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for same-function alliances, but not for cross-function alliances. We test these equilibrium predictions in an experiment …
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principal in the context of production. We examine in particular the case of envy and we show that in general envy entails … costly observation of private decisions so that we investigate whether envy encourages non compliance or not. …
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habits and envy places additional restrictions on the evolution of the optimal consumption path. We use a unique data set …
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This thesis consists of studies in the field of experimental economics. The first two chapters of the thesis deal with the issue of subject selection in Cournot Oligopoly experiments. In particular, chapter 1 presents a study which was designed to test whether a predominant personality inventory...
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In a four-treatment experiment, we test some of the hypotheses inGarcia-Gallego et al.(2004) concerning competition …
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This Thesis contains three essays on the economic behavior of individuals. The first essay, co-authored with Andreas Blume and Douglas DeJong is an experimental investigation into the contribution of cognition in a strategic setting where the goal is to coordinate by choosing different courses...
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experimental data. The data from the controlled experiment show significant support for the two testable propositions: subjects …
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chapter three, I take the perspective of a market designer and conduct a human-subject experiment to study learning of …
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controlled laboratory experiment I examined whether this mechanism had the desired effects on buyer and seller behavior, and … Reputation Systems. In a controlled laboratory experiment using student subjects having two different nationalities, I found that …
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Research in economics and psychology has established that informal non-monetary sanctions, particularly expressions of negative emotion or disapproval, can enforce fair economic exchange. However, scholars are only beginning to understand the reasons non-monetary sanctions affect economic...
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