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In reciprocal interactions, both genuine kindness and self-interested material gain may motivate socially beneficial actions. The paper presents results from two experiments that distinguish the role of perceived motives in reciprocal decision making from the role of outcomes or perceived...
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When interacting with others, individuals are often known to adjust their behavior based on the gender characteristics … of the other person. Information about another person’s gender tends to influence both behavior towards that individual … increasingly interested in gender equality, what are the potential effects of introducing a gender-blind option? In this study, we …
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This paper uses a controlled laboratory experiment to investigate the effect of wealth on individual social …
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generate a chilling effect. In a study that combines elements of a lab and a field experiment, we show that salient and …
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IRRP experiment are unstable and inconsistent. What people say in a survey does not always translate into what they do when …
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To address the impact of regulation on ethical concerns of consumers, we study the example of minimum wages. In our experimental market, consumers have monopsony power, firms set prices and wages, and workers are passive recipients of a wage payment. We find that the consumers exhibit...
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In this study we investigate if the wording of experimental studies might generate a demand effect that induces a certain behavioral pattern in lab experiments. In analogy to Falk/Kosfeld (2006) who analyze the impact of control in a dictator game where the principal has the option to set a...
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An important branch of economic research on emotions has used power-to-take game experiments to study the impact of negative emotions, such as anger, irritation and contempt, on the decision to punish. We investigate experimentally the role that the specific punishment technology adopted plays...
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We investigate the impact of strategic consumer behavior on retailers' dynamic pricing decisions. We present a stylized two-period model, and test the equilibrium predictions in a set of behavioral experiments in which human subjects played the role of pricing managers. Our main insight is that...
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