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Experimental Games on Networks: Underpinnings of Behavior and Equilibrium Selection

Charness, Gary; Feri, Francesco; Meléndez-Jiménez, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In this paper, we describe a series of laboratory experiments that implement specific examples of a more general network structure and we examine equilibrium selection. Specifically, actions are either strategic substitutes or strategic complements, and participants have either complete or...

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Efficiency Gains from Team-Based Coordination: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence

Feri, Francesco; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Sutter, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

coordinate with other teams. We present an experiment with 825 participants, using six different coordination games, where either …The need for efficient coordination is ubiquitous in organizations and industries. The literature on the determinants … of efficient coordination has focused on individual decision-making so far. In reality, however, teams often have to …

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Voluntary Contributions to the Establishment and Operation of Public Goods: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El, Ronen; Schwarz, Mordechai E.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study the dynamics of the private provision of a public good that requires both capacity buildup and ongoing operating costs. We show that setting a time limit for the collection of contributions dedicated to capacity buildup minimizes the utility loss at the Nash equilibrium. We test the...

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Gender, Competition and the Efficiency of Policy Interventions

Balafoutas, Loukas; Sutter, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Recent research has shown that women shy away from competition more often than men. We evaluate experimentally three alternative policy interventions to promote women in competitions: Quotas, Preferential Treatment, and Repetition of the Competition unless a critical number of female winners is...

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Communication and Coordination in a Two-Stage Game

Bjedov, Tjaša; Madies, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We study the impact of communication on behavior in a two-stage coordination game with asymmetric payoffs. We test … sustain coordination over time and alleviate the inequality induced by the asymmetry of payoffs. Third, communication …

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Selfish Altruism, Fierce Cooperation and the Emergence of Cooperative Equilibria from Passing and Shooting

Askitas, Nikos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...

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Self-Serving Use of Equity Rules in Bargaining with Asymmetric Outside Options

Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Rilke, Rainer … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We experimentally investigate multiple notions of equity in ultimatum bargaining with asymmetric outside options. Building on the generalized equity principle formulated by Selten (1978), we derive three different equity rules that can explain 43% of all offers. Our within-subject design further...

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Strategic Incomplete Contracts: Theory and Experiments

Erkal, Nisvan; Wu, Steven Y.; Roe, Brian E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We develop a model of strategic contractual incompleteness that identifies conditions under which principals might omit even costlessly verifiable terms. We then use experiments to test comparative statics predictions of the model. While it is well known that verifiability imperfections can...

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Courtesy and Idleness: Gender Differences in Team Work and Team Competition

Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kübler, Dorothea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Does gender play a role in the context of team work? Our results based on a real-effort experiment suggest that …

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Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

Harbring, Christine; Irlenbusch, Bernd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

behavior is almost non-existent. We study sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm …

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