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Divided in Morals, United in Selfishness : An Experiment

Kurschilgen, Michael J. - 2020

theoretical predictions, revealing a large disparity of moral valuations of efficiency vs. equality …

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Cooperation, punishment and organized crime : a lab-in-the-field experiment in Southern Italy

Nese, Annamaria; O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Sbriglia, Patrizia - 2016

This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation which allows a deeper insight into the nature of social preferences amongst organized criminals and how these differ from "ordinary" criminals on the one hand and from the non‐criminal population in the same geographical area on...

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Efficiency and voluntary redistribution under inequality

Aoyagi, Masaki; Nishimura, Naoko; Okano, Yoshitaka - 2017

efficiency and equity of the final outcome. Furthermore, these tendencies are stronger when the two players have conflicting …

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Chapter 14. Diffusion, Strategic Interaction, and Social Structure

Jackson, Matthew O.; Yariv, Leeat - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 645-678). 2011

We provide an overview and synthesis of the literature on how social networks influence behaviors, with a focus on diffusion. We discuss some highlights from the empirical literature on the impact of networks on behaviors and diffusion. We also discuss some of the more prominent models of...

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Chapter 12. An Overview of Social Networks and Economic Applications

Jackson, Matthew O. - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 511-585). 2011

In this chapter, I provide an overview of research on social networks and their role in shaping behavior and economic outcomes. I include discussion of empirical and theoretical analyses of the role of social networks in markets and exchange, learning and diffusion, and network games. I also...

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That's just : not fair ; gender differences in notions of justice

Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015

of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance … experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences for giving and notions of justice in experiments using the same … differences in the notion of justice between men and women; women tend to be far more egalitarian. Using our preference …

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That's just - not fair : gender differences in notions of justice

Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015

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Social Preferences Under Risk : Ex-Post Fairness vs. Efficiency

Gaudeul, Alexia - 2015

Social lotteries are lotteries that are played along with someone else. The experimental literature indicates that risk attitudes depend on how one's situation in the safe alternative compares to that of a peer. Evaluation of the risky alternative also depends on whether the lottery gives equal...

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Do distributional preferences reverse on a dollar? : an experiment

Williams, Marlon - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 13 (2021) 4, pp. 407-426

In settings where other-regarding motives are likely to be (and some would argue, should be) at the forefront of our minds, how much of our behavior can still be explained by narrow pecuniary self-interest by itself? In an experiment where subjects are asked to vote between two income...

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The economics of transboundary river management

Ansink, Erik; Houba, Harold - 2014

specific attention to the efficiency, sustainability, and fairness of solutions to this model. We compare and contrast both …

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