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We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report thattwo thirds of choices …
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We investigate an experimental representatives’ trust game which resembles trust relation-ships between representatives of organisations. Personality traits of subjects are elicited by a personality questionnaire (Cattell’s 16 PF-R) which is well established in personnel psychology. For the...
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Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...
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candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …. -- Reference points ; expectations ; loss aversion ; risk aversion ; disappointment ; experiment …
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more stable. -- Social preferences ; charitable donations ; dictator game ; experiment …
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explained by avoiding cognitive dissonance as in Konow (2000). Our experiment's choice data is in line with this approach. In …
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We run a public good experiment in the field and in the lab with (partly) the same subjects. The field experiment is a … true natural field experiment as subjects do not know that they are exposed to an experimental variation. We can show that … subjects' behavior in the classic lab public good experiment correlates with their behavior in the structurally comparable …
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This experiment explores whether individuals know that other people are biased. We confirm that overestimation of …
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Economists have been theorizing that other-regarding preferences influence decision making. Yet, what are the corresponding psychological mechanisms that inform these preferences in laboratory games? Empathy and Theory of Mind (ToM) are dispositions considered to be essential in social...
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finding, discuss its applicability in war, litigation, and other settings, and test it in a laboratory experiment. We find …
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