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Economic Preferences 2.0 : Connecting Competition, Cooperation and Inter-Temporal Preferences
Espín, Antonio - 2017
-temporal ingredient, we generate an outcome-based model which focuses on the conflict between cooperation towards social efficiency and … competition for the individual relative standing. We build on the argument that cooperative (competitive) patterns are more likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961075
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Promises and Partnership
Charness, Gary; Dufwenberg, Martin - 2006
We examine experimentally the impact of communication on trust and cooperation. Our design admits observation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014089179
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Competitive preferences and status as an incentive : experimental evidence
Charness, Gary; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2010
In this paper, we investigate individuals' investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their status (rank). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985726
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Can gender differences in distributional preferences explain gender gaps in competition?
Mani, Subha; Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Sharma, Smriti; … - 2017
We design an experiment to examine whether egalitarian preferences, and in particular, behindness aversion as well as preference for favorable inequality affect competitive choices differently among males and females. We find that selection into competitive environments is: (a) negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631435
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Can gender differences in distributional preferences explain gender gaps in competition?
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Mani, Subha; Sharma, Smriti; … - 2017
We design an experiment to examine whether egalitarian preferences, and in particular, behindness aversion as well as preference for favourable inequality affect competitive choices differently among males and females. We find that selection into competitive environments is: (a) negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635696
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Competitive Preferences and Status as an Incentive : Experimental Evidence
Charness, Gary; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2011
In this paper, we investigate individuals’ investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their relative position...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186505
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Competitive Preferences and Status as an Incentive : Experimental Evidence
Charness, Gary - 2010
In this paper, we investigate individuals' investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their status (rank). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141233
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Competitive Preferences and Status as an Incentive : Experimental Evidence
Charness, Gary - 2010
In this paper, we investigate individuals' investment in status in an environment where no monetary return can possibly be derived from reaching a better relative position. We use a real-effort experiment in which we permit individuals to learn and potentially improve their status (rank). We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141393
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A theory of reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001
This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398368
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Social Preferences, Beliefs, and the Dynamics of Free Riding in Public Good Experiments
Fischbacher, Urs; Gaechter, Simon - 2021
We provide a test of the role of social preferences and beliefs in voluntary cooperation and its decline. We elicit … individuals' cooperation preferences in one experiment and use them - as well as subjects' elicited beliefs - to explain … based on this data, we show that the decline of cooperation can be driven by the fact that most people have a preference to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316430