We study experimentally whether and when a shared history of signals affects players' incentives to cooperate in infinitely repeated prisoner's dilemmas. We compare games where the player can privately observe imperfect signals about her partner's actions to games where signals are perfect and...

Temporary employment contracts are often regarded as ‘stepping stones’ for workers’ careers, because they can help inexperienced workers secure a permanent contract. Our study evaluates whether this stepping-stone function is moderated by the contract duration, exploiting a Dutch policy...

Temporary employment contracts are often regarded as 'stepping stones' for workers' careers, because they can help inexperienced workers secure a permanent contract. Our study evaluates whether this stepping-stone function is moderated by the contract duration, exploiting a Dutch policy reform...

Temporary employment contracts are often regarded as 'stepping stones' for workers' careers, because they can help inexperienced workers secure a permanent contract. Our study evaluates whether this stepping-stone function is moderated by the contract duration, exploiting a Dutch policy reform...

Does social learning and subsequent private information processing differ depending on whether the observer shares the same group identity as the predecessor whose actions are observed? In this paper, we conduct a lab experiment to answer this question, in which subjects first observe a social...