economic study of organizations. We study a previously unex-plored mechanism by which integration between two parties could … experiment. Our subjects were randomly divided into two teams and asked to wear their team uniform. Task 1 required them to …. For Task 2, the subjects played a hold-up game with either a member of their own team (representing integra-tion) or a …

members. We use a laboratory experiment to study the role of group identity, created by the use of symbols, in mitigating the …

essay by Coase (1937). This paper studies a previously unexplored mechanism through which integration could resolve the hold … degree of altruism towards another team member, and this in turn helps resolving the hold-up problem. We test this conjecture … in a laboratory experiment. Our subjects are randomly divided into two teams and given their respective team uniforms to …

essay by Coase (1937). This paper studies a previously unexplored mechanism by which integration between two parties could … identity increases the degree of altruism towards another group member, and this in turn helps resolve the hold-up problem. We … test this conjecture in a laboratory experiment. Our subjects were randomly divided into two teams and asked to wear their …

members. We use a laboratory experiment to study the role of group identity, created by the use of symbols, in mitigating the …

between other-regarding behavior and opportunism. In our experiment the seller can become worse off by investing, suggesting … that costly solutions to opportunistic behavior such as vertical integration may be unnecessary. …