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The dark side of personality : anti-sociality increases strategic game play
Engelmann, Jan; Schmid, Basil; Chumbley, Justin; Fehr, Ernst - 2018
shifts induced by these environmental changes: when punishment was not available to investors, we observe significantly lower … levels of investor trust and trustee reciprocity, while there is a significant increase in both behaviors when punishment was … adjustment of decision strategies in the presence of punishment. These results demonstrate that anti-social personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794369
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The Dark Side of Personality: Anti-Sociality Increases Strategic Game Play
Engelmann, Jan; Schmid, Basil; Chumbley, Justin; Fehr, Ernst - 2018
shifts induced by these environmental changes: when punishment was not available to investors, we observe significantly lower … levels of investor trust and trustee reciprocity, while there is a significant increase in both behaviors when punishment was … adjustment of decision strategies in the presence of punishment. These results demonstrate that anti-social personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819525
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Economic Man in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Behavioral Experiments in Fifteen Small-Scale Societies
Henrich, Joseph; Boyd, Robert; Bowles, Samuel; Camerer, … - Santa Fe Institute - 2001
Experimental behavioral scientists have found consistent deviations from the predictions of the canonical model of self-interest in over a hundred experiments from around the world. Prior research cannot determine whether this uniformity results from universal patterns of behavior, or from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790831
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On Inequity Aversion - A Reply to Binmore and Shaked
Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2009
In this paper we reply to Binmore and Shaked's criticism of the Fehr-Schmidt model of inequity aversion. We put the theory and their arguments into perspective and show that their criticism is not substantiated. Finally, we briefly comment on the main challenges for future research on social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333922
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Health Effects on Children's Willingness to Compete
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Schunk, Daniel - 2011
The formation of human capital is important for a society's welfare and economic success. Recent literature shows that child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different socio-economic groups. While this literature focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601023
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Revealed Preferences in a Sequential Prisoners' Dilemma: A Horse-Race Between Five Utility Functions
Miettinen, Topi; Kosfeld, Michael; Fehr, Ernst; … - 2017
We experimentally investigate behavior and beliefs in a sequential prisoner’s dilemma. Each subject had to choose an action as first-mover and a conditional action as second-mover. All subjects also had to state their beliefs about others’ second-mover choices. We find that subjects’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615913
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The neuroeconomics of mind reading and empathy
Singer, Tania; Fehr, Ernst - 2005
The most fundamental solution concepts in Game Theory Nash equilibrium, backward induction, and iterated elimination of dominated strategies are based on the assumption that people are capable of predicting others' actions. These concepts require people to be able to view the game from the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267443
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Neuroeconomic foundations of trust and social preferences
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Kosfeld, Michael - 2005
punishment of free riders in SD games is not irrational, but better understood as rational behavior of people with corresponding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267444
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Health effects on children's willingness to compete
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Schunk, Daniel - 2011
The formation of human capital is important for a society's welfare and economic success. Recent literature shows that child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different socio-economic groups. While this literature focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278554
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The Missing Type: Where Are the Inequality Averse (Students)?
Epper, Thomas; Senn, Julien; Fehr, Ernst - 2024
The empirical evidence on the existence of social preferences - or lack thereof - is predominantly based on student samples. Yet, knowledge about whether these findings can be extended to the general population is still scarce. In this paper, we compare the distribution of social preferences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534048