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Students, temporary workers and co-op workers : an experimental investigation on social preferences
Dragone, Davide; Galeotti, Fabio; Orsini, Raimondello - In: Games 6 (2015) 2, pp. 79-123
We conduct an artefactual field experiment to compare the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of three …
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Free riding in the lab and in the field
Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2010
We run a public good experiment in the field and in the lab with (partly) the same subjects. The field experiment is a … true natural field experiment as subjects do not know that they are exposed to an experimental variation. We can show that … subjects' behavior in the classic lab public good experiment correlates with their behavior in the structurally comparable …
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Free-riding in the lab and in the field
Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2011
To investigate the external validity of laboratory results, we combine a public good experiment with three treatments … in a field experiment. One treatment offers the opportunity to free-ride, the other two are placebo treatments. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314547
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Volunteering to take on power : experimental evidence from matrilineal and patriarchal societies in India
Banerjee, Debosree; Ibanez, Marcela; Riener, Gerhard; … - 2015
Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can also support long term economic growth. Yet in most societies, coercive power is in the hands of men. We investigate whether this form of segregation is due to inherent gender...
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The perils of peer punishment : evidence from a common pool resource experiment
Melo, Gioia de; Piaggio, Matías - 2015
We provide experimental evidence on the effects of social disapproval by peers among communities of Uruguayan small-scale fishers exploiting a common pool resource (CPR). We combined this treatment with an in-group (groups from a single community) / mixed group (groups composed of fishers from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287028
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The influence of collective action on the demand for voluntary climate change mitigation in hypothetical and real situations
Sturm, Bodo; Uehleke, Reinhard - 2015
In this experiment, we investigate determinants of the individual demand for voluntary climate change mitigation …
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The economics of altruistic punishment and the demise of cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - 2005
Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...
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Community mobilization around social dilemmas : evidence from lab experiments in rural MaliMaria Laura Alzua; Juan Camilo Cardenas and Habiba Djebbari
Alzua, Maria Laura; Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo; … - 2014
Community mobilization is a key feature of community-based development projects. Community mobilization requires facilitating communication between village members and between leaders and the rest of the community. Is communication an effective device through which mobilization may foster...
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Motivational drivers of the private provision of public goods : evidence from a large framed field experiment
Diederich, Johannes; Goeschl, Timo - 2014
Disentangling the motivational drivers of individuals is frequently regarded a key step in reconciling theory and empirical evidence on the voluntary provision of public goods. We present results of a large online field experiments with 12,624 contribution choices by members of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362168
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Giving is a question of time : response times and contributions to a real world public good
Lohse, Johannes; Goeschl, Timo; Diederich, Johannes - 2014
. In light of conflicting results, this paper reports on an analysis of response time data from an online experiment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362897