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Charness, Gary; Dufwenberg, Martin - 2006

We examine experimentally the impact of communication on trust and cooperation. Our design admits observation of … influence motivation and behavior by influencing beliefs about beliefs. Promises may enhance trustworthy behavior, which is what …

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Endogenous Transfers in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game : An Experimental Test of Cooperation and Coordination

Charness, Gary; Fréchette, Guillaume R.; Qin, Cheng-Zhong - 2006

We study experimentally a two-stage compensation mechanism for promoting cooperation in prisoner's dilemma games. In … asymmetric prisoner's dilemma games we consider, all payment pairs consistent with mutual cooperation in subgame …-perfect equilibrium transform these prisoner's dilemma games into coordination games, with both mutual cooperation and mutual defection as …

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Broken Promises : An Experiment

Charness, Gary; Dufwenberg, Martin - 2008

We test whether promises per se are effective in enhancing cooperative behavior in a form of a trust game. In Charness & Dufwenberg (2006) we found considerable effectiveness for free-form personalized pre-play statements-of-intent ("promises"), in support of a theory of belief-dependent guilt...

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Promises & Partnership

Charness, Gary; Dufwenberg, Martin - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet - 2003

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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What's in a Name? Anonymity and Social Distance in Dictator and Ultimatum Games

Charness, Gary; Gneezy, Uri - 2003

The standard procedure in experimental economics maintains anonymity among participants. Yet, many field interactions are conducted with neither complete anonymity nor complete familiarity. How will people respond to varying degrees of anonymity and social distance? We consider the effect of one...

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Trust and Trustworthiness Reputations in an Investment Game

Charness, Gary - 2010

Trust is an essential component of good social outcomes and effective economic performance. This is particularly true in environments such as the Prisoner's Dilemma or standard public-goods games, where the equilibrium in a one-shot case involves strictly uncooperative behavior. Evolutionary...

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Identities, selection, and contributions in a public-goods game

Charness, Gary; Cobo-Reyes, Ramón; Jiménez, Natalia - In: Games and Economic Behavior 87 (2014) C, pp. 322-338

The notions of one's social identity and group membership have recently become topics for economic theory and experiments, and recent research has shown the importance of identity in a wide array of economic environments. But predictions are unclear when there is some trade-off between one's...

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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes : An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2021

competing. Third, seniors are typically more cooperative than juniors in a team-production game. Cooperation is highest in …

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Cooperation and Competition in Intergenerational Experiments in the Field and the Laboratory

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2010

There is economic pressure towards the postponement of the retirement age, but employers are still reluctant to employ older workers. We investigate the comparative behavior of juniors and seniors in experiments conducted both onsite with the employees of two large firms and in a conventional...

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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

market. The direction of market imbalance could influence subjects' motivation, as second movers, workers, might react …

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