Our study analyzes the consequences of workers' participation in the wage setting process on effort exertion. The … is systematically varied among the workers. The experimental data reveals that workers' participation leads actually to a … decline in effort exertion which can be explained by negative reciprocity of the respective worker. These results put some …

exogenously implemented institutions. This suggests that participation rights enhance cooperation in groups. With endogenous …

' transfer decision and consider the effect of participation on the destruction rate. We find that participation matters … highly unfavorable outcomes. This participation effect is highly significant for those responders (the majority) who show … negative reciprocity (i.e., destroy more when takers are greedier). -- fairness ; participatory decision making ; power …

Reciprocity can be a powerful motivation for human behaviour. Scholars argue that it is relevant in the context of … private provision of public goods. We examine whether reciprocity can resolve the associated coordination problem. The … interaction of reciprocity with cost-sharing is critical. Neither cost-sharing nor reciprocity in isolation can solve the problem …