We conduct an experiment where subjects are matched in groups of three and vote on a moral transgression. Analyzing …

We conduct an experiment where subjects are matched in groups of three and vote on a moral transgression. Analyzing …

This paper develops and offers the theory of embodied social presence (ESP). The paper reviews the literature on place … interaction in multi-user virtual environments has been largely overlooked. We draw on Activity Theory to frame our model of … embodied social presence. Activity Theory proposes that a learner (i.e., a social actor in a virtual environment) derives …

We report on two novel choice experiments with real goods where subjects in one treatment are forced to choose, as is … the norm in economic experiments, while in the other they are not but can instead incur a small cost to defer choice … by rational choice. Our results suggest that nonforced‐choice experiments and models can be helpful in separating people …

We run a market experiment where firms can choose not only their price but also whether to present comparable offers …

defined insurance and non-insurance markets based on the initial loss size, we develop theory to show that insurers with buyer … our theory and find support. Monopolistic insurer-subjects in non-insurance markets increase loss sizes to establish …