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Identities, selection, and contributions in a public-goods game
Charness, Gary; Cobo-Reyes, Ramón; Jiménez, Natalia - In: Games and economic behavior 87 (2014), pp. 322-338
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The dynamics of norm formation and norm decay
Fehr, Ernst; Schurtenberger, Ivo - 2018
Social norms are a ubiquitous feature of social life and pervade almost every aspect of human social interaction. However, despite their importance we still have relatively little empirical knowledge about the forces that drive the formation, the maintenance and the decay of social norms. In...
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Starting small toward voluntary formation of efficient large groups in public goods provision
Charness, Gary; Yang, Chun-Lei - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 102 (2014) C, pp. 119-132
We test a mechanism whereby groups are formed voluntarily, through the use of voting. These groups play a public-goods game, where efficiency increases with group size (up to a limit, in one treatment). It is feasible to exclude group members, to exit one's group, or to form larger groups...
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The solidarity motive
Engel, Christoph - 2016
For decades, experimental economics has been very interested in behavior that could be characterized as practicing solidarity (although the term is rarely used). Solidarity is a key concept in Catholic Social Teaching. This paper builds a bridge between these two endeavors that, thus far, had...
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Group identity and leading-by-example
Drouvelis, Michalis; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2012
We study the interplay between leading-by-example and group identity in a public goods game experiment. A common … identity between the leader and her followers is beneficial for cooperation: average contributions are more than 30% higher … than in a treatment where no identity was induced. In two further treatments we study the effects of heterogeneous …
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Self-Organization for collective action: an experimental study of voting on formal, informal, and no sanction regimes
Markussen, Thomas; Putterman, Louis G.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2011
. -- formal sanctions ; informal sanctions ; experiment ; voting ; cooperation ; punishment …
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State or nature? : formal vs. informal sanctioning in the voluntary provision of public goods
Kamei, Kenju; Putterman, Louis G.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2011
chosen by voting. -- Sanction ; social dilemma ; public goods ; voluntary contribution mechanism ; punishment ; experiment …
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Cooperating, fast and slow : testing the social heuristics hypothesis
Strømland, Eirik; Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute - 2016
, we conduct a novel time-pressure experiment to shed light on the cognitive underpinnings of cooperation. Although we find …
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Self-Organization for Collective Action : An Experimental Study of Voting on Formal, Informal, and No Sanction Regimes
Markussen, Thomas - 2011
Entrusting the power to punish to a central authority is a hallmark of civilization. We study a collective action dilemma in which self‐interest should produce a sub‐optimal outcome absent sanctions for non‐cooperation. We then test experimentally whether subjects make the theoretically...
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State or Nature? Formal vs. Informal Sanctioning in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods
Kamei, Kenju - 2011
The sanctioning of norm-violating behavior by an effective formal authority is an efficient solution for social dilemmas. It is in the self-interest of voters and is often favorably contrasted with letting citizens take punishment into their own hands. Allowing informal sanctions, by contrast,...
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