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Voluntary "donations" versus reward-oriented "contributions" : two experiments on framing in funding mechanisms

Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen - 2022 - This version: 05 May 2022

In an artefactual field experiment, we implemented a crowdfunding campaign for an institute's summer party and compared donation and contribution framings. We found that the use of the word 'donation' generated higher revenue than the use of 'contribution'. While the individuals receiving the...

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Capitalizing on the (false) consensus effect : two tractable methods to elicit private information

Schmidt, Robert J. - 2019

revealing the subject's privately held information. In an experiment, we apply the mechanisms to reveal beliefs about … probabilities. On the aggregate level, both mechanisms accurately reveal mean first-order beliefs of the population. On the subject … level, the modal difference between probabilities elicited in either mechanism and actual first-order beliefs is zero. The …

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Do time poor individuals pay more?

Rathjen, Tim - 2011

There is a rising number of concepts that try to describe the broad perception of time poverty. Though detailed time poverty analyses are available, still little is said about its impacts on the individual behaviour. Within this article, a possible new implication is analysed: The author tests...

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Do consumers acquire information optimally? : experimental evidence from energy efficiency

La Nauze, Andrea; Myers, Erica - 2023

, paying for attention could more effectively target welfare improvements. …

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Can transparency of information reduce embezzlement? : experimental evidence from Tanzania

Di Falco, Salvatore; Magdalou, Brice; Masclet, David; … - 2016

Embezzlement is a major concern in various settings. By means of a sequential modified dictator game, we investigate theoretically and experimentally whether making information more transparent and reducing the number of intermediaries in transfer chains can reduce embezzlement and improve the...

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Collaboration, alphabetical order and gender discrimination : evidence from the lab

Wiborg, Vegard Sjurseike; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Nyborg, Karine - 2019

If individual abilities are imperfectly observable, statistical discrimination may affect hiring decisions. In our lab experiment, pairs of subjects solve simple mathematical problems. Subjects then hire others to perform similar tasks. Before choosing whom to hire, they receive information...

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Collaboration, alphabetical order and gender discrimination - evidence from the lab

Wiborg, Vegard Sjurseike; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Nyborg, Karine - 2020

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Information defaults in repeated public good provision

Liu, Jia; Sonntag, Axel; Zizzo, Daniel John - 2020

slower unravelling is explained by the beliefs about others' contributions in these treatments. A secondary informational …

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Lying to appear honest

Barron, Kai - 2019

This paper studies individual truth-telling behavior in the presence of multiple lying opportunities with heterogeneous stake sizes. The results show that individuals lie downwards (i.e. forgo money due to their lie) in low-stakes situations in order to signal honesty, and thereby mitigate the...

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Committees of experts in the lab

Renes, Sander; Visser, Bauke - 2018

cheap-talk communication with evaluators. We use the chat among committee members to learn about, e.g., their beliefs about …

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