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Free riding in the lab and in the field
Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2010
We run a public good experiment in the field and in the lab with (partly) the same subjects. The field experiment is a … true natural field experiment as subjects do not know that they are exposed to an experimental variation. We can show that … subjects' behavior in the classic lab public good experiment correlates with their behavior in the structurally comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008823173
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Free-riding in the lab and in the field
Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2011
To investigate the external validity of laboratory results, we combine a public good experiment with three treatments … in a field experiment. One treatment offers the opportunity to free-ride, the other two are placebo treatments. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314547
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The economics of altruistic punishment and the demise of cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - 2005
Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343948
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Stochastic income and conditional generosity
Kellner, Christian; Reinstein, David; Riener, Gerhard - 2015
We study how other-regarding behavior extends to environments with uncertain income and conditional commitments. Should fundraisers ask a banker to donate "if he earns a bonus" or wait and ask after the bonus is known? Standard EU theory predicts these are equivalent; loss-aversion and signaling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346238
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The economics of altruistic punishment and the demise of cooperation
Egas, Martijn (contributor); Riedl, Arnold (contributor) - 2005
punishment ; collective action ; public goods ; internet experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003086450
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Does an Economics Education Affect Behavior? Evidence from a Public Goods Experiment
McCannon, Bryan C. - 2013
Does an economics education affect an individual's behavior? While it has been shown that choices made by those who have studied economics are different, what is unclear is whether differences in behavior are, in fact, due to the education or simply reflect the fact that those who choose to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087126
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Error-Prone Inference from Response Time : The Case of Intuitive Generosity in Public-Good Games
Recalde, Maria P. - 2018
Previous research on public-good games revealed greater contributions by fast decision-makers than by slow decision-makers. Interpreting greater contributions as generosity, this has been seen as evidence of generosity being intuitive. We caution that fast decisions are more prone to error, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925616
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Conditional Cooperation : Disentangling Strategic from Non-Strategic Motivations
Reuben, Ernesto - 2011
We use a novel experimental design to examine the role of reputational concerns in explaining conditional cooperation in social dilemmas. By using the strategy method in a repeated sequential prisoners' dilemma in which the probabilistic end is known, we can distinguish between strategically and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714189
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Free-Riding in the Lab and in the Field
Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2021
To investigate the external validity of laboratory results, we combine a public good experiment with three treatments … in a field experiment. One treatment offers the opportunity to free-ride, the other two are placebo treatments. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315959
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The Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - 2021
Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318468