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Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 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...

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A Theory of Reciprocity

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2021

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Let the Dummy Talk!- Unilateral Communication and Discrimination inThree-Person Dictator Experiments -

Greiner, Ben; Güth, Werner; Zultan, Ro’i - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - Abteilung … - 2005

To explain why pre-play communication increases cooperation in games,one refers to a) strategic causes such as efficient communication or reputationeffects, and b) changes in the utilities due to social processes. Hithertoexperimental support for both explanations is mixed and confounded....

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The dynamic interplay of inequality and trust: an experimental study

Greiner, Ben; Ockenfels, Axel; Werner, Peter - 2007

We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, in which trust increases efficiency and thus allows … higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment starting with … equal endowments, but decreases over time. In a treatment with unequal endowments, trust is initially lower yet remains …

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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...

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On the Nature of Fair Behavior

Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - 2002

This paper shows that identical offers in an ultimatum game generate systematically different rejection rates depending on the other offers that are available to the proposer. This result casts doubt on the consequentialist practice in economics to define the utility of an action solely in terms...

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On the Nature of Fair Behavior

Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001

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The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust - An Experimental Study

Greiner, Ben - 2008

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On the internet you can be anyone : an experiment on strategic avatar choice in online marketplaces

Abraham, Diya; Greiner, Ben; Stephanides, Marianne - 2021

In order to decrease social distance and increase trust on their platforms, many online marketplaces allow traders to …

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A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; von Rosenbladt, Bernhard; … - 2003

power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany by combining representative survey data with … representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …

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