on punishment behavior. In this paper we approach impartial observers' attributions of intentionality and the attachment … in chances to attribute intentionality and to attach praise or blame. We show that the awareness of, and the caring for …Understanding how observers attribute intentionality to people in the focus of their attention helps in shedding light …

; externalities ; punishment ; praise ; moral bias … on punishment behavior. In this paper we approach impartial observers' attributions of intentionality and the attachment … in chances to attribute intentionality and to attach praise or blame. We show that the awareness of, and the caring for …

controlled conditions, we have conducted a public goods experiment with central punishment. The authority is neutral - she does … not benefit from contributions to the public good. Punishment is costly. Along with the punishment decisions the authority … writes justifications for her decisions. In the Baseline, authorities are requested to justify punishment decisions, but the …

When agents face coordination problems their choices often impose externalities on third parties. We investigate … whether such externalities can affect equilibrium selection in a series of one-shot coordination games varying the size and … the sign of the externality. We find that third-party externalities have a limited effect on decisions. A large majority …

dampens cooperation, though only slightly. Surprisingly, externalities are immaterial. If we control for beliefs, they even … we add beliefs as a control variable, we only find that externalities enhance cooperation, even if gains from collusion … expected. -- Oligopoly ; Collusion ; experiment ; Uncertainty ; negative externalities ; prisoner's dilemma …

goods provision embedded in a social context and find that in the absence of explicit norms externalities have almost no … effect. With an endogenously formed provision norm positive as well as negative externalities dampen provision as compared to … no externalities. We explain the surprisingly low provision under positive externalities by the providers' increased risk …

When agents face coordination problems their choices often impose externalities on third parties. We investigate … whether such externalities can affect equilibrium selection in a series of one-shot coordination games varying the size and … the sign of the externality. We find that third-party externalities have a limited effect on decisions. A large majority …

When agents face coordination problems their choices often impose externalities on third parties. We investigate … whether such externalities can affect equilibrium selection in a series of one-shot coordination games varying the size and … the sign of the externality. We find that third-party externalities have a limited effect on decisions. A large majority …