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Status and the Demand for Visible Goods : Experimental Evidence on Conspicuous Consumption

Clingingsmith, David; Sheremeta, Roman M. - 2015

about this claim is difficult with observational data. We conduct an experiment in which we vary both whether a purchase of …

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Competition between and within Universities : Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Group Identity and the Desire to Win

Chen, Zhuoqiong; Ong, David; Sheremeta, Roman M. - 2022

We study how group identity, based on university affiliation, impacts competitive behavior. Our experiment employs a …

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Divided Loyalties or Conditional Cooperation? An experimental study of contributions to multiple public goods

McCarter, Matthew W.; Samak, Anya C.; Sheremeta, Roman M. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013

, rather than same, group members increases overall contributions. Over the course of the experiment, participants playing two …

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(Bad) Luck or (Lack of) Effort?: Comparing Social Sharing Norms between US and Europe.

Rey-Biel, Pedro; Sheremeta, Roman M.; Uler, Neslihan - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2011

We compare the determinants of individual giving between two countries, Spain and the US, which differ in their redistribution policies and their beliefs over the causes of poverty. By varying the information about the determinants of income, we find that, although overall giving is similar in...

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(Bad) Luck or (Lack of) Effort? : Comparing Social Sharing Norms between US and Europe

Sheremeta, Roman M. - 2014

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Principal-Agent Settings with Random Shocks

Rubin, Jared - 2012

Using a gift exchange experiment, we show that the ability of reciprocity to overcome incentive problems inherent in …

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Testing Canonical Tournament Theory: On the Impact of Risk, Social Preferences and Utility Structure

Sheremeta, Roman M.; Wu, Steven Y. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We use experiments to test comparative statics predictions of canonical tournament theory. Both the roles of principal and agent are populated by human subjects, allowing us to test predictions for both incentive responses and optimal tournament design. Consistent with theory, we observed an...

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