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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...

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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

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 …

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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The experience is (not) everything : sequential outcomes and social decision-making

Buckenmaier, Johannes; Dimant, Eugen - 2021

altruism, trust, trustworthiness, and cooperation. For non-social experiences, we find no effect on subsequent behavior in any …

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Indenture as a self-enforced contract device : an experimental test

Kritikos, Alexander (contributor); … - 2009

We experimentally test the efficacy of indenture as a self-enforced contract device. In an indenture game, the principal signals the intention of payment-on-delivery, by tearing a banknote and giving the agent half of it as "prepayment"; the agent receives the completing half after delivering...

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