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on cooperative behavior. In a survey experiment with a representative sample of the Swedish population (N = 1,828), we … mode or were induced to rely either on emotion or reason. Cooperation was measured across a series of commonly used and … that average cooperation rates increased when emotions were induced rather than reason. At the trait level, our results …
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We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral ….S.A. than anywhere else. -- conditional cooperation ; public goods ; experiment … regularity. Yet, the number of conditional cooperators and the extent of conditional cooperation are much higher in the U …
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matching. The paper compares the Engel curves obtained from matching with the Engel curves obtained from traditional …. While superficially both ways to allocate income generate similar results, matching allows to explain some empirical … regularities that maximization cannot account for. For example, only by using matching one can reconstruct that income elasticities …
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We investigate whether depleting people's cognitive resources (or "willpower") affects the degree to which they are susceptible to framing effects. Recent research in social psychology and economics has suggested that willpower is a resource that can be temporarily depleted and that a depleted...
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Our study proposes a novel mechanism to reduce information asymmetry about product quality between buyers and sellers. Product testing organizations like Consumer Reports (US) and Stiftung Warentest (Germany) seek to reduce this asymmetry by providing credible information. However, limited...
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Credence goods markets are prone to fraudulent behavior and market inefficiencies due to informational asymmetries between sellers and customers. We examine experimentally the effects of diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage on the information acquisition and provision decisions by...
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Credence goods markets are prone to fraudulent behavior and market inefficiencies due to informational asymmetries between sellers and customers. We examine experimentally the effects of diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage on the information acquisition and provision decisions by...
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Credence goods markets are prone to fraudulent behavior and market inefficiencies due to informational asymmetries between sellers and customers. We examine experimentally the effects of diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage on the information acquisition and provision decisions by...
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