences, we conducted a real effort fairness experiment where people in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326015