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Generosity and sharing among villagers : do women give more?
Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein Terje - In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics 57 (2015), pp. 103-111
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From the lab to the field : envelopes, dictators and manners
Stoop, Jan - In: Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic … 17 (2014) 2, pp. 304-313
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010411218
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Gift-exchange in society and the social integration of refugees : evidence from a field, a laboratory, and a survey experiment
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Leisen, Bernd Josef; Mertins, Vanessa - 2019
experiment shows that citizens' intentions to contribute time and money rise significantly when they learn about refugees' pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229083
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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...
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Directed giving : evidence from an inter-household transfer experiment
Batista, Catia; Silverman, Dan; Yang, Dean - 2013
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in … that must be in cash. Qualitative post-experiment responses suggest that this effect is driven by a desire to control how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194757
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How much is a friend worth? : Directed altruism and enforced reciprocity in social networks
Leider, Stephen; Mobius, Markus; Rosenblat, Tanya; Do, … - 2007
social distances, but only one of these decisions is implemented. We decompose altruistic preferences into baseline altruism … towards strangers, and directed altruism towards friends. In order to separate the motives that are altruistic from the ones … the end of the experiment which decision was selected for payment, and a non-anonymous treatment where both players are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003715773
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How Much is a Friend Worth? Directed Altruism and Enforced Reciprocity in Social Networks
Leider, Stephen; Mobius, Markus M.; Rosenblat, Tanya; … - 2008
social distances, but only one of these decisions is implemented. We decompose altruistic preferences into baseline altruism … towards strangers, and directed altruism towards friends. In order to separate the motives that are altruistic from the ones … the end of the experiment which decision was selected for payment, and a non-anonymous treatment where both players are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223465
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Noblesse oblige?: determinants of survival in a life and death situation
Frey, Bruno S.; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2008
sinking of the RMS Titanic as a quasi-natural experiment do provide behavioural evidence which is rare in such a controlled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264458
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Surviving the Titanic disaster: economic, natural and social determinants
Frey, Bruno S.; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009
The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 took the lives of 68 percent of the people aboard. Who survived? It was women and children who had a higher probability of being saved, not men. Likewise, people traveling in first class had a better chance of survival than those in second and third...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264561
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Surviving the Titanic disaster : economic, natural and social determinants
Frey, Bruno S.; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009
; tragic events and disasters ; survival ; quasi-natural experiment ; altruism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808139