A centrally initiated but collectively improvised voluntary network of disaggregated actors, professionals and non-professionals spread across the globe, in an example of socialized leadership in the form of Open Source Medical Supplies (OSMS). Drawn globally from universities, governments,...

Angesichts der Erkenntnis, daß trotz eines insgesamt gestiegenen Umweltbewußtseins das Kaufverhalten vieler Konsumenten nur wenig auf die Lösung der Umweltprobleme ausgerichtet ist, kommt der Förderung umweltbewußten Kaufverhaltens als marketing- und verbraucherpolitische Aufgabe besondere...

While effective preventive measures against COVID-19 are now widely known, many individuals fail to adopt them. This paper provides experimental evidence about one potentially important driver of compliance with social distancing: social norms. We asked each of 23,000 survey respondents in...

We model network formation and interactions under a unified framework by considering that individuals anticipate the effect of network structure on the utility of network interactions when choosing links. There are two advantages of this modeling approach: first, we can evaluate whether network...

This paper investigates how the possibility of affecting group composition combined with the possibility of repeated interaction impacts cooperation within groups and surplus distribution. We developed and tested experimentally a Surplus Allocation Game where cooperation of four agents is needed...

Social capital is an important factor in entrepreneurship in emerging economies as it allows for the recognition and use of opportunities. Although previous literature emphasizes social capital, the role of various dimensions concerning it in entrepreneurship remains underexplored. Moreover, the...

Monetary incentives underlie academic publications, especially in countries where many researchers' incomes are performance-based. Evidence has documented that social ties improve the chances of publication in journals, whereas building and maintaining social ties require resources. We develop a...