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Verified Trust: Reciprocity, Altruism and Noise in Trust Games

Brülhart, Marius; Usunier, Jean-Claude - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

distinct and economically relevant component of individual preferences alongside selfishness and altruism. This recognition is … power of trust as a determinant of those decisions, suggesting that altruism may explain much of what ‘looks like’ trust … protocols and framing. Therefore, we propose discriminatory tests for altruism and trust that can be based on within …

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The Big Carrot: High Stake Incentives Revisited

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper provides an empirical demonstration of high stakes incentives in relation to religious practice. It shows that, when both positive (carrot) and negative (stick) incentives are available, the former are more effective than the latter. Specifically, it is shown that beliefs in heaven...

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Preferences for Consistency

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

principal-agent experiment that shows that consistency is valued by others and that this value is anticipated. The second … experiment underlines the crucial role of early commitment for consistency preferences. Finally we show how preferences for …

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The Role of Equality and Efficiency in Social Preferences

Fehr, Ernst; Naef, Michael; Schmidt, Klaus M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Engelmann and Strobel (AER 2004) question the relevance of inequity aversion in simple dictator game experiments claiming that a combination of a preference for efficiency and a Rawlsian motive for helping the least well-off is more important than inequity aversion. We show that these results...

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Relational Warm Glow and Giving in Social Groups

Scharf, Kimberley; Smith, Sarah - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of …

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When warm glow burns: Motivational (mis)allocation in the non-profit sector

Aldashev, Gani; Jaimovich, Esteban; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We build an occupational-choice general-equilibrium model of an economy with the non-profit sector financed through private warm-glow donations. Lack of monitoring on the use of funds implies that an increase of funds of the non-profit sector (because of a higher income in the for-profit sector,...

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Exploitation, Altruism, and Social Welfare: An Economic Exploration

Doepke, Matthias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …

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Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting

Rotemberg, Julio J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

emerges with nontrivial voting costs and modest altruism. The model can explain higher turnout in close elections as well as …

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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms

Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

'consumption' vs. 'investment' good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear … discontinuity in the treatment across workers. This policy experiment is particularly well suited, since the 'consumption' motive …

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Intermediation by Aid Agencies

Rowat, Colin; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper models aid agencies as financial intermediaries that do not make a financial return to depositors, since the depositors' concern is to transfer resources to investor-beneficiaries. This leads to a significant problem of verification of the agencies' activities. One solution to this...

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