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Lavish returns on cheap talk: Non-binding communication in a trust experiment
Ben-Ner, Avner; Putterman, Louis; Ren, Ting - 2007
We let subjects interact with anonymous partners in trust (investment) games with and without one of two kinds of pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318961
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The framing of games and the psychology of strategic choice
Dufwenberg, Martin (contributor);  … - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003385854
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Implications of Trust, Fear, and Reciprocity for Modeling Economic Behavior
Cox, James C. - 2007
motivated by trust in positive reciprocity or fear of negative reciprocity, in addition to unconditional other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012730360
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Time as a Medium of Reward in Three Social Preference Experiments
Stoop, Jan; Noussair, Charles N. - 2012
, 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014166253
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Lavish Returns on Cheap Talk : Non-Binding Communication in a Trust Experiment
Ben-Ner, Avner; Putterman, Louis; Ren, Ting - 2007
We let subjects interact with anonymous partners in trust (investment) games with and without one of two kinds of pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224260
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On the malleability of fairness ideals : order effects in partial and impartial allocation tasks
Dengler-Roscher, Kathrin; Montinari, Natalia; … - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279775
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Increasing Altruistic and Cooperative Behaviour with Simple Moral Nudges
Capraro, Valerio - 2019
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900728
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Intentions Versus Outcomes : Cooperation and Fairness in a Sequential Prisoner's Dilemma with Nature
Ridinger, Garret - 2016
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014034763
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Social capital and crises with an application to Iceland
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2015
Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288794
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Trust in cooperation or ability? An experimental study on gender differences
Schwieren, Christiane; Sutter, Matthias - 2007
We examine gender differences in trust in another party's cooperation (CC) or its ability (AC). While men and women do … not differ concerning trust in cooperation, gender has a strong influence when trust in another subject's ability is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293426