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We analyze subjects' eye movements while they make decisions in a series of one-shot games. The majority of them perform a partial and selective analysis of the payoff matrix, often ignoring the payoffs of the opponent and/or paying attention only to specific cells. Our results suggest that...
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The distinct historical and cultural experiences of American blacks and whites may influence whether members of those groups perceive a particular exchange as fair. We investigate racial differences in fairness standards using preferences for equal treatment in the ultimatum game, where...
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We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral ….S.A. than anywhere else. -- conditional cooperation ; public goods ; experiment …
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We correlate competitive bidding and profits in symmetric independent private value first-price auctions with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol in more than 200 subjects. Females bid significantly higher and earn significantly lower profits than males. Moreover,...
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In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we …
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outcomes according to the receiver's payoff, from highest to lowest. The receiver, without knowing that there is conflict of …
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In the midst of growing public wariness about large-scale foreign interventions, the Obama administration has decided to arm the Syrian rebels. Those who call for increasing the scope of U.S. aid to the Syrian rebels argue that (1) arming the rebels is the cheapest way to halt a humanitarian...
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– formal titles. Land conflict will be minimal when governments supply property rights to first possessors. But, governments …, governments may assign de jure rights but be unwilling to enforce the right. This generates potential or actual conflict over land … depending on the violence potentials of de facto and de jure claimants. We examine land settlement and conflict on the frontiers …
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In 1973, Augusto Pinochet led a US-backed coup against Salvador Allende, Chile's democratically elected president. Pinochet's supporters argued that the coup was the only way to save the country amid statism and socioeconomic breakdown. But how much was Allende to blame for the crisis that...
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