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Frey, Bruno S. - CESifo - 2010

, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of “university …

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What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods

Balafoutas, Loukas; Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - CESifo - 2011

behavior by sellers. This paper presents the results of a natural field experiment on taxi rides in Athens, Greece, set up to … measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers’ presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …

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Changing Identity: Retiring from Unemployment

Hetschko, Clemens; Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - CESifo - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2009, we follow persons from their working life into their retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long-term unemployed people report a substantial increase in...

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No-Trade in the Laboratory

Angrisani, Marco; Guarino, Antonio; Huck, Steffen; … - CESifo - 2008

We test the no-trade theorem in a laboratory financial market where subjects can trade an asset whose value is unknown. Subjects receive clues on the asset value and then set a bid and an ask at which they are willing to buy or to sell from the other participants. In treatments with no gains...

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Does Instrumental Reciprocity Crowd out Prosocial Behavior?

Johnsen, Åshild A.; Kvaløy, Ola - CESifo - 2014

In repeated games, it is hard to distinguish true prosocial behavior from strategic instrumental behavior. In particular, a player does not know whether a reciprocal action is intrinsically or instrumentally motivated. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the relationship between...

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Adverse Selection vs Discrimination Risk with Genetic Testing. An Experimental Approach

Bardey, David; Donder, Philippe De; Mantilla, Cesar - CESifo - 2014

exogenous values of adverse selection under Consent Law, and the repeated interactions experiment devised has not resulted in …

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Reputational Herding in Financial Markets: A Laboratory Experiment

Roider, Andreas; Voskort, Andrea - CESifo - 2015

We study reputational herding in financial markets in a laboratory experiment. In the spirit of Dasgupta and Prat (2008 …

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Tipping versus Cooperating to Supply a Public Good

Barrett, Scott; Dannenberg, Astrid - CESifo - 2015

In some important multi-player situations, such as efforts to supply a global public good, players can choose the game they want to play. In this paper we conduct an experimental test of the decision to choose between a “tipping” game, in which every player wants to contribute to the public...

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Generosity Across Contexts

Davis, Alexander L.; Jehli, Nadja R.; Miller, John H.; … - CESifo - 2015

Extensive research in economics explores generosity in monetary allocations. However, generosity often involves the allocation of non-monetary goods or experiences. Existing evidence suggests that generosity may be higher in such contexts, though no direct comparison exists. Here, we compare...

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Intentions Undercover - Hiding Intentions is Considered Unfair

Friehe, Tim; Utikal, Verena - CESifo - 2015

Unfair intentions provoke negative reciprocity from others, making their concealment potentially beneficial. This paper explores whether people hide their unfair intentions from others and how hiding intentions is itself perceived in fairness terms. Our experimental data show a high frequency of...

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