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Taking punishment into your own hands: An experiment on the motivation underlying punishment
Dürsch, Peter; Müller, Julia - Alfred-Weber-Institut für Sozial- und … - 2010
In a punishment experiment, we separate the demand for punishmentin general from a possible demand to conduct … punishmentpersonally. Subjects experience an unfair split of their earnings froma real effort task and have to decide on the punishment of … auction only resolves who will punish, notwhether punishment takes place, so only subjects with a demand forpersonal …
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Recognition-Based and Familiarity-Based PortfolioStrategies – An Experimental Study
Diao, Linan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2011
familiar but not local stocks. Our experiment showsno evidence that familiarity is a reason for local bias. …
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When being wasteful appears better than feeling wasteful
Zultan, Ro’i; Bar-Hillel, Maya; Guy, Nitsan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung …
“Waste not want not” expresses our culture’s aversion to waste. “I could have gotten the samething for less” is a sentiment that can diminish pleasure in a transaction. We study people’s willingnessto “pay” to avoid this spoiler. In one scenario, participants imagined they were...
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Size matters - when it comes to lies
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Gurtoviy, Ruslan; Utikal, Verena - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut <Kreuzlingen> - 2011
’ truth telling is absolute or depends on the size of a lie. In a laboratoryexperiment we compare punishment for different …
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Limiting Court Behavior: A Case for High Minimum Sentences and Low Maximum Ones
Pallage, Stephane; Demougin, Dominique - 2001
We model a simple justice system in which a court is mandated by society to assess the guilt and the punishment of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005844233
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The Dynamics of Neighbourhood Watch and Norm Enforcement
Huck, Steffen; Kosfeld, Michael - 2004
We analyze the dynamics of neighbourhood watch programs in a local interaction framework. Agents can watch their neighbours' houses and thus deter burglars from breaking in....
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On the Use of Racial Profiling as a Law EnforcementTool
Bunzel, Helle; Marcoul, Philippe - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2005
The “End Racial Profiling Act of 2001” (ERPA) states that “nolaw enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling” andmandates states to “collect detailed data on stops, searches, seizures, and arrests.” Wedevelop a stylized dynamic model of highway...
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Corporate Social Responsibility in the work place –Experimental evidence on CSR from a gift-exchange game
Koppel, Hannes; Regner, Tobias - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2011
We analyze the effect of investments in corporate social responsibility(CSR) on workers’ motivation. In our experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009248882
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Moral Emotions and Partnership
Bracht, Jürgen; Regner, Tobias - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2011
such emotions to explain other-regardingbehaviour. Our study links recent advances in psychological theory onmoral emotions …
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More than outcomes: A cognitive dissonance-basedexplanation of other-regarding behavior
Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2011
model based on cognitive dissonance thatfocuses on the importance of self-image. An experiment (a dictator game variant …
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