cornerstone of contract theory. We have conducted an experiment with 720 participants to explore whether the theoretical insights …

We design an experiment to study the effects of social identity on preferences over redistribution. The experiment …

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 …

data with representative behavioural data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to … elicit people’s trust correlate well with behaviourally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly …

Negotiations frequently end in conflict after one party rejects a final offer. In a large-scale internet experiment we …

We present evidence from a natural field experiment and structural model designed to shed light on the efficacy of … alternative fundraising schemes. In conjunction with the Bavarian State Opera, we mailed 25,000 opera attendees a letter … describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the opera house. Recipients were randomly assigned to six treatments …

-range donations which are relevant in practice. In a randomized field experiment conducted in conjunction with the Bavarian State …

We study how website defaults affect consumer behavior in the domain of charitable giving. In a field experiment that …

This study reports data from a field experiment that was conducted to investigate the relevance of gift-exchange for … charitable giving. Roughly 10,000 solicitation letters were sent to potential donors in the experiment. One third of the letters …