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Fiore, Annamaria; Morone, Andrea - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-1, pp. 1-21

Seminal models of herd behaviour and informational cascades point out existence of negative information externalities, and propose to ?destroy? information in order to achieve social improvements. Although in the last years many features of herd behaviour and informational cascades have been...

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Der Einsatz quantitativer Methoden zur Messung der Wirkung von Kunst auf junge Menschen am Beispiel einer Skulptur von Katharina Grosse

Quack, Helmut - 2015

statistically highly significant. The results of the experiment are interpreted psychologically and discussed in the light of the …

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An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis

Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - 2003

period and individuals are not too risk averse. This paper tests the POUM hypothesis by means of a within subjects experiment … inequality aversion are (partially) controlled for via either the experiment design or the information collected during the … experiment. We find that the POUM hypothesis holds under alternative specifications, even when we control for individual fixed …

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Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay : An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting

Villeval, Marie-Claire; Eriksson, Tor - 2004

experiment that analyzes the influence of other-regarding preferences on sorting and incentives. Experimental evidence shows that …

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A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; von Rosenbladt, Bernhard; … - 2003

representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …

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Punishing Free-Riders : How Group Size Affects Mutual Monitoring and the Provision of Public Goods

Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2004

Because costly punishment is not credible, subgame perfection suggests that punishment will not deter free riding, regardless of the size or structure of groups. However, experiments show that people will punish free riders, even at considerable cost. To examine the implications of agents who...

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Blowing the Whistle

Apesteguia, José; Dufwenberg, Martin; Selten, Reinhard - 2003

Leniency clauses, offering cartelists legal immunity if they blow the whistle on each other, is a recent anti-trust innovation. The authorities wish to thwart cartels and promote competition. This effect is not evident, however; whistle-blowing may enforce trust and collusion by providing a tool...

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Causes, consequences, and cures of myopic loss aversion: An experimental investigation

Fellner, Gerlinde; Sutter, Matthias - 2005

Myopic loss aversion (MLA) has been established as one prominent explanation for the equity premium puzzle. In this paper we address two issues related to the effects of MLA on risky investment decisions. First, we assess the relative impact of feedback frequency and investment flexibility (via...

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Social Reciprocity

Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2004

altruism. Instead, we posit that social reciprocity is a triggered normative response. Our experiment confirms the existence of …

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Gender preference gaps and voting for redistribution

Ranehill, Eva; Weber, Roberto A. - 2021

preferences requires an improved understanding. We conduct an experiment in which individuals in small laboratory "societies …

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