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controlled experiment in which subjects were given an opportunity to choose a risky outcome - a real-stakes gamble with a higher …
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maximization problem of the firm. As a result, monitoring and pay should be complements. In our experiment, between and within …
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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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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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agents are farsighted, related stability concepts have been proposed. We design a simple network formation experiment to test …
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We analyse an experimental public goods game in which group members can endogenously determine whether they want to supplement a standard voluntary contribution mechanism with the possibility of rewarding or punishing other group members. We find a large and positive effect of endogenous...
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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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This paper experimentally studies the effects of competition in an environment where people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that, in comparison with no competition, the presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any gains in earnings for the...
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the experiment, providing social information on success is ineffective. While voters with higher cognitive abilities are …
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