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Chess players' performance beyond 64 squares : a case study on the limitations of cognitive abilities transfer

Bühren, Christoph; Frank, Björn - 2010

In a beauty contest experiment with over 6,000 chess players, ranked from amateur to world class, we found that … their own strength. In line with psychological research on chess players' thinking, we argue that they are not more rational … in a game theoretic sense per se. Their skills are rather specific for their game. -- chess ; beauty contest ; cognitive …

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Chess players' performance beyond 64 squares: A case study on the limitations of cognitive abilities transfer

Bühren, Christoph; Frank, Björn - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2010

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Gender Differences in Cooperation : Experimental Evidence on High School Students

Molina, José Alberto - 2013

Charles Darwin (1874) stated that "women are less selfish but men are more competitive". Very recent papers (Eckel & Grossman, 1998, 2001 or Andreoni and Vesterlund 2001, among others) have shown the relevance of gender in altruism in both ultimatum and dictator games. In this paper we analyze...

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Gender differences in cooperation : experimental evidence on high school students

Molina, José Alberto; Giménez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; … - 2013

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Does an educated mind take the broader view? : a field experiment on in-group favouritism among microcredit clients

Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne - 2012

A number of studies document an in-group bias in social dilemma situations. While group structure and dynamics are important in shaping in-group favouritism, less attention has been paid to individual characteristics affecting favouritism. Using data from dictator games conducted among 523...

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Does Scarcity Exacerbate the Tragedy of the Commons? Evidence from Fishers' Experimental Responses

Maldonado, Jorge H - 2013

EEG with local fishermen, we test the hypothesis that the behavior of participants differs under a situation of abundance …

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More than outcomes: A cognitive dissonance-based explanation of other-regarding behavior

Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - 2011

Recent research has cast some doubt on the general validity of outcome-based models of social preferences. We develop a model based on cognitive dissonance that focuses on the importance of self-image. An experiment (a dictator game variant) tests the model. First, we find that subjects whose...

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More than outcomes : a cognitive dissonance-based explanation of other-regarding behavior

Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - 2011

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On the persistence of strategic sophistication

Geōrganas, Sōtērēs; Healy, Paul J.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2014

We examine whether the "Level-k" model of strategic behavior generates reliable cross-game predictions within an individual. We find no correlation in subjects' estimated levels of reasoning across two families of games. Furthermore, estimating a higher level for Ann than Bob in one family of...

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Civil War, Social Capital and Market Development : Experimental and Survey Evidence on the Negative Consequences of Violence

Cassar, Alessandra; Grosjean, Pauline A.; Whitt, Sam - 2011

Recent studies have reported surprising increases in pro-social behavior following exposure to conflict. However, our research provides cautionary evidence of some important detrimental effects of conflict hidden within an overall trend toward increasing certain pro-social preferences. We draw...

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