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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? – An experimental study
Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - In: European Economic Review 70 (2014) C, pp. 512-524
This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games, in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048628
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Generosity across contexts
Davis, Alexander L.; Miller, John H.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2011
Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations, while generosity in non-laboratory contexts often involves the allocation of consumption goods or non-monetary harm. Psychological evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts. We compare generosity...
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Gender preference gaps and voting for redistribution
Ranehill, Eva; Weber, Roberto A. - 2021 - Revised version, December 2021
studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and … and that this difference persists with experience and in environments with varying degrees of risk. This gender voting gap … is accounted for partly by both gender gaps in preferences and by expectations regarding economic circumstances. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815445
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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? – An experimental study
Weber, Roberto A.; Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2013
This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817256
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Does Willful Ignorance Deflect Punishment? - An Experimental Study
Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - CESifo - 2013
This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674729
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Does Willful Ignorance Deflect Punishment? - An Experimental Study
Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - 2013
This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317034
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Does Willful Ignorance Deflect Punishment? - An Experimental Study
Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - 2013
This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323052
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The Focusing and Informational Effects of Norms on Pro-Social Behavior
Krupka, Erin; Weber, Roberto A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper reports an experiment examining the effect of social norms on pro-social behavior. We test two predictions derived from work in psychology regarding the influence of norms. The first is a "focusing"influence, whereby norms only impact behavior when an individual’s attention is drawn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566606
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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? : an experimental study
Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - 2013
This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761739
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Does willful ignorance deflect punishment? : an experimental study
Bartling, Björn; Engl, Florian; Weber, Roberto A. - 2013
This paper studies whether people can avoid punishment by remaining willfully ignorant about possible negative consequences of their actions for others. We employ a laboratory experiment, using modified dictator games in which a dictator can remain willfully ignorant about the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764955