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We investigate experimentally whether the extent of conditional cooperation in public good games depends on the marginal per capita return (MPCR) to the public good and type of game. The MPCR is varied from 0.2 to 0.4 to 0.8. The "standard" game, in which three players contribute before a...
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We report the results of a field experiment with bicycle messengers in Switzerland and the United States. Messenger work is individualized enough that firms can choose to condition pay on it, but significant externalities in messenger behavior nonetheless give their on-the-job interactions the...
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characteristics of our experimental design are a variation of information feedback and an elicitation of individual beliefs about …
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We provide a test of the role of social preferences and beliefs in voluntary cooperation and its decline. We elicit … individuals' cooperation preferences in one experiment and use them as well as subjects' elicited beliefs to explain contributions … contribute less than others, rather than by their changing beliefs of others' contribution over time. Universal free riding is …
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. Many people's desire to contribute less than others, rather than changing beliefs of what others will contribute over time …
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chains facilitate cooperation by balancing positive and negative reciprocity. …
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This paper incorporates tax morale into the Allingham Sandmo (1972) model of income tax evasion. Tax morale is interpreted as a social norm for tax compliance. The norm strength, depending on the share of evaders in the society, is endogenously derived. Taxpayers act conditionally cooperative,...
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