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We experimentally analyze whether the opportunity to receive a permanent contract motivates temporary group members in a public good setting and how this affects the other group members. We compare an exogenous and an endogenous decision mechanism to extend the temporary agent's group...
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present results from a laboratory experiment in which two parties can appropriate resources via a contest or, alternatively …, take an outside option. Keeping monetary gains expected from fighting constant across all treatments, the experiment …
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side, by magnifying the prevalence of anti-social behavior towards outsiders. A large-scale experiment implemented in …
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A lot of economic and social situations can be described as contests in which agents need to distribute scare resources. Individual behavior plays an important role within these situations, while identity strongly impacts on behavior. This paper asks how group identity impacts the provision of a...
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We study the effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism games. As in previous experiments … effect of group size in the low MPCR condition, as in previous experiments. However, in the high MPCR condition we observe a … those from n-person prisoner's dilemma and oligopoly experiments that suggest it is more difficult to sustain cooperation in …
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