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Strategic Choices for Redistribution and the Veil of Ignorance : Theory and Experimental Evidence

Gerber, Anke - 2013

We provide experimental evidence on the emergence of redistributive societies. Individuals first vote on redistribution by feet and then learn their productivity and invest. We vary the individuals' information about their productivities at the time when they choose a distribution rule and find...

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Efficient Coordination in Weakest-Link Games

Riedl, Arno; Rohde, Ingrid M. T.; Strobel, Martin - 2021

Existing experimental research on behavior in weakest-link games shows overwhelmingly the inability of people to coordinate on the efficient equilibrium, especially in larger groups. We hypothesize that people will be able to coordinate on efficient outcomes, provided they have sufficient...

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Mine, Ours and Yours? Unintended Framing Effects in Dictator Games

Bergh, Andreas - 2018

This paper reports results from a classroom dictator game comparing the effects of three different sets of standard instructions. The results show that seemingly small differences in instructions induce fundamentally different perceptions regarding entitlement. Behavior is affected accordingly,...

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Let the Market Decide : An Experimental Study of Competition and Fairness

Bartling, Björn; Grieder, Manuel; Zehnder, Christian - 2021

Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers. Sellers who feel shortchanged can engage in counterproductive behavior to punish the buyer. We find that the same unfavorable terms of trade...

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The Attack and Defense of Weakest-Link Networks

Kovenock, Daniel J.; Roberson, Brian - 2010

This paper experimentally examines behavior in a two-player game of attack and defense of a weakest-link network of targets, in which the attacker's objective is to successfully attack at least one target and the defender's objective is diametrically opposed. We apply two benchmark contest...

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Emotion at Stake : The Role of Stake Size and Emotions in a Power-To-Take Game Experiment in China with a Comparison to Europe

Bosman, Ronald - 2016

This paper experimentally investigates how monetary incentives and emotions influence behaviour in a two-player power-to-take game. In this game, one player can claim any part of the other's endowment (take rate), and the second player can respond by destroying his or her own endowment. We focus...

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Designing Contests between Heterogeneous Contestants : An Experimental Study of Tie-Breaks and Bid-Caps in All-Pay Auctions

Llorente-Saguer, Aniol - 2016

in an experiment. Our data show that indeed, strengthening weaker contestants through tie-breaks and bid …

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An Experimental Investigation of Colonel Blotto Games

Chowdhury, Subhasish M.; Kovenock, Daniel J.; … - 2021

This article examines behavior in the two-player, constant-sum Colonel Blotto game with asymmetric resources in which players maximize the expected number of battlefields won. The experimental results support all major theoretical predictions. In the auction treatment, where winning a...

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Bracelets of Pride and Guilt? An Experimental Test of Self-Signaling in Charitable Giving

van der Weele, Joel J. - 2014

experiment subjects divide 20 euros between themselves and a charity. Some randomly determined participants are induced to wear a … bracelet for the two weeks following their donation decision. This bracelet serves as a private reminder of the experiment … remember the experiment in the following two weeks …

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Moral Judgments in Social Dilemmas : How Bad is Free Riding?

Cubitt, Robin P.; Drouvelis, Michalis; Gächter, Simon; … - 2021

In the last thirty years, economists and other social scientists have investigated people’s normative views on distributive justice. Here we study people’s normative views in social dilemmas, which underlie many situations of economic and social significance. Using insights from moral...

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