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Conditional cooperation and the effect of punishment

Kirchkamp, Oliver; Mill, Wladislaw - 2018

We study how punishment influences conditional cooperation. We ask two questions: 1) how does conditional cooperation … cooperation with punishment which leads to a decrease in conditional cooperation. The power to punish means more responsibility …

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Risk and punishment revisited : errors in variables and in the lab

Engel, Christoph; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2016

We provide an example for an errors in variables problem which might be often neglected but which is quite common in lab experimental practice: In one task, attitude towards risk is measured, in another task participants behave in a way that can possibly be explained by their risk attitude. How...

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Risk and punishment revisited : errors in variables and in the lab

Engel, Christoph; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2016

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Spite vs. risk : explaining overbidding

Kirchkamp, Oliver; Mill, Wladislaw - 2019

In this paper we use an experiment to compare a theory of risk aversion and a theory of spite as an explanation for …

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Sharing responsibility with a machine

Kirchkamp, Oliver; Strobel, Christina - 2018

Humans make decisions jointly with others. They share responsibility for the outcome with their interaction partners. Today, more and more often the partner in a decision is not another human but, instead, a machine. Here we ask whether the type of the partner, machine or human, affects our...

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Social welfare versus inequality aversion in an incomplete contract experiment

Faravelli, Marco; Kirchkamp, Oliver; Rainer, Helmut - 2009

our experiment preferences for social welfare and those for equality call for different actions. Surprisingly, even … experiment, even when it is not in a selfish world.-- Experiments ; incomplete contracts ; relationship-specific investment …

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Learning from the experiments of others simultaneous search, coordination in R&D and diffusion processes : laboratory evidence

Große, Niels D.; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2009

benefit from coordination (or centralization) of search activities. We test the conjecture that agents gain from coordination … ; coordination ; experiment …

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Social welfare versus inequality concerns in an incomplete contract experiment

Faravelli, Marco; Kirchkamp, Oliver; Rainer, Helmut - 2010

then split joint benefits. We investigate how social preferences determine investments. In our experiment we find that even …-sharing can be successful in the experiment, even when it is not in a selfish world. -- experiments ; incomplete contracts …

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Testing forbearance experimentally : duopolistic competition of conglomerate firms

Güth, Werner; Häger, Kirsten; Kirchkamp, Oliver; … - 2010

Like Feinberg and Sherman (1985) and Phillips and Mason (1992) we test experimentally whether conglomerate firms, i … assumes differentiated rather than homogeneous products and distinguishes strategic substitutes as well as complements to test … more cooperation in a partners than in a strangers matching. -- Experiment ; Forbearance ; Competition …

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Will you accept without knowing what? : a Thuringian newspaper experiment of the Yes-No Game

Güth, Werner; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2010

experiment to learn more about external validity of lab research. Our workhorse is the Yes-No game. Unlike in ultimatum games …

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