We compare male and female behavior in Japan and Canada in the context of a threshold public goods game with both a strong free-riding equilibrium and many socially efficient threshold equilibria. Although higher rewards produce higher contributions, neither culture nor gender has any...

This paper reports the results of a cross-country comparison between Austria andJapan for an experimental 3-personcoalition formation ultimatum game. The experimental design allows thecomparison with respect to three decisions. (i)The coalition decision, (ii) proposers' demand behavior in 2- and...

Der Harvard-Wissenschaftler Samuel P. Huntington sieht die künftige Weltpolitik bestimmt vom Zusammenprall der Zivilisationen: Der "Westen" stehe gegen den "Rest". Und Kishore Mahbubani, Staatssekretär im singapurischen Außenministerium und einer der Wortführer des neuen asiatischen...