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A Theory of Fairness, Competition and Cooperation
Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
There is strong evidence that people exploit their bargaining power in competitive markets but not in bilateral bargaining situations. There is also strong evidence that people exploit free-riding opportunities in voluntary cooperation games. Yet, when they are given the opportunity to punish...
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Ökonomisches Konzept zur Parkraumbewirtschaftung in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Bruns, Oliver; Ebel, Heike Marie; Hohloch, Marc; … - Fakultät Wirtschaft und Management, Technische … - 2002
Die Überlastung der vorhandenen Verkehrsinfrastruktur in Ballungsgebieten zu den Hauptverkehrszeiten stellt ein zunehmendes wirtschaftliches und verkehrliches Problem dar. In diesem Beitrag werden Lösungsmöglichkeiten für eine effiziente Verteilung bzw. Allokation des knappen Gutes Freie...
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Eine erweiterte Gesamtrechnung der multifunktionalen Schweizer Landwirtschaft
Schlaepfer, Felix; Mann, Stefan - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2012
In diesem Beitrag wird nach Wegen gesucht, die nichtmarktlichen Leistungen der Schweizer Landwirtschaft gezielter als bislang in die Landwirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung zu integrieren. Dabei werden drei Methoden geprüft: Die Erfassung der leistungsbezogenen Direktzahlungen, die Ermittlung der...
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Favor trading in public good provision
Jacobson, Sarah; Petrie, Ragan - In: Experimental Economics 17 (2014) 3, pp. 439-460
over time. We use a laboratory experiment to study the elements and dynamics of favor trading in a particular setting: the … private provision of a public good. In our experiment, giving subjects the ability to practice targeted reciprocity by making …
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Network architecture, cooperation and punishment in public good experiments
Carpenter, Jeffrey; Kariv, Shachar; Schotter, Andrew - In: Review of Economic Design 16 (2012) 2, pp. 93-118
, properties in graph theory allow us to interpret the variation in the patterns of behavior that arise in the laboratory and to …
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All-Pay Auctions vs. Lotteries as Provisional Fixed-Prize Fundraising Mechanisms
Duffy, John; Matros, Alexander - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh - 2011
public good provision. We test these predictions in a laboratory experiment where we vary the number of participants, the …-pay auction. Consistent with the theory, we find that the mpcr matters for contribution amounts under the lottery mechanism …. However, inconsistent with the theory bids are always significantly higher than predicted and there is no significant …
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Political Institutions and Corruption:An Experimental Examination of the "Right to Recall"
Mansour, Sarah; Sadiraj, Vjollca; Wallace, Sally - Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy … - 2014
Countries around the world are concerned with corruption as it potentially undermines confidence in government and may reduce the efficiency of public goods provision. While there has been a significant amount of research devoted to identifying the causes of corruption there has been little...
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Conditional Cooperation and Disclosure in Developing Countries
Martinsson, Peter; Pham-Khanh, Nam; Villegas-Palacio, Clara - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012
Understanding the motivations behind people’s voluntary contributions to public goods is crucial for the broader issues of economic and social development. By using the experimental design of Fischbacher et al. (2001), we investigate the distribution of contribution types in two developing...
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Negative reciprocity and its relation to anger-like emotions in homogeneous and heterogeneous groups
Bicskei, Marianna; Lankau, Matthias; Bizer, Kilian - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2014
Several studies have shown that social identity fosters the provision of public goods and enhances the willingness to reciprocate cooperative behavior of group members dependent on the social environment. Yet, the question of how social identity affects negative reciprocity in...
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Voluntary Contributions to the Establishment and Operation of Public Goods: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El, Ronen; Schwarz, Mordechai E.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
operations. The empirical findings support the model's prediction and demonstrate that the theory fairly describes the pattern of …
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