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Hollibaugh, Gary; Horton, Gabriel; Lewis, David E. - 2015

support the theory, suggesting that President Obama was more likely to place appointees selected for nonpolicy patronage … presents a theory explaining where presidents place different types of appointees and why, focusing on differences in ideology …, competence, and non-policy patronage benefits among potential appointees. We develop a formal model and test its implications …

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Choosing whether to compete : price and format competition with consumer confusion

Crosetto, Paolo; Gaudeul, Alexia - 2014

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

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(Non-)insurance markets, loss size manipulation and competition : experimental evidence

Hinloopen, Jeroen; Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2016

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 …

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Do Sellers Exploit Biased Beliefs of Buyers? An Experiment

Wenner, Lukas - 2016

I study experimental markets in which sellers interact with buyers who have biased beliefs about the characteristics of the product that is being sold. I examine whether such buyers can be exploited by sellers through the use of specifically designed pricing structures, as suggested by recent...

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The Effect of Tax Transparency on Consumer and Firm Behavior : Experimental Evidence

Razen, Michael; Kupfer, Alexander - 2022

Tax avoidance among large multinational corporations has considerably increased in recent years, triggering an intense discussion about how to ensure that all pay their 'fair share'. We propose a novel experimental design to incentive-compatibly model the firm-consumer relationship in a consumer...

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Pledges as a Social Influence Device : Experimental Evidence

Besancenot, Damien - 2019

This paper reports the results from a two-person "pledge and give" experiment. Each person's endowment is private …. Data from the lab experiment show that, indeed, subjects pledge approximately 60% of their endowment. Also, pledges have an …

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Can increased tax transparency curb corporate tax avoidance?

Razen, Michael; Kupfer, Alexander - 2021

Tax avoidance among large multinational corporations has considerably increased in recent years, triggering an intense discussion about how to ensure tax justice. We propose a novel experimental design to incentive-compatibly model the firm-consumer relationship in a consumer goods market. This...

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Do legal standards affect ethical concerns of consumers?

Danz, David; Engelmann, Dirk; Kübler, Dorothea - 2020

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 majority of consumers...

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Price Dynamics and Consumption Smoothing in Experimental Asset Markets

Halim, Edward - 2016

We report the results of an experiment designed to study the determinants of asset price movement and consumption …

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The Collective Benefits of Feeling Good and Letting Go : Positive Emotion and (Dis)Inhibition Interact to Predict Cooperative Behavior

Rand, David G.; Kraft-Todd, Gordon T.; Gruber, June - 2015

Cooperation is central to human existence, forming the bedrock of everyday social relationships and larger societal structures. Thus, understanding the psychological underpinnings of cooperation is of both scientific and practical importance. Recent work using a dual-process framework suggests...

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