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This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
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different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to …
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different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to … a large extent. -- field experiment ; cooperation ; social disapproval ; social preference ; competition ; Japan …
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different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318364
bargaining situations. There is also strong evidence that people exploit free-riding opportunities in voluntary cooperation games …. Yet, when they are given the opportunity to punish free riders, stable cooperation is maintained although punishment is …
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Publicly provided goods often create differential payoffs due to timely or spatial distances of group members. We design and test a provision mechanism which utilizes rank competition to mitigate free-riding in impure public goods. In our Rank-Order Voluntary Contribution Mechanism...
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New empirical evidence shows substantial heterogeneity in the altruism of healthcare providers. Spurred by this … evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare … prefers more or less horizontal differentiation is in general ambiguous and depends on the level of altruism. The more …
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We study spatially differentiated competition between charities by partnering with two foodbanks in two neighboring cities to conduct a field experiment with roughly 350 donation appeals. We induce spatial differentiation by varying the observability of charities' location such that each donor...
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We study the interaction between competition and social proximity on altruism, trust, and reciprocity. We decompose the …
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We study risk taking on behalf of others in an experiment on a large random sample. The decision makers in our experiment are facing high-powered incentives to increase the risk on behalf of others through hedged compensation contracts or with tournament incentives. Compared to a baseline...
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