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Peer effects in pro-social behaviour: Social norms or social preferences?
Gächter, Simon; Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin - 2012
experiment. In the experiment a principal pays a wage to each of two agents, who then make effort choices sequentially. In our … preferences (Fehr-Schmidt, 1999). As we show from a norms-elicitation experiment, it is also consistent with social norms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392425
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Peer effects in pro-social behavior: Social norms or social preferences?
Gächter, Simon; Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin - 2012
experiment. In the experiment a principal pays a wage to each of two agents, who then make effort choices sequentially. In our … preferences (Fehr-Schmidt, 1999). As we show from a norms-elicitation experiment, it is also consistent with social norms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282212
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Other-regarding Preferences, Group Identity and Political Participation: An Experiment
Robalo, Pedro; Schram, Arthur; Sonnemans, Joep - 2013
We experimentally study the relationship between other-regarding preferences, group identity and political … participation. In doing so, we propose a novel group identity induction procedure that succeeds in creating environments where in … differences between environments where group identity is high and low. This suggests that the higher participation observed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326365
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How do informal agreements and renegotiation shape contractual reference points?
Fehr, Ernst; Hart, Oliver; Zehnder, Christian - 2011
Previous experimental work provides encouraging support for some of the central assumptions underlying Hart and Moore (2008)'s theory of contractual reference points. However, existing studies ignore realistic aspects of trading relationships such as informal agreements and expost renegotiation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316871
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People are conditional rule followers
Desmet, Pieter; Engel, Christoph - 2017
Experimental participants are more likely to follow an arbitrary rule the more of their peers do so as well. The difference between unconditional and conditional rule following is most pronounced for individuals who follow few rules unconditionally.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688384
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Individual characteristics and behavior in repeated games: An experimental study
Davis, Douglas; Ivanov, Asen; Korenok, Oleg - 2014
Using a laboratory experiment, we investigate whether a variety of behaviors in repeated games are related to an array …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381009
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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
We study a laboratory social dilemma game in which incentives to steal from others lead to the socially inefficient diversion of resources from production unless the members of a given mini-society can abide by norms of non-theft or engage in low cost collective protection of their members'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011669324
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Affirmative action and team performance
Kölle, Felix - 2016
We experimentally investigate spillover effects of affirmative action policies in tournaments on subsequent team performance and the willingness to work in teams. In three different team environments, we find that such policies in form of gender quotas do not harm performance and cooperation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688545
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Collective Intertemporal Decisions and Heterogeneity in Groups
Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
, because the economics literature on group decision making has, so far, assumed homogeneity within groups. In a lab experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052822