Do crackdowns on bribery exacerbate corruption in the long run? In this paper, we observe the long-run impact of a short-term punishment institution (i.e. a crackdown) on bribery. We conduct lab experiments in two countries with cultures that differ in corruption norms, and have very different...

We report the results of laboratory experiments that examine whether third-party contributions crowd out private giving to charity. Subjects play a single dictator game with a charity as the recipient. The subject chooses his preferred charity from a list. There are four treatment combinations:...

This paper explores the extent to which team identity can deter shirking and free-riding behavior in a team production setting. Team identity is manufactured and identification is enhanced by a variety of means. Created team identity is chosen over existing team identity to ensure that all...

Much recent innovation in teaching economics has focused on active learning strategies and on the use of technology. At the same time, budget realities make large lecture classes a fact of life for principles of economics courses at many universities. Unfortunately, neither active learning...

We present lab experiments that utilize a new three-player game designed to capture key features of care provision. We discuss results from the baseline game and test two sets of treatments designed to gauge the impact of potential policy interventions. The first varies the budget subsidy...

We conduct a framed field experiment in two Dallas neighborhoods to examine how common identity affects individual contributions to local public goods. The participants' common identity is primed to make neighborhood membership salient before individuals make donations to local non-profit...

Experimental research follows well-established procedures and design rules. Subjects are recruited to participate in a study, and report at a specified time and place. Typically subjects are undergraduate students, though if experience with a particular market or institution is thought to be an...

Vernon Smith shared the Nobel Prize in 2002 with Daniel Kahneman. This article surveys Smith's contributions to economics. His early efforts led to greater understanding of markets and market institutions, which developed into important contributions to the design of new markets. Subsequent...

Mixed public and private ownership is common in Europe and Asia but a relatively new phenomenon in North America. Government purchase of shares in private corporations has become increasingly frequent in Canada in particular. Mixed enterprise differs fundamentally from total public ownership and...

This paper reports results of committee voting experiments in which a fixed agenda specifies a sequence of binary decisions. The outcome depends on whether voting is myopic or strategic. Subjects initially voted in accordance with myopic-voting rules; strategic-voting behavior was more prevalent...