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We examine, experimentally and theoretically, how communication within a partnership may mitigate the problem (highlighted in contract theory) of hidden action. What is the form and content of the communication? Which model of decision-making can capture the impact of communication? We consider...
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Intention-based models of reciprocity argue that people assess kindness by measuring the intended consequences of … alternatives and realized payoffs. Aggregate results suggest that intended consequences only weakly matter for negative reciprocity … invariant to intended consequences of actual behavior. -- Intentions ; reciprocity ; kindness ; gender …
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The perception of fairness of an offer in ultimatum type games may not only depend upon the distributional aspects of … ultimatum type game that affects perception of fairness. Two games are put to test. In both games, a proposer has two available …
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incompleteness and relational nature of most employment contracts and (b) the existence of reference-dependent fairness concerns … among a substantial share of the population into account. Theory shows and experiments confirm that, even if fairness … fairness on effort, derive predictions from our approach for entry-level wages and incumbent workers’ wages, confront these …
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usually have incomplete information about fairness norms held by the other party - fairness norms that affect the other party …'s willingness to pay (WTP) or willingness to accept (WTA). Importantly, these fairness norms may depend on how strongly the … participants can be divided into three groups corresponding to three different fairness norms: negative types whose WTP and WTA are …
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in one-shot (repeated) relationships. -- Gift-exchange ; reciprocity ; wage difference ; economic experiment …
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In 'Delivering Justice: Programme of Action to Strengthen the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels', the Secretary-General of the United Nations, argued that the rule of law involves more than the state and its institutions: it “is at the heart of the social contract between...
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usually have incomplete information about fairness norms held by the other party - fairness norms that affect the other party …'s willingness to pay (WTP) or willingness to accept (WTA). Importantly, these fairness norms may depend on how strongly the … participants can be divided into three groups corresponding to three different fairness norms: negative types whose WTP and WTA are …
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Economic decisions have been shown to depend on actual outcomes as well as perceived intentions. In this paper, we examine whether and how the relative importance of outcomes or intentions for economic decision develops with age. We report the result of ultimatum games with children, teens and...
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We study experimentally whether anti-corruption policies with a focus on bribery might be insufficient to uncover more subtle ways of gaining an unfair advantage. In particular, we investigate whether an implicit agreement to exchange favors between a decision-maker and a lobbying party serves...
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