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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
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Aging and attitudes towards strategic uncertainty and competition: An artefactual field experiment in a Swiss bank
Madies, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - 2012
We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287655
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Ambiguity on audits and cooperation in a public goods game
Dai, Zhixin; Hogarth, Robin M.; Villeval, Marie Claire - In: European Economic Review 74 (2015) C, pp. 146-162
We investigate the impact of various audit schemes on the provision of public goods, when contributing less than the average of the other group members is centrally sanctioned 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/10011190210
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Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madiès, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - HAL - 2012
We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821398
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Ambiguity on Audits and Cooperation in a Public Goods Game
Dai, Zhixin; Hogarth, Robin M.; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10010739419
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Ambiguity on audits and cooperation in a public goods game
Dai, Zhixin; Hogarth, Robin M.; Villeval, Marie Claire - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 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/10010739568
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Intergenerational Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: A Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madiès, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - HAL - 2013
With a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999), we study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition. Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when the market capacity is not too low or when earnings from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899002
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Ambiguity on audits and cooperation in a public goods game
Dai, Zhixin; Hogarth, Robin M.; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 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/10010899359
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Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madies, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884197