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Gathering Information before Signing a Contract: Experimental Evidence

Hoppe, Eva I; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

report about an experiment with 508 participants designed to test whether this fundamental trade-off is actually relevant. In …

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Network Structure and Strategic Investments: An Experimental Analysis

Rosenkranz, Stephanie; Weitzel, Utz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

in an experiment where actions are strategic substitutes. The game theoretic basis for our experiment is the model of …

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Can Contracts Solve the Hold-Up Problem? Experimental Evidence

Hoppe, Eva I; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

direction, we have conducted a laboratory experiment with 490 participants. We consider "cooperative" investments that directly …

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Choosing the Stick or the Carrot? Endogenous Institutional Choice in Social Dilemma Situations

Haigner, Stefan; Kocher, Martin; Sutter, Matthias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

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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Contracting under Incomplete Information and Social Preferences: An Experimental Study

Hoppe, Eva I; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

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

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Choosing to Compete: How different are girls and boys?

Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences …

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Do Single-Sex Classes Affect Achievement? An Experiment in a Coeducational University

Booth, Alison L; Cardona Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

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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Bargaining with Imperfect Enforcement

White, Lucy; Williams, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

The game-theoretic bargaining literature insists on non-cooperative bargaining procedure but allows 'cooperative' implementation of agreements. The effect of this is to allow free-reign of bargaining power with no check upon it. In reality, courts cannot implement agreements costlessly, and...

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Optimal Majority Rules and Enhanced Cooperation

Widgrén, Mika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

The decision-making rules of the European Union (EU) are defined in an incomplete contract signed by 15 national governments. The design of the contract defines the set of policy issues where it applies – in decision-making rules i.e. the majority rules and the division of powers among the...

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Democratic Peace and Electoral Accountability¤

Conconi, Paola; Sahuguet, Nicolas; Zanardi, Maurizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

One of the few stylized facts in international relations is that democracies, unlike autocracies, very rarely fight each other. We examine the sustainability of international peace between democracies and autocracies, where the crucial difference between these two political regimes is whether or...

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