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I will survive! Gender discrimination in a household saving decisions experiment

Büchner, Susanne; Dittrich, Dennis A. V. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2002

consumption level one of which is thenrandomly implemented. To allow for learning one experiences many"lives". Participants …

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Interpersonal allocation behavior in a household savings experiment

Anderhub, Vital; Dittrich, Dennis; Güth, Werner; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2003

expectations in an experiment. In eachperiod of their life both partners propose a consumption level one of which isthen randomly … punished by their partners.On average participants stay on egoistic consumption paths, although inlater periods their behavior … shifts in the direction of consumption paths leadingto equal payoffs. …

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(Dis)honesty and the Value of Transparency for Campaign Promises

Lang, Matthias; Schudy, Simeon - 2023

Promise competition is prevalent in many economic environments, but promise keeping is often difficult to observe. We study the value of transparency for promise competition and ask whether promises still offer an opportunity to honor future obligations when outcomes do not allow for observing...

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Ignorance, Intention and Stochastic Outcomes

Friedrichsen, Jana; Momsen, Katharina; Piasenti, Stefano - 2022

In sequential interactions, both the agent's intention and the outcome of his choice may influence the principal's action. While outcomes are typically observable, intentions are more likely to be hidden, leaving potential wiggle room for the principal when deciding on a reciprocating action. We...

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Lying to Individuals versus Lying to Groups

Angelova, Vera; Tolksdorf, Michel - 2022

We investigate experimentally whether individuals or groups are more lied to, and how lying depends on the group size and the monetary loss inflicted by the lie. We employ an observed cheating game, where an individual's misreport of a privately observed number can monetarily benefit her while...

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Motivated Procrastination

Cordes, Charlotte; Friedrichsen, Jana; Schudy, Simeon - 2023

Traditionally, economic models have attributed procrastination to present bias. However, procrastination may also arise when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding motivated, overly optimistic beliefs about the workload they need to complete. This study provides a rigorous...

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Measuring Preferences Over Intertemporal Profiles

Sun, Chen - 2023

Growing evidence indicates that utility over time is different from utility under risk. Hence, measuring intertemporal preferences (discounting and utility) exclusively from intertemporal choices is desirable. We develop a simple method for measuring intertemporal preferences. It is...

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Deceptive Communication: Direct Lies vs. Ignorance, Partial-Truth and Silence

Alempaki, Despoina; Burdea, Valeria; Read, Daniel - 2023

In cases of conflict of interest, people can lie directly or evade the truth. We analyse this situation theoretically and test the key behavioural predictions in a novel sender-receiver game. We find senders prefer to deceive through evasion rather than direct lying, more so when evasion is a...

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Everyone Likes to Be Liked: Experimental Evidence from Matching Markets

Opitz, Timm; Schwaiger, Christoph - 2023

Matching markets can be unstable when individuals prefer to be matched to a partner who also wants to be matched with them. Through a pre-registered and theory-guided laboratory experiment, we provide evidence that such reciprocal preferences exist, significantly decrease stability in matching...

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Are Women in Science Less Ambitious than Men? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Gender and STEM in Promotion Applications

Süer, Müge - 2023

The gender wage gap is to a significant extent driven by gender-based job segregation. One of the potential culprits can be found in supply-side behavioral differences in promotion applications. In this study, using a controlled lab experiment, we disentangle the roles of gender, field of study,...

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