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We examine experimentally the impact of communication on trust and cooperation. Our design admits observation of …
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Psychological game theory can provide a rational choice explanation of framing effects; frames influence beliefs, and beliefs influence motivations. We explain this point theoretically, and explore its empirical relevance experimentally. In a 2×2-factorial framing design of one-shot public good...
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motivated by trust in positive reciprocity or fear of negative reciprocity, in addition to unconditional other …
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, the ultimatum game and the trust game. All subjects in a session earn the same participation fee, but their choices affect … waiting time. In the trust game, there is substantial trust and reciprocity. Overall, social preferences are evident in time … allocation decisions. Received laboratory results from dictator, ultimatum, and trust games are robust to the change in reward …
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trust and cooperation. Multidimensionality of social capital (Uphoff 1999, Paldam 2000) is accounted in terms of cognitive …
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We show that the standard trust question routinely used in social capital research is importantly related to … others cooperation. We find that the standard trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs about … others cooperation. Moreover, we show that the fairness question , a recently proposed alternative to the standard trust …
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We let subjects interact with anonymous partners in trust (investment) games with and without one of two kinds of pre …
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How malleable are peopleś fairness ideals? Although fairness is an oft-invoked concept in allocation situations, it is still unclear whether and to what extent peopleś allocations reflect their fairness ideals. We investigate in a laboratory experiment whether peopleś fairness ideals vary...
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The conflict between pro-self and pro-social behaviour is at the core of many key problems of our time, as, for example, the reduction of air pollution and the redistribution of scarce resources. For the well-being of our societies, it is thus crucial to find mechanisms to promote pro-social...
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This paper investigates the importance of concerns about intentions and outcomes in a sequential prisoner’s dilemma game with nature. In the game, there is a chance that the first mover’s choice is reversed. This allows the separation of intended actions from the resulting outcomes....
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