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The Big Robber Game
Alós-Ferrer, Carlos; García-Segarra, Jaume; Ritschel, … - 2018
We present a novel design measuring a correlate of social preferences in a high-stakes setting. In the Big Robber Game, a "robber" can obtain large personal gains by appropriating the gains of a large group of "victims" as seen in recent corporate scandals. We observed that more than half of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011969202
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Multiple behavioral rules in Cournot oligopolies
Alós-Ferrer, Carlos; Ritschel, Alexander - 2019
We show that economic decisions in strategic settings are co-determined by multiple behavioral rules. A simple model of intra-individual behavioral heterogeneity predicts testable differences depending on whether rules share a common prescription (alignment) or not (conflict), a classification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056814
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Voting for compromises: Alternative voting methods in polarized societies
Alós-Ferrer, Carlos; Buckenmaier, Johannes - 2021
might be purely technical and, hence, potentially solvable. We study different voting methods in three experiments (total N … = 5, 820), including small, medium-sized, and large electorates, and find that currently-used methods (Plurality Voting … methods (Approval Voting and Borda Count) reduce the support for egoistic options and favor equity and efficiency, avoiding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012631630
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Social preferences and public economics: Mechanism design when social preferences depend on incentives
Bowles, Samuel; Hwang, Sung-Ha - 2007
Social preferences such as altruism, reciprocity, intrinsic motivation and a desire to uphold ethical norms are essential to good government, often facilitating socially desirable allocations that would be unattainable by incentives that appeal solely to self-interest. But experimental and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287796
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Is altruism bad for cooperation?
Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - 2008
additive. But this need not be the case. Behavioral experiments find that if reciprocity-minded subjects feel hostility towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287831
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Economic incentives and social preferences: A reference-based Lucas critique of public policy
Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009
Policies and explicit 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 pervasive, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287842
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Social preferences and public economics: Mechanism design when social preferences depend on incentives
Bowles, Samuel; Hwang, Sung-Ha - 2008
Social preferences such as altruism, reciprocity, intrinsic motivation and a desire to uphold ethical norms are essential to good government, often facilitating socially desirable allocations that would be unattainable by incentives that appeal solely to self-interest. But experimental and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287863
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Strictly sincere best responses under approval voting and arbitrary preferences
Alós-Ferrer, Carlos; Buckenmaier, Johannes - 2018
Approval voting allows voters to support as many candidates as they wish. One advantage of the method is that voters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011969213