Similar Search Results

Bohnet, Iris; Meier, Stephan - 2005

We employ experiments to illustrate one factor contributing to the lack of distrust in the recent corporate scandals: Trust rather than no trust was the default. People are more trusting when the default is full trust than when it is no trust. We introduce a new game, the distrust game (DTG),...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282774

Exploring the Effects of Unequal and Secretive Pay

Fischer, Sven Heiko; Steiger, Eva-Maria - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2009

We experimentally test whether intentional and observable discriminatorypay of symmetric agents in the Winter (2004) game causes lowpaid agents to reduce effort. We control for intentionality of wages byeither allowing a principal to determine wages or by implementing arandom process. Our main...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022163

Expectations of reciprocity when competitors share information: Experimental evidence

Ganglmair, Bernhard; Holcomb, Alex; Myung, Noah - 2019

's expectation of reciprocity shown to be a key determinant. We use an indeterminate horizon centipede game to establish a feedback …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056161

Trust, communication and contracts: Experimental evidence

Ben-Ner, Avner; Putterman, Louis - 2006

We introduce opportunities for pre-play communication and to enter binding or non-binding contracts in trust games, and find (a) communication increases trusting and trustworthiness, (b) contracts are unnecessary for trusting and trustworthy behaviors and are eschewed by many players, (c) more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318895

Lavish returns on cheap talk: Non-binding communication in a trust experiment

Ben-Ner, Avner; Putterman, Louis; Ren, Ting - 2007

We let subjects interact with anonymous partners in trust (investment) games with and without one of two kinds of pre-play communication: numerical (tabular) only, and verbal and numerical. We find that either kind of pre-play communication increases trusting, trustworthiness, or both, in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318961

Reciprocity and Emotions: Arousal, Self-Reports, and Expectations

Ben-Shakhar, Gershon; Bornstein, Gary; Hopfensitz, Astrid; … - 2004

Although reciprocity is a key concept in the social sciences, it is still unclear why people engage in costly …-reported anger highlights the importance of using both techniques for studying reciprocity. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325363

The stability of conditional cooperation: Egoism trumps reciprocity in social dilemmas

Andreozzi, Luciano; Ploner, Matteo; Saral, Ali Seyhun - 2019

-shared conclusion that cooperation observed in experiments (and its collapse)is mostly driven by imperfect reciprocity. In this study … observed. We are thus driven to the conclusion that egoism is more resistant to exposure to social dilemmas than reciprocity. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012428595

The effect of random shocks on reciprocal behavior in dynamic principal-agent settings

Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Oexl, Regine - 2021

Previous work has shown that unobservable random shocks on output have a detrimental effect on effort provision in short-term ('static') employment relationships. Given the prevalence of long-term ('dynamic') relationships in firms, we investigate whether the impact of shocks is similarly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012873010

Positive and negative reciprocity in labor market

Pereira, Paulo Trigo; Silva, Nuno; Silva, João Andrade e - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2002

environment than usually considered in the literature. In fact, positive reciprocity survives in a treatment favoring selfish … reciprocity there is negative reciprocity in this new treatment. Additionally, this paper highlights the influence of the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761278

Age and the development of trust and reciprocity

Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin G. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004

We examine the degree of trust and reciprocity in an experimental trust game with 662 participants from six different … and reciprocity have been identified as fundamental pillars for smooth and efficient economic interactions, economic …. Reciprocity prevails in all age groups, although its degree also seems to increase with age. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765128