economic study of organizations. We study a previously unex-plored mechanism by which integration between two parties could … experiment. Our subjects were randomly divided into two teams and asked to wear their team uniform. Task 1 required them to …. For Task 2, the subjects played a hold-up game with either a member of their own team (representing integra-tion) or a …

members. We use a laboratory experiment to study the role of group identity, created by the use of symbols, in mitigating the …

essay by Coase (1937). This paper studies a previously unexplored mechanism through which integration could resolve the hold … degree of altruism towards another team member, and this in turn helps resolving the hold-up problem. We test this conjecture … in a laboratory experiment. Our subjects are randomly divided into two teams and given their respective team uniforms to …

between other-regarding behavior and opportunism. In our experiment the seller can become worse off by investing, suggesting … that costly solutions to opportunistic behavior such as vertical integration may be unnecessary. …

with productivity in an economic experiment and whether it depends on the content of the stress. In our first experiment we … after subjects view the scary image only. Our second experiment tests whether it was the method by which the image was …

of the change in identity and what causes this change. In our experiment, the subjects play one of two versions of the …

a strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more …