Search Results - subject:"Experimental Economics"

Endowment inequality in common pool resource games : an experimental analysis

Milam, Garrett; Monaco, Andrew - 2026

This work addresses whether heterogeneity in player endowments influences investment decisions in common pool resource (CPR) games, shedding light on the relationship between inequality and economic decision making. We explore two theoretical avenues from behavioral economics-linear...

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How everyday threats undermine trust and hope : experimental evidence

Astruc--Le Souder, Mael; Bargain, Olivier; Knecht, Niclas - 2026

Trust in others is essential for the well-functioning of societies. While economists often study its longer-term determinants - such as cultural norms and historical shocks - shortterm fluctuation may be equally critical, particularly during pivotal moments (e.g, elections) or periods requiring...

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Multi-country perspectives on best practices and barriers to preference elicitation lab-in-the-field experiments with farmers

Baaken, Marieke; Kuhfuss, Laure; Bougherara, Douadia; … - 2025

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Farmers' attitudes toward economic experimentation

Englberger, Leon; Colen, Liesbeth; Rommel, Jens - 2025

Economic experiments have gained popularity in Agricultural Economics. However, challenges in recruitment and acceptance of experimental methods among farmers persist. Surveying 406 Swedish farmers, we explore farmers' attitudes toward different types and features of economic experiments. Only a...

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The agentic perspective in experimental economics

Macías, Arturo - 2025

Mainstream experimental economics is characterized by its focus on theory testing and "treatment effects" on aggregate …, first, a literature review of agentic experimental economics is provided, and a stylized workflow is proposed to produce and …. Finally, the relations between agent-based and experimental economics are discussed after deep learning has "tamed" the curse …

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Are elites meritocratic and efficiency-seeking? : evidence from MBA students

Preuß, Marcel; Reyes, Germán; Somerville, Jason; Wu, Joy - 2025

Elites disproportionately influence policymaking, yet little is known about their fairness and efficiency preferences - key determinants of support for redistributive policies. We investigate these preferences using an incentivized lab experiment with a group of future elites - Ivy League MBA...

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Do higher insurance premiums provoke larger reported losses? : an experimental study

Morrison, William G.; Ruffle, Bradley J. - 2025

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Do higher insurance premiums provoke larger reported losses? : an experimental study

Morrison, William G.; Ruffle, Bradley J. - 2024

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"Blessed are the poor" : the Weberian spirit of capitalism under experimental scrutiny

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Santori, Paolo - 2025 - rev.

This paper experimentally examines Max Weber's thesis on the influence of religious narratives - particularly the Protestant Ethic - on attitudes toward wealth redistribution. Weber argued that the Protestant Reformation fostered the belief that economic success signals divine favour, thereby...

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Selective and (mis)leading economics journals : meta-research evidence

Askarov, Zohid; Doucouliagos, Anthony; Doucouliagos, Chris - 2024

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Cheating on a budget

Ruffle, Bradley J.; Zhang, William B. - 2025

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