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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy

Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009

Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...

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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state : the case of benefit morale

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - 2009

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...

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Status inequality, moral disengagement and violence

Falk, Armin - 2017

This paper studies the causal effect of status differences on moral disengagement and violence. To measure violent behavior, in the experiment, a subject can inflict a painful electric shock on another subject in return for money. We exogenously vary relative status in the realm of sexual...

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Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes?

Fischer, Mira; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2015

We investigate whether the field of study influences university students' political attitudes. To disentangle self-selection from learning effects, we first investigate whether the fields of study chosen by the incoming students correlate with their political attitudes. In a second step we...

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A nation-wide laboratory : examining trust and trustworthiness by integrating behavioral experiments into representative survey

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Rosenbladt, Bernhard von; … - 2003

the power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany bycombining representative survey data … people s trust correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled … the Social Democratic Party or the Christian Democratic Party exhibit more trust. People above the age of 65 and those in …

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Early-life circumstances predict measures of trust among adults : evidence from hunger episodes in post-war Germany

Hörl, Maximiliane; Kesternich, Iris; Smith, James P.; … - 2016

Can a major shock in childhood permanently shape trust? We consider a hunger episode in Germany after WWII and … regional and temporal variation. We correlate hunger exposure with measures of trust using data from a nationally … significantly lower levels of trust as adults. This finding highlights that early-life experiences can have long-term effects in …

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Ethnic geography : measurement and evidence

Hodler, Roland; Valsecchi, Michele; Vesperoni, Alberto - 2017

diverse individuals lived far apart, have higher-quality government, higher incomes and higher levels of trust. …

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The sociology of cartels

Haucap, Justus; Heldman, Christina - 2022

allow them to establish trust and ensure cooperation. We analyze 15 German cartels, focusing on the individual participants …

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Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe

Gavresi, Despina; Litina, Anastasia - 2021

), are currently more prone to voting for populist parties, and manifest lower trust both in national and European …

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Measuring ethnic stratification and its effect on trust in Africa

Hodler, Roland; Srisuma, Sorawoot; Vesperoni, Alberto; … - 2018

-behaved statistical properties, and we show that ethnic stratification is empirically related to low levels of trust in other people and …

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