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The Importance of School Systems : Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement

Woessmann, Ludger - 2016

Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This...

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Fundamental Determinants of School Efficiency and Equity : German States as a Microcosm for OECD Countries

Woessmann, Ludger - 2007

Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies. The...

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Social Norms, Endogenous Sorting and the Culture of Cooperation

Fehr, Ernst - 2018

preferred by the people. Here, we show that welfare-enhancing peer sanctioning without much need for costly punishment emerges ….The exogenous removal of the norm consensus opportunity reduces the efficiency of peer punishment and renders centralized … peer sanctioning with a norm consensus opportunity or an equally efficient institution with centralized punishment by an …

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Efficient Coordination in Weakest-Link Games

Riedl, Arno - 2012

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 are able to coordinate on efficient outcomes, provided they have sufficient freedom to...

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Homo Moralis : Personal Characteristics, Institutions, and Moral Decision-Making

Deckers, Thomas - 2016

This paper studies how individual characteristics, institutions, and their interaction influence moral decisions. We validate a moral paradigm focusing on the willingness to accept harming third parties. Consequences of moral decisions are real. We explore how moral behavior varies with...

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The Impact of Sleep Restriction on Contributions and Punishment : First Evidence

Clark, Jeremy - 2017

individual's likelihood of sending costly peer punishment is examined. Actigraphy sleep monitoring watches are used to validate …-parametric as well as regression analysis, we find that when punishment is not available, sleep restriction does not affect the … contributions made to joint production. When punishment is available, we find weak evidence that SR subjects contribute more than WR …

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"Thou Shalt Not Covet ..." : Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values

Cervellati, Matteo - 2013

sanctions and moral self-punishment and the spread and strength of individually optimal moral values. The empirical analysis …

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Intuitive Cooperation and Punishment in the Field

Artavia-Mora, Luis - 2016

pressure can increase rates of punishment. We discuss our results with respect to findings in the lab on cognitive models of …

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The Causal Effect of Trust

Bartling, Björn - 2018

Trust affects almost all human relationships – in families, organizations, markets and politics. However, identifying the conditions under which trust, defined as people's beliefs in the trustworthiness of others, has a causal effect on the efficiency of human interactions has proven to be...

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Identity Changes and the Efficiency of Reputation Systems

Wibral, Matthias - 2014

Reputation systems aim to induce honest behavior in online trade by providing information about past conduct of users. Online reputation, however, is not directly connected to a person, but only to the virtual identity of that person. Users can therefore shed a negative reputation by creating a...

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