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in an experiment where actions are strategic substitutes. The game theoretic basis for our experiment is the model of … play in networks is to some extent boundedly rational, in the sense that coordination is influenced by local and individual …
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This paper reports results from an experiment studying how fines, leniency programs and reward schemes for …
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We introduce strategic waiting in a global game setting with irreversible investment. Players can wait in order to make a better informed decision. We allow for cohort effects and discuss when they arise endogenously in technology adoption problems with positive contemporaneous network effects....
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We report experimental results on exclusive dealing inspired by the literature on "naked exclusion.'' Our key findings are: First, exclusion of a more efficient entrant is a widespread phenomenon in lab markets. Second, allowing incumbents to discriminate between buyers increases exclusion rates...
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consistent with the theoretical results: in the experiment, investment levels with and without legal protection are comparable …
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We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and continued enrollment of students in a coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the selection issues present in studies on single-sex...
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This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for money or to save mice. We compare a Baseline treatment where subjects are fully pivotal to a Diffused-Pivotality treatment where subjects simultaneously choose in groups of...
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cornerstone of contract theory. We have conducted an experiment with 720 participants to explore whether the theoretical insights …
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Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to …
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Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …
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