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We study the impact of information on the effectiveness of a taking frame in the context of charitable giving. In our … of information that we provide about the worthiness of the receiving charity. In keeping with our theoretical prediction … is smaller, the more information we provide on the charity. …
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endogenous information structures: Players are uninformed whether the target player cooperated or defected at the cooperation … stage, but can decide to resolve the information imperfection at non-negative cost at the punishment stage. We examine how … resolving the information imperfection) and a «diffusion effect» (defectors make up a smaller share of the punished and receive …
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We study the impact of information on the effectiveness of a taking frame in the context of charitable giving. In our … of information that we provide about the worthiness of the receiving charity. In keeping with our theoretical prediction … is smaller, the more information we provide on the charity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588171
information. Is this accurate? This paper addresses that question by providing a model and empirical test of how citizens' policy … preferences respond to information in the arena of anti-crime policy. The paper's model shows that preferences for anti … crime regimes social policies are. To evaluate the model, the authors employ an information experiment embedded in the 2017 …
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Under what conditions can cooperation be sustained in a network of strangers? Here we study the role of institutions and uncover a new behavioral foundation for the use of monetary systems. In an experiment, anonymous subjects could cooperate or defect in bilateral random encounters. This...
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anonymously in a group, could pay a cost either to obtain information about their counterparts, or to create a freely available … attain higher levels of cooperation compared to a treatment without monitoring. Information about past conduct alone thus …
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's interest in controlling who receives their private information. Participants of an experiment face the decision to share … validated personal information with peers. We compare preferences for sharing potentially embarrassing information (body weight … and height) and non-embarrassing information (address data) with geographically proximate or distant peers. We find that i …
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The psychology literature provides ample evidence that people have difficulties taking the perspective of less-informed others. This paper presents a controlled experiment showing that this "curse of knowledge" can cause comparative overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader...
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This paper extends Savage's subjective approach to probability and utility from decision problems under exogenous uncertainty to choice in strategic environments. Interactive uncertainty is modeled both explicitly, using hierarchies of preference relations, the analogue of beliefs hierarchies,...
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-informed agent. In contrast to a rational person, the cursed individual behaves as if part of his private information were common … information between the players. We investigate in this article how the curse of knowledge modifies individual behaviours in … knowledge by varying the information available to the players ceteris paribus. Our analysis of the expectations and choices of …
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