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Students, temporary workers and co-op workers: An experimental investigation on social preferences
Dragone, Davide; Galeotti, Fabio; Orsini, Raimondello - In: Games 6 (2015) 2, pp. 79-123
We conduct an artefactual field experiment to compare the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of three …
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In absence of money: a field experiment on volunteer work motivation
Mertins, Vanessa; Walter, Christian - In: Experimental Economics 24 (2020) 3, pp. 952-984
fundraising event. By running a natural field experiment, we study the effect of motivating these volunteers through (a) the …
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Subsidizing unit donations: matches, rebates, and discounts compared
Diederich, Johannes; Eckel, Catherine C.; Epperson, Raphael - In: Experimental Economics 25 (2021) 2, pp. 734-758
evidence of dominance in our online experiment: the three subsidy types are equally effective overall. At a more disaggregated …
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Tipping for charity: a field experiment in charitable giving on free walking tours
Butz, Britta; Harbring, Christine - In: Journal of Business Economics 92 (2021) 5, pp. 781-808
The following field experiment analyzes the effect of payments in a setting of shared social responsibility where … charitable giving is incorporated into a pay-what-you-want scheme as a share of the payment. The field experiment involved free … cost of the donation payment. Thus, while tour guides' profits do not differ between treatments donations to charity may be …
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Moral Suasion and the Private Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bos, Björn; Drupp, Moritz A.; Meya, Jasper N.; Quaas, … - In: Environmental and Resource Economics 76 (2020) 4, pp. 1117-1138
survey experiment with a representative sample of around 3500 Germans at the beginning of the pandemic, we study how moral …
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Nonmyopia and incentives in the piecewise linearized MDP procedures with variable step-sizes
Sato, Kimitoshi - In: Journal of Economic Structures 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
The paper formulates a piecewise linearized version of the procedure developed by Sato (1983) and analyzes its properties. In so doing, Fujigaki's (1981) private goods economy is extended to involve a public good; and the intertemporal game of Champsaur and Laroque is piecewise localized by...
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Discrimination, Narratives and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children
Barron, Kai; Harmgart, Heike; Huck, Steffen; Schneider, … - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics (2021) Online Early, pp. 1-34
Jordan. Using a simple sharing experiment, we find only a small degree of out-group discrimination. However, Jordanian …
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Framing and feedback in social dilemmas with partners and strangers
Cox, Caleb A.; Stoddard, Brock - In: Games 6 (2015) 4, pp. 394-412
We study framing effects in repeated social dilemmas by comparing payoff-equivalent Give- and Take-framed public goods games under varying matching mechanisms (Partners or Strangers) and levels of feedback (Aggregate or Individual). In the Give-framed game, players contribute to a public good,...
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Pledges of commitment and cooperation in partnerships
Deer, Lachlan; Bayer, Ralph-C. - In: Games 7 (2016) 1, pp. 1-16
We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously-formed partnerships facing a social dilemma. Treatments vary in terms of the individual's: (1) opportunity to commit to their partner; (2) the cost of dissolving committed...
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Setting the Bar - An Experimental Investigation of Immigration Requirements
Khadjavi, Menusch; Tjaden, Jasper D. - In: Journal of Public Economics 165 (2018), pp. 160-169
We examine determinants of immigration requirements in a public goods game experiment with endogenous groups. Initially …
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