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EU Conciliation Committee: Council 56 versus Parliament 6

Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper analyses bargaining between the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of Ministers (CM) in the Conciliation Committee with the aim of evaluating both institutions' power in the European Union's codecision procedure. In contrast to other studies, which use power indices or simple...

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Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity - Evidence and Economic Applications

Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...

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A Theory of Reciprocity

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...

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Government Gains from Self-Restraint: A Bargaining Theory of Inefficient Redistribution Policies

Drazen, Allan; Limão, Nuno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We consider a bargaining model of the interaction between a government and interest groups in which, unlike existing models, neither side is assumed to have all the bargaining power. The government will then find it optimal to constrain itself in the use of transfer policies to improve its...

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Local and Consistent Centrality Measures in Networks

Dequiedt, Vianney; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

The centrality of an agent in a network has been shown to be crucial in explaining different behaviors and outcomes. In this paper, we propose an axiomatic approach to characterize a class of centrality measures for which the centrality of an agent is recursively related to the centralities of...

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Decision-making Procedures: A General Theory and Its Field Experimental Test

Aldashev, Gani; Kirchsteiger, Georg; Sebald, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

It is a persistent finding in psychology and experimental economics that people's behavior is not only shaped by outcomes but also by decision-making procedures. In this paper we develop a general framework capable of modelling these procedural concerns. Within the context of psychological games...

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Trust and Trustworthiness Among Europeans: South-North Comparison

Bornhorst, Fabian; Ichino, Andrea; Schlag, Karl; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper discovers significant differences between southern and northern Europeans in a dynamic version of the ‘trust game’ played by Ph.D. students from different nationalities at the European University Institute. Our version of the trust game allows subjects to choose the receivers to...

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Self-Confidence & Social Interactions

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper studies the interactions between an individual's self-esteem and his social environment - in the workplace, at school, and in personal relationships. Because a person generally has only imperfect knowledge of his own abilities, people who derive benefits from his performance (parent,...

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Is Strong Reciprocity a Maladaption? On the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Altruism

Fehr, Ernst; Henrich, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

. Strong reciprocity means that people willingly repay gifts and punish the violation of cooperation and fairness norms even in … that ultimate theories of kin selection, reciprocal altruism, costly signaling and indirect reciprocity do not provide …

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Back to Kyoto? US Participation and the Linkage Between R&D and Climate Cooperation

Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; Cersosimo, Igor; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

&D cooperation. This Paper explores this idea by analysing on the one hand the incentives for EU, Japan and Russia to adopt this … and on technological innovation. The extended regime in which cooperation takes place on both dimensions (GHG emissions … benefits of a new, recently proposed regime, which aims at achieving GHG emission control by enhancing cooperation on …

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