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Socially destructive behavior in a public good environment - like damaging public goods - is an underexposed phenomenon in economics. In an experiment we investigate whether such behavior can be influenced by the very nature of an environment. To that purpose we use a Fragile Public Good (FPG)...
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Socially destructive behavior in a public good environment–like damaging public goods–is an underexposed phenomenon in economics. In an experiment we investigate whether such behavior can be influenced by the very nature of an environment. To that purpose we use a Fragile Public Good (FPG)...
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second-price auctions. Overbidding is a robust finding in second- price auctions, and spite among bidders has been advanced … as an explanation. If spite extends to the seller, then the absence of human sellers who receive the auction revenue may … spite extends to the seller. We experimentally test the model predictions by exogenously varying the presence of human …
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In this paper we use an experiment to compare a theory of risk aversion and a theory of spite as an explanation for … spite can be used to rationalize deviations from risk neutral equilibrium bids in auctions. We exploit that equilibrium …. Indeed, we find that spite is a more convincing explanation for bidding behavior for the second-price all-pay auction. Not …
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