We provide evidence that people have preferences for data privacy and show that these preferences partly reflect people’s interest in controlling who receives their private information. Participants of an experiment face the decision to share validated personal information with peers. We...

We provide evidence that people have preferences for data privacy and show that these preferences partly reflect peopleÕs interest in controlling who receives their private information. Participants of an experiment face the decision to share validated personal information with peers. We...

We investigate the consequences of imperfect data privacy on information acquisition of personal health data. In a game of persuasion with ex-ante symmetric information players decide on whether or not to acquire and reveal information about their personal health status to convince a decision...

We investigate the consequences of imperfect data privacy on information acquisition of personal health data. In a game of persuasion with ex-ante symmetric information players decide on whether or not to acquire and reveal information about their personal health status to convince a decision...

Intentionen sind also noch kein klar bestimmtes Konzept. Was genau bedeuten Intentionen? Welche Rolle spielen Intentionen bei sozialen Interaktionen? Und wie weisen Menschen anderen Absichtlichkeit zu? Gerade die letzte Frage beschäftigt auch die Philosophen. Die Fragebogenstudien des...

Confessions after failures are socially desirable. However, confessions also bear the risk of punishment. In a laboratory experiment I examine how confessions work. I analyze whether the willingness to punish harmful failures depends on how the harmed party has learned about the outcome. The...

Law makers increasingly try to capitalize on individuals having acquired knowledge of corporate crimes or other misconduct by inducing them to blow the whistle. In a laboratory experiment we measure the effectiveness of incentives on the willingness to report such misconduct to a sanctioning...