reduce the current and the future yield for both others and themselves. Accordingly, economic theory predicts that more …

In a series of recent experiments (Davis, Millner and Reilly, 2005, Eckel and Grossman, 2003, 2005a-c, 2006), matching …

experimental methodology and charitable donations respectively. The artefact interpretation is empirically superior, and implies …

We investigate the methodology used in a significant genre of experimental economics, in which experiments are designed …

combining laboratory experiments with field data. We study fishermen whose main, and often only, source of income stems from the …. Economic theory – which assumes the existence of general across-situational traits – thus predicts that fishermen who exhibit … confirm. We thus corroborate the economic theory and extend the scope of other-regarding preference theories to crucial …

phenomena. However, the empirical foundation of social preferences is largely based on laboratory experiments with self …-selected students as participants. This is potentially problematic as students participating in experiments may behave systematically … experiments with student samples misrepresent the importance of social preferences. Our first study shows that students who …

foundation of social preferences is largely based on laboratory experiments with self-selected students as participants. This is … potentially problematic as students participating in experiments may behave systematically different than non …-participating students or non-students. In this paper we empirically investigate whether laboratory experiments with student samples …

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 of experiments is whether the same individuals act in experiments as …

phenomena. However, the empirical foundation of social preferences is largely based on laboratory experiments with self …-selected students as participants. This is potentially problematic as students participating in experiments may behave systematically … experiments with student samples misrepresent the importance of social preferences. Our first study shows that students who …