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Measuring "group cohesion" to reveal the power of social relationships in team production

Gächter, Simon; Starmer, Chris; Tufano, Fabio - 2022

We introduce "group cohesion" to study the economic relevance of social relationships in team production. We operationalize measurement of group cohesion, adapting the "oneness scale" from psychology. A series of experiments, including a pre-registered replication, reveals strong positive...

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Comparing Students to Workers : The Effects of Social Framing on Behavior in Distribution Games

Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Burks, Stephen V.; Verhoogen, Eric A. - 2004

To investigate the external validity of Ultimatum and Dictator game behavior we conduct experiments in field settings with naturally occurring variation in "social framing." Our participants are students at Middlebury College, non-traditional students at Kansas City Kansas Community College...

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WTO decision-making for the future

Low, Patrick - 2011

Decision making in the WTO has become ever more difficult as the number of members increases and the range of issues … tackled broadens. This paper looks at reasons why aspects of decision-making might be changed and discusses a number of … trading system. It then takes a detailed look at the notion of critical mass decision-making. It argues for this approach …

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Essays in bounded rationality and strategic interaction

Øvlisen, Frederik Roose - 2009

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Psychology and economics rather than psychology versus economics: cultural differences but no barriers!

Brandstätter, Hermann; Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut - 2008

During the last three decades the ascent of behavioral economics clearly helped to bring down artificial disciplinary boundaries between psychology and economics. Noting that behavioral economics seems still under the spell of the rational choice tradition and, indirectly, of behaviorism we...

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Strategic sophistication of individuals and teams in experimental normal-form games

Sutter, Matthias; Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco - 2010

We present an experiment on strategic thinking and behavior of individuals and teams in one-shot normal-form games …. Besides making choices, decision makers have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that teams play the Nash …

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Strategic sophistication of adolescents: Evidence from experimental normal-form games

Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco; Rützler, Daniela; … - 2010

We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides making choices, subjects have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that choices are more often a best reply to beliefs if any player has a dominant strategy...

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Strategic sophistication of individuals and teams in experimental normal-form games

Sutter, Matthias; Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco - 2010

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Strategic sophistication of adolescents ? Evidence from experimental normal-form games

Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco; Rützler, Daniela; … - 2010

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Economic conditions at the time of birth and cognitive abilities late in life: Evidence from eleven European countries

Doblhammer, Gabriele; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Fritze, … - 2011

With ageing populations and a stronger reliance on individual financial decision-making concerning asset portfolios … changes in the early life economic environment on late life cognition. In European countries, about three to four economic …

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