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Living in two neighborhoods : social interactions in the LAB

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gächter, Simon - 2003

Field evidence suggests that agents belonging to the same group tend to behave similarly, i.e., behavior exhibits social interaction effects. Testing for such effects raises severe identification problems. We conduct an experiment that avoids these problems. The main design feature is that each...

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Living in two neighborhoods : social interaction effects in the lab

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gächter, Simon - 2009

Field evidence suggests that people belonging to the same group often behave similarly, i.e., behavior exhibits social interaction effects. We conduct a laboratory experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field and allows us to study the behavioral logic of social...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003799774

Living in Two Neighborhoods - Social Interactions in the Lab

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gächter, Simon - 2021

Field evidence suggests that people belonging to the same group often behave similarly, i.e., behaviour exhibits social interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field. Our novel design feature is that each subject simultaneously is a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319910

Living in Two Neighborhoods : Social Interactions in the Lab

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gaechter, Simon - 2023

Field evidence suggests that people belonging to the same group often behave similarly, i.e.,behaviour exhibits social interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids theidentification problem present in the field. Our novel design feature is that each subjectsimultaneously is a member...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261034

Models of spatial competition : a critical review

Biscaia, Ricardo; Mota, Isabel - 2011

According to Duranton (2008), the main focus of spatial economics is the location choice of the economic agents. In … order to explain the location and the agglomeration of agents in certain locations, one must relax the core assumptions of … static location models; the externality models, in which economic activity endogenously generates spillovers that motivates …

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Damming trans-boundary rivers : a welfare analysis of conflict and cooperation

Zeng, Yuyu; Houba, Harold; Dinar, Ariel; Marence, Miroslav - 2016

regarding installed hydropower capacity and dam location instead of the standard economic assumptions of such costs. Our results …

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Do less-violent technologies result in less violence? : A theoretical investigation applied to the use of tasers by law enforcement

McCannon, Bryan - 2009

The use of a taser by law enforcement can substitute for either a gun (a more-violent technology) or a mildly-violent technology (such as pepper spray or hands-on tactics). Which is used affects both the severity of harm when used and the amount of resistance, which affects how often it must be...

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Unique equilibrium in a model of rule of law

Bruno, Randolph (contributor) - 2006

This paper presents a model of Rule of Law in which a continuum of agents plays against the State for the appropriation of the economic assets of a stylised economy. The model shows how each agent can either challenge the State or acquiesce, with the latter having the choice of either protecting...

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Doping and cheating in contest-like situations

Kräkel, Matthias (contributor) - 2006

Individuals who compete in a contest-like situation (for example, in sports, in promotion tournaments, or in an appointment contest) may have an incentive to illegally utilize resources in order to improve their relative positions. We analyze such doping or cheating within a tournament game...

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At the mercy of the prisoner next door : using an experimental measure of selfishness as a criminological tool

Chmura, Thorsten; Engel, Christoph; Englerth, Markus; … - 2010

Do criminals maximise money? Are criminals more or less selfish than the average subject? Can prisons apply measures that reduce the degree of selfishness of their inmates? Using a tried and tested tool from experimental economics, we cast new light on these old criminological questions. In a...

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