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Is there a hidden cost of imposing a minimum contribution level for public good contributions?
(2016-04)
We examine the effects of either exogenously imposing or endogenously letting subjects choose whether to impose minimum contribution levels (MCLs) in a linear public goods experiment
using the strategy method. Our results ...
Social preferences in childhood and adolescence - A large-scale experiment
(2010-06)
Social preferences have been shown to be an important determinant of economic decision making for many adults. We present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants ...
Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
(2012-01)
We develop a model that relates self-control and conflict identification to cooperation patterns in social dilemmas. As predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger ...
Gender and cooperative preferences on five continents
(2016-11)
Evidence of gender differences in cooperation in social dilemmas is inconclusive. This paper experimentally elicits unconditional contributions, a contribution vector (cooperative preferences), and beliefs about the level ...
The role of beliefs, trust, and risk in contributions to a public good
(2011-01)
This paper experimentally investigates the role of beliefs, trust, and risk in shaping cooperative behavior. By applying incentivized elicitation methods to measure these concepts, we find that beliefs about others’ behavior ...