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On the construction of social preferences in lab experiments

Borgloh, Sarah; Dannenberg, Astrid; Aretz, Bodo - 2010

This paper studies the construction of social preferences in the lab. Experimental subjects have the opportunity to donate to a charity and to allocate money in a conventional dictator game. The results show that charitable donations and dictator game allocations are positively correlated. The...

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In-group favoritism and discrimination among multiple out-groups

Grimm, Veronika; Utikal, Verena; Valmasoni, Lorenzo - 2015

multiple out-groups. In a laboratory experiment, we use dictator games for five groups to compare actual transfers to in …

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Do people behave in experiments as in the field? : evidence from donations

Benz, Matthias (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2006 - This version: January 31, 2006

Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...

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On the construction of social preferences in lab experiments

Borgloh, Sarah; Dannenberg, Astrid; Aretz, Bodo - 2010

more stable. -- Social preferences ; charitable donations ; dictator game ; experiment …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701355

Free riding in the lab and in the field

Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2010

We run a public good experiment in the field and in the lab with (partly) the same subjects. The field experiment is a … true natural field experiment as subjects do not know that they are exposed to an experimental variation. We can show that … subjects' behavior in the classic lab public good experiment correlates with their behavior in the structurally comparable …

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Unraveling fairness in simple games? : the role of empathy and theory of mind

Artinger, Florian; Exadaktylos, Filippos; Koppel, Hannes; … - 2010

Economists have been theorizing that other-regarding preferences influence decision making. Yet, what are the corresponding psychological mechanisms that inform these preferences in laboratory games? Empathy and Theory of Mind (ToM) are dispositions considered to be essential in social...

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Free-riding in the lab and in the field

Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2011

To investigate the external validity of laboratory results, we combine a public good experiment with three treatments … in a field experiment. One treatment offers the opportunity to free-ride, the other two are placebo treatments. We …

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Stochastic income and conditional generosity

Kellner, Christian; Reinstein, David; Riener, Gerhard - 2015

We study how other-regarding behavior extends to environments with uncertain income and conditional commitments. Should fundraisers ask a banker to donate "if he earns a bonus" or wait and ask after the bonus is known? Standard EU theory predicts these are equivalent; loss-aversion and signaling...

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Does an Economics Education Affect Behavior? Evidence from a Public Goods Experiment

McCannon, Bryan C. - 2013

separate the selection effects of students who choose to study economics from the impact of the education. It is shown that …

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Free-Riding in the Lab and in the Field

Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2021

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