We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk …

principal-agent experiment that shows that consistency is valued by others and that this value is anticipated. The second … experiment underlines the crucial role of early commitment for consistency preferences. Finally we show how preferences for …

principal-agent experiment that shows that consistency is valued by others and that this value is anticipated. The second … experiment underlines the crucial role of early commitment for consistency preferences. Finally we show how preferences for …

We report a laboratory experiment that enables us to distinguish preferences for altruism (concerning tradeoffs between … preferences. We find that both social preferences and preferences for altruism are highly heterogeneous, ranging from utilitarian …

experiment, we study the endowment effect in lotteries with the same payoffs as the games in the first part. Our findings provide …

to produce willingness-to-pay (WTP) vs. willingness-to-accept (WTA) gaps in a valuation experiment in which subjects are …

experiment, we study the endowment effect in lotteries with the same payoffs as the games in the first part. Our findings provide …

In an experiment that elicits subjects' willingness to pay (WTP) for the outcome of a lottery, we confirm the fourfold …