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The uncertainty triangle : uncovering heterogeneity in attitudes towards uncertainty
Burghart, Dan; Epper, Thomas; Fehr, Ernst - In: Journal of risk and uncertainty 60 (2020) 2, pp. 125-156
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Appropriating the commons : a theoretical explanation
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001
In this paper we show that a simple model of fairness preferences explains major experimental regularities of common pool resource (CPR) experiments. The evidence indicates that in standard CPR games without communication and without sanctioning possibilities inefficient excess appropriation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398786
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Super-additive cooperation
Efferson, Charles; Bernhard, Helen; Fischbacher, Urs; … - 2022
one-shot behavioural experiment in Papua New Guinea fit exactly this pattern. They thus indicate neither an evolutionary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013465492
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Institutions fostering public goods provision
Fehr, Ernst; Gächter, Simon; Milinski, Manfred; … - In: The Selten school of behavioral economics : a …, (pp. 167-184). 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688498
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The dynamics of norm formation and norm decay
Fehr, Ernst; Schurtenberger, Ivo - 2018
Social norms are a ubiquitous feature of social life and pervade almost every aspect of human social interaction. However, despite their importance we still have relatively little empirical knowledge about the forces that drive the formation, the maintenance and the decay of social norms. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011854858
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A Simple Mechanism for the Efficient Provision of Public Goods - Experimental Evidence
Falkinger, Josef; Fehr, Ernst; Gächter, Simon; … - 2000
This paper presents an experimental examination of the Falkinger (1996) mechanism for overcoming the free-rider problem. The basic idea of the mechanism is that deviations from the mean contribution to the public good are taxed and subsidized. The mechanism has attractive properties because (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205731
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A Simple Mechanism for the Efficient Provision of Public Goods - Experimental Evidence
Falkinger, Josef; Fehr, Ernst; Gächter, Simon; … - 2000
This paper presents an experimental examination of the Falkinger (1996) mechanism for overcoming the free-rider problem. The basic idea of the mechanism is that deviations from the mean contribution to the public good are taxed and subsidized. The mechanism has attractive properties because (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205732
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On the psychological foundations of ambiguity and compound risk aversion
Wu, Keyu; Fehr, Ernst; Hofland, Sean; Schonger, Martin - 2024
attitudes towards ambiguity and compound risk which suggests that compound risk aversion may provide a psychological foundation … for ambiguity aversion. However, compound risk aversion and ambiguity aversion may also be independent psychological …’s ability to reduce compound to simple risks, and analyzing how this affects their compound risk and ambiguity attitudes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544917
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On the psychological foundations of ambiguity and compound risk aversion
Wu, Keyu; Fehr, Ernst; Hofland, Sean; Schonger, Martin - 2024
attitudes towards ambiguity and compound risk which suggests that compound risk aversion may provide a psychological foundation … for ambiguity aversion. However, compound risk aversion and ambiguity aversion may also be independent psychological …’s ability to reduce compound to simple risks, and analyzing how this affects their compound risk and ambiguity attitudes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551421
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The two faces of independence : betweenness and homotheticity
Burghart, Daniel R.; Epper, Thomas; Fehr, Ernst - 2014
revealed preference experiment, and without making any parametric assumptions, we show that 1/3 of participants belong in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430733