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Robin, Stéphane; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Villeval, … - In: European Economic Review 66 (2014) C, pp. 16-38

treatments, first movers can change their opinion after learning that held by the second mover. We find evidence of high …

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Letting the briber go free: An experiment on mitigating harassment bribes

Abbink, Klaus; Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Gangadharan, Lata; … - In: Journal of Public Economics 111 (2014) C, pp. 17-28

is a mechanism where bribe-takers are culpable but bribe-givers have legal immunity. Results from our experiment indicate …

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Perceptions of risk : an experimental approach using internet questionnaires

Cowell, Frank; Cruces, Guillermo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

Building on previous studies on perceptions of inequality, welfare and risk we investigate the structure of individuals' rankings of uncertain prospects in terms of risk and their relationship to individual preferences. We examine three interlinked propositions that are fundamental to the...

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Attitudes towards risk and inequality : a questionnaire-experimental approach

Amiel, Yoram; Cowell, Frank - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

a novel mult-country questgionnaire experiment we examine the basis for this claim in terms of respondents …

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Contract structure, risk sharing and investment choice

Fischer, Gregory - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Few microfinance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneurship. This paper considers one possible explanation: that the structure of existing microfinance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected return investments. To explore this possibility, I develop a theory that...

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Envy and loss aversion in tournaments

Eisenkopf, Gerald; Teyssier, Sabrina - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 34 (2013) C, pp. 240-255

that monetary payoffs are not the only motive that determines agents’ decisions. In our experiment we test theoretical … provides a good explanation for competitive behavior when envy and loss aversion do not play a role in the decision making …

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Lying and team incentives

Conrads, Julian; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Rilke, Rainer Michael; … - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 34 (2013) C, pp. 1-7

We investigate the influence of two popular compensation schemes on subjects’ inclination to lie by adapting an experimental setup of Fischbacher and Heusi (2008). Lying turns out to be more pronounced under team incentives than under individual piece-rates, which highlights a fairly neglected...

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Cooperation across Organizational Boundaries: Experimental Evidence from a Major Sustainability Science Project

Waring, Timothy M.; Goff, Sandra Hughes; McGuire, Julia; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 3, pp. 1171-1190

outcomes and the chances for science-based decision-making. Sustainability science, as a form of engaged research, depends on … the collaborative abilities and cooperative tendencies of researchers. We use an economic experiment to measure …

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Pivotality and Responsibility Attribution in Sequential Voting

Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs; Schudy, Simeon - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2014

pivotal decision makers are blamed significantly more than non-pivotal decision makers. Moreover, we find that some voters … avoid being pivotal by voting strategically to delegate the pivotal vote to subsequent decision makers. …

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Thanks but No Thanks: A New Policy to Reduce Land Conflict

Dufwenberg, Martin; Köhlin, Gunnar; Martinsson, Peter; … - CESifo - 2014

first, low-cost pass at empirical evaluation, we conduct an experiment among farmers in the Ethiopian highlands, a region …

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