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Gossip and the efficiency of interactions
Fehr, Dietmar; Sutter, Matthias - 2016
experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subjects play a trust game. Third parties observe … possibility of gossip is highly efficiency-increasing compared to a situation without any gossip. In two further control … treatments, we show that the mere fact of being observed by third parties cannot explain the efficiency-increasing effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420430
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Gossip and the efficiency of interactions
Fehr, Dietmar; Sutter, Matthias - 2016
experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subjects play a trust game. Third parties observe … possibility of gossip is highly efficiency-increasing compared to a situation without any gossip. In two further control … treatments, we show that the mere fact of being observed by third parties cannot explain the efficiency-increasing effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452089
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Equality, Equity and Incentives: An Experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kocher, Martin G.; Putterman, Louis; … - 2010
We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects either vote on or exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294801
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Security of property as a public good: Institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are the correlations between experimental choices with indicators regarding the security of property, trust and the quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322614
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Trust and communication in a property rights dilemma
Ahn, T. K.; Balafoutas, Loukas; Batsaikhan, Mongoljin; … - 2016
theft and most groups achieve much greater efficiency in the presence of communication. Ease of identifying who has engaged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011669324
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Equality, equity and incentives: An experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kocher, Martin G.; Putterman, Louis; … - 2010
We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects eithervote on or exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274671
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Gossip and the Efficiency of Interactions
Fehr, Dietmar; Sutter, Matthias - 2016
experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subjects play a trust game. Third parties observe … possibility of gossip is highly efficiency-increasing compared to a situation without any gossip. In two further control … treatments, we show that the mere fact of being observed by third parties cannot explain the efficiency-increasing effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479222
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Security of property as a public good: Institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420268
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Security of property as a public good: Institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis; Ahn, T.K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries-Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312222
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Equality, equity and incentives: An experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kocher, Martin G.; Putterman, Louis; … - 2010
We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects either vote on or exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287729