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would be expected from non-cooperative theory. Second, this possible solidarity among "brothers in arms" when fighting … against the external enemy. -- alliance ; conflict ; contest ; free-riding ; hold-up problem ; solidarity …
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Negative income shocks can either be the consequence of risky choices or random events. A growing literature analyzes the role of responsibility for neediness for informal financial support of individuals facing negative income shocks based on randomized experiments. In this paper, we show that...
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In this study we experimentally investigate whether solidarity, which is a crucial base for informal insurance … subjects. The reduction of solidarity is driven by a change in giving behaviour of persons with the risky project. Compared to … to show solidarity is influenced by both the desire for own compensation and attributions of responsibility. Our findings …
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, stockpiling and allocation of medical countermeasures is a key component of true European solidarity, besides maintaining the …
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of four main indexes: Solidarity (S), Agency (A), GDP (material Gain, G) and Environmental sustainability (E) - to … Inward Solidarity, important for social cohesion in close social networks, and Outward Solidarity, important for the will to … solidarity are highly idiosyncratic. In addition, the responses of Agency to the pandemic are diverse and are not noticeably …
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Using an artefactual field experiment, we elicit revealed preferences for solidarity of different age groups towards … with a solidarity game and linked to a rich and unique administrative database, enabling us to explore demographic and … socio-economic correlates of the elicited preferences. In the solidarity game a winner of a money amount is asked ex …
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Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications for labor market outcomes are not well understood. In this paper, we analyze how men's relatively higher overconfidence, combined with competitive job incentives, affects...
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We examine wage competition in a model where identical workers choose the number of jobs to apply for and identical firms simultaneously post a wage. The Nash equilibrium of this game exhibits the following properties: (i) an equilibrium where workers apply for just one job exhibits unemployment...
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The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to be implemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centering around the...
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In our model, an agent produces an outcome by a costly effort and then distributes it among heterogeneous users. The agents̕ payoff is the weighted sum of the users ̕shares and the coefficient reflecting their heterogeneity. When the agent neglects users ̕heterogeneity the game leads to an...
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