Search Results - subject:"Conditional Cooperation"

The effect of tax privacy on tax compliance : an experimental investigation

Blaufus, Kay; Bob, Jonathan; Otto, Philipp E. - 2014

In this paper, a tax game with audit costs as a public bad is designed to investigate the impact of public disclosure on tax evasion experimentally. Three different types of tax privacy are tested, ranging from complete privacy to full disclosure. We expect to observe two different effects:...

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Conditioning on what? : heterogeneous contributions and conditional cooperation

Hartig, Björn; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Kölle, Felix - 2014

We experimentally investigate how different information about others' individual contributions affects conditional cooperators' willingness to cooperate in a one-shot linear public goods game. We find that when information about individual contributions is provided, contributions are generally...

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Conditional cooperation and the marginal per capita return in public good games

Cartwright, Edward; Lovett, Denise - In: Games 5 (2014) 4, pp. 234-256

We investigate experimentally whether the extent of conditional cooperation in public good games depends on the … leads and three follow. Even though we observe less conditional cooperation for an MPCR of 0.2, the prevalence of … conditional cooperation remains relatively stable to changes in the MPCR and game timing. In contrast, the level of MPCR has a …

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Divided loyalists or conditional cooperators? : creating consensus about cooperation in multiple simultaneous social dilemmas

McCarter, Matthew W.; Samak, Anya C.; Sheremeta, Roman M. - 2014

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Variants of the Monoamine Oxidase A Gene (MAOA) predict free-riding behavior in women in a strategic public goods experiment

Mertins, Vanessa; Schote, Andrea B.; Meyer, Jobst - 2013

Laboratory experiments have documented substantial heterogeneity in social preferences, but little is known about the origins of such behavior. Previous research on public goods experiments suggests that individual-level demographic and psychological variables correlate with player types....

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Conditional cooperation among the poor: a new profile?

Gheyssens, Jonathan; Günther, Isabel - 2013

On the basis of a conditional contribution experiment conducted in Benin and Uganda, we argue that a conditional u-shaped profile exists, at least in poor communities. Under this profile, individuals invest considerably in public goods when nobody else does, reduce their commitment in reaction...

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Indirect reciprocity, golden opportunities for defection, and inclusive reputation

Albert, Max; Rusch, Hannes - 2013

In evolutionary models of indirect reciprocity, reputation mechanisms can stabilize cooperation even in severe cooperation problems like the prisoner's dilemma. Under certain circumstances, conditionally cooperative strategies ("cooperate iff your partner has a good reputation") cannot be...

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Leadership and conditional cooperation in public good games: What difference does the game make?

Cartwright, Edward J.; Lovett, Denise - 2013

We investigate experimentally whether the extent of conditional cooperation in public good games depends on the … conditional cooperation. We also find no evidence that the type of game makes a difference to unconditional contributions. The …

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Divided Loyalties or Conditional Cooperation? An experimental study of contributions to multiple public goods

McCarter, Matthew W.; Samak, Anya C.; Sheremeta, Roman M. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013

“divided loyalties” and “conditional cooperation” perspectives – that give opposite predictions about how individuals will …

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When best-replies are not in equilibrium: understanding cooperative behaviour

Wolff, Irenaeus - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2013

equilibrium prediction that is based on the elicited conditional-cooperation preferences. Moreover, more often than not, beliefs …

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