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Competition, Hidden Information and Efficiency : An Experiment
Cabrales, Antonio - 2006
We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779356
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Competition, Hidden Information, and Efficiency : An Experiment
Charness, Gary; Cabrales, Antonio; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2010
We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055844
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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
Maggian, Valeria - 2015
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034454
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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
Maggian, Valeria - 2014
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061440
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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
Maggian, Valeria; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2014
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014150727
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Competitive Preferences and Status as an Incentive : Experimental Evidence
Charness, Gary; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2011
be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186505
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Competitive Preferences and Status as an Incentive : Experimental Evidence
Charness, Gary - 2010
be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141233
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Competitive Preferences and Status as an Incentive : Experimental Evidence
Charness, Gary - 2010
be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141393
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Ambiguity on Audits and Cooperation in a Public Goods Game
Dai, Zhixin; Hogarth, Robin M.; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2014
We investigate the impact of various audit schemes on the future provision of public goods, when contributing less than the average of the group is sanctioned exogenously and the probability of an audit is unknown. We study how individuals update their beliefs about the probability of being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333263
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Ambiguity and Excuse-Driven Behavior in Charitable Giving
Garcia, Thomas; Massoni, Sebastien; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2019
A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory experiment suggests that … individuals use this ambiguity strategically as a moral wiggle room to act less generously without feeling guilty. Such excuse … importance of excuse-driven behavior is comparable under ambiguity and under risk. Individuals exploit any type of uncertainty as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180062