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The value of non-binding announcements in public goods experiments : some theory and experimental evidence
Berlemann, Michael; Dittrich, Marcus; Markwardt, Gunther - 2004
conclusions are broadly confirmed by the results of a series of classroom experiments we present. …
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Pledges of commitment and cooperation in partnerships
Deer, Lachlan; Bayer, Ralph-C. - In: Games 7 (2016) 1, pp. 1-16
We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously-formed partnerships facing a social dilemma. Treatments vary in terms of the individual's: (1) opportunity to commit to their partner; (2) the cost of dissolving committed...
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Anger management : aggression and punishment in the provision of public goods
Gee, Laura K.; Lyu, Xinxin; Urry, Heather - In: Games 8 (2017) 1, pp. 1-28
The ability to punish free-riders can increase the provision of public goods. However, sometimes, the benefit of increased public good provision is outweighed by the costs of punishments. One reason a group may punish to the point that net welfare is reduced is that punishment can express anger...
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Public-goods games with endogenous institution-formation : experimental evidence on the effect of the voting rule
Funaki, Yukihiko; Li, Jiawen; Veszteg, Róbert F. - In: Games 8 (2017) 4, pp. 1-22
joint decisions inside the institution are made based on the plurality voting rule. We show that, comparing to the unanimity … voting rule, the plurality rule results in a significant and large decrease in the institution initiation rate, along with a … choice of the voting rule does not significantly affect the average contribution level or efficiency. …
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To tender or not to tender? : deliberate and exogenous sunk costs in a public good game
Heine, Florian; Sefton, Martin - In: Games 9 (2018) 3/41, pp. 1-28
In an experimental study, we compare individual willingness to cooperate in a public good game after an initial team contest phase. While players in the treatment setup make a conscious decision on how much to invest in the contest, this decision is exogenously imposed on players in the control...
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Framing and feedback in social dilemmas with partners and strangers
Cox, Caleb A.; Stoddard, Brock - In: Games 6 (2015) 4, pp. 394-412
We study framing effects in repeated social dilemmas by comparing payoff-equivalent Give- and Take-framed public goods games under varying matching mechanisms (Partners or Strangers) and levels of feedback (Aggregate or Individual). In the Give-framed game, players contribute to a public good,...
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Behavioural Responses to Unfair Institutions : Experimental Evidence on Rule Compliance, Norm Polarisation and Trust
Columbus, Simon; Kasper, Matthias; Feld, Lars P.; … - 2023
This study investigates the effects of unfair enforcement of institutional rules on public good contributions, personal and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce rule compliance compared to fair institutions. However,...
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Gender, Social Value Orientation, and Tax Compliance
D'Attoma, John - 2019
This paper brings an important empirical contribution to the academic literature by examining whether gender differences in tax compliance are due to higher prosociality among women. We conducted a large cross-national tax compliance experiment carried out in Italy, U.K., U.S., Sweden, and...
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Stable sampling equilibrium in common pool resource games
Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo; Mantilla, César; Sethi, Rajiv - In: Games 6 (2015) 3, pp. 299-317
This paper reconsiders evidence from experimental common pool resource games from the perspective of a model of payoff sampling. Despite being parameter-free, the model is able to replicate some striking features of the data, including single-peaked frequency distributions, the persistent use of...
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Individual and Collective Information Acquisition : An Experimental Study
Reshidi, Pellumb; Lizzeri, Alessandro; Yariv, Leeat; … - 2021
. We report results from lab experiments focused on such information-collection processes. We consider decisions governed … by individuals and groups and compare how voting rules affect outcomes. We also contrast static information collection …
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