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Decentralization and Collusion.
Baliga, S.; Sjostrom, T. - Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), … - 1996
We consider a model where agents work in sequence on a project, share information not available to the principal, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005245587
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The role of information in contests
Dubey, Pradeep - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 2, pp. 160-163
/her rivals (the complete or incomplete information regimes). Our main result is that, if the value of the prize is high, more … effort and output are engendered under incomplete information, whereas, if the value is low, that distinction goes to … complete information. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678824
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Games of Incomplete Information: The Inconsistent Case.
Maschler, M. - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572155
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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023678
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Social norm perception in economic laboratory experiments: Inexperienced versus experienced participants
Schmidt, Robert J.; Schwieren, Christiane; Sproten, Alec N. - 2018
conclude that learning effects are more important than selection effects for explaining differences between inexperienced and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141443
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Norms in the lab: Inexperienced versus experienced participants
Schmidt, Robert J.; Schwieren, Christiane; Sproten, Alec N. - 2019
Using coordination games, we study whether social norm perception differs between inexperienced and experienced … the context of daily life does not differ between the two groups. We therefore conclude that learning through experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141453
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Norms in the lab : inexperienced versus experienced participants
Schmidt, Robert J.; Schwieren, Christiane; Sproten, Alec N. - 2019
Using coordination games, we study whether social norm perception differs between inexperienced and experienced … the context of daily life does not differ between the two groups. We therefore conclude that learning through experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103380
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Social norm perception in economic laboratory experiments : inexperienced versus experienced participants
Schmidt, Robert J.; Schwieren, Christiane; Sproten, Alec N. - 2018
conclude that learning effects are more important than selection effects for explaining differences between inexperienced and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944119
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Experimental Economics: Some Methodological Notes
Fiore, Annamaria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
, incentive mechanisms, repeated trials and learning. The hope is that increasing awareness on some sharing methodologies will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005626840
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A Model of Non-Belief in the Law of Large Numbers
Raymond, Collin; Benjamin, Daniel J.; Rabin, Matthew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013
People believe that, even in very large samples, proportions of binary signals might depart significantly from the population mean.  We model this "non-belief in the Law of Large Numbers" by assuming that a person believes that proportions in any given sample might be determined by a rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004478