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Those who can't sort, steal : caste, occupational mobility, and rent-seeking in rural India
Lawson, Nicholas; Spears, Dean - 2019
Three important features of Indian labor markets enduringly coexist: rent-seeking, occupational immobility, and caste … explains these facts as an equilibrium outcome. Some people switch caste-associated occupations for an easier source of rents … facts exploiting a unique survey question on casteism in India, which we show is associated with rent-seeking. …
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Bitter divisions : inequality, identity and cooperation
Martinangeli, Andrea - 2017
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Generosity and political preferences
Dawes, Christopher T.; Johannesson, Magnus; Lindqvist, Erik - 2012
We test whether generosity is related to political preferences and partisanship in Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States using incentivized dictator games. The total sample consists of more than 5,000 respondents. We document that support for social spending and redistribution...
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Is there a dividend of democracy? : experimental evidence from cooperation games
Markussen, Thomas; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2023
Do democratically chosen rules lead to more cooperation and, hence, higher efficiency, than imposed rules? To discuss when such a "dividend of democracy" obtains, we review experimental studies in which material incentives remain stacked against cooperation (i.e., free-riding incentives prevail)...
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The behavioral mechanisms of voluntary cooperation across culturally diverse societies : evidence from the US, the UK, Morocco, and Turkey
Weber, Till O.; Schulz, Jonathan F.; Beranek, Benjamin; … - 2023
We examine the role of cooperative preferences, beliefs, and punishments to uncover potential cross-societal differences in voluntary cooperation. Using one-shot public goods experiments in four comparable subject pools from the US and the UK (two similar Western societies) and Morocco and...
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Strong, bold, and kind : self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas
Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R. - 2012
social dilemmas. We subject our model to data from an experimental public goods game and a risk experiment, and we measure …
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Strong, bold, and kind : self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas
Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R. - 2013
predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels …
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Leading with(out) sacrifice? : a public-goods experiment with a super-additive player
Glöckner, Andreas; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Kube, Sebastian - 2009
We analyse two team settings in which one member in a team has stronger incentives to contribute than the others. If contributions constitute a sacrifice for the strong player, the other team members are more inclined to cooperate than if contributions are strictly dominant for the strong...
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Strong, bold, and kind : self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas
Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R. - 2013
predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels …-control conflict in the first place. -- self-control ; cooperation ; public good ; risk ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731212
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Salience, Coordination and Cooperation in Contributing to Threshold Public Goods
Corazzini, Luca - 2013
We present results from a multiple public goods experiment, where each public good produces benefits only if total … contributions to it reach a minimum threshold. The experiment allows us to compare a subject's behavior in a benchmark treatment …
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