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Moral Reference Points: Theory and Experimental Evidence 0.00 KB 19 downloads
The literature exploring other-regarding behavior has uncovered interesting phenomena,...
Power Asymmetry in Repeated Play of Provision and Appropriation Games 0.00 KB 150 downloads
This paper studies the effect of power asymmetry on resolution of social dilemmas...
Morally Monotonic Choice in Public Good Games 0.00 KB 119 downloads
(Revision of 2022-01) Rational choice theory, including models of social preferences,...
Tax Framing in Matching and Rebate Subsidy 0.00 KB 171 downloads
We conduct a laboratory experiment to study individual decision on donating to a...
Power Asymmetry in Repeated Play of Provision and Appropriation Games 0.00 KB 632 downloads
This paper studies the effect of power asymmetry on resolution of social dilemmas...
Festival Games: Inebriated and Sober Altruists 0.00 KB 188 downloads
We run a staged field experiment during three concerts in the South of Italy, characterized...
Peer-to-peer solar and social rewards: Evidence from a field experiment 0.00 KB 834 downloads
Observability has been demonstrated to influence the adoption of pro-social behavior...
Morally Monotonic Choice in Public Good Games 0.00 KB 288 downloads
Consequentialist rational choice theory, including models of (unconditional) social...
Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence 1.95 MB 944 downloads
(Revision of 2016-02) The literature exploring other-regarding behavior uncovers...
Audit State Dependent Taxpayer Compliance: Theory and Evidence from Colombia 1.20 MB 664 downloads
Revision of 2018-06 We develop and analyze a dynamic model of individual taxpayer...
Smoking and Intertemporal Risk Attitudes 1.63 MB 820 downloads
Atemporal risk preferences, time preferences, and intertemporal risk preferences...
Eye-Tracking and Economic Theories of Choice Under Risk 491.39 KB 247 downloads
We examine the ability of eye movement data to help understand the determinants of...
Do People Bundle Sequences of Choices? An Experimental Investigation 1.78 MB 888 downloads
Economists and psychologists have sought to model and explain both impulsive behavior...
Audit State Dependent Taxpayer Compliance: Theory and Evidence from Colombia 0.00 KB 200 downloads
This paper was revised as 2019-01. We develop and analyze a dynamic model of individual...
Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence 0.00 KB 248 downloads
(Revision of 2016-02) (Revised as 2019-02) Literature exploring other-regarding...
Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment 1.48 MB 488 downloads
We ask why so few student loan borrowers enroll in Income-Driven Repayment when the majority...
Cultural Identities and Resolution of Social Dilemmas 842.84 KB 566 downloads
Revision of 2017-08 We report an experiment on payoff-equivalent provision and appropriation games...
The St. Petersburg Paradox Despite Risk-seeking Preferences: An Experimental Study 509.97 KB 1060 downloads
The St. Petersburg Paradox is one of the oldest challenges of expected value theory. Thus...
Incentives 389.55 KB 598 downloads
Incentives are a major part of what defines the “economics” part in experimental economics....
Cultural Identities and Resolution of Social Dilemmas 0.00 KB 187 downloads
(Revised as 2018-03) An experiment is reported for the payoff-equivalent public...
Moral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence 0.00 KB 213 downloads
(Revision of 2016-02) (Revised as 2018-05) (Revised as 2019-02) The literature...
Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence 1.49 MB 197 downloads
Revision of 2012-12 We provide evidence that choices over small stakes bets are consistent...
Harnessing Policy Complementarities to Conserve Energy: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment 2.28 MB 280 downloads
The literature has shown the power of social norms to promote residential energy...
Do The Effects of Social Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments 9.02 MB 487 downloads
This study examines the mechanisms underlying long-run reductions in energy consumption...
Fit as a Fiddle or Sick as a Dog: Effects of Subjective Patient Reports on Uptake of Clinical Decision Support 1.22 MB 392 downloads
This paper reports research on improving decisions about hospital discharge ‒ a...
Tax Incidence: Do Institutions Matter? An Experimental Study 578.74 KB 682 downloads
Revision of 2012-17 According to economic theory, the incidence of a unit tax is...
An Experimental Game of Loss Sharing 1.07 MB 326 downloads
We conduct a lab-experimental study of bargaining over the distribution of monetary...
Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Evidence 0.00 KB 203 downloads
(Revision of 2012-12) (Revised as 2017-06) Measures of risk attitudes derived from...
The Behavioralist as Policy Designer: The Need to Test Multiple Treatments to Meet Multiple Targets 877.98 KB 511 downloads
We explore Tinbergen’s fundamental insight that policymakers need at least as many...
Cumulative Prospect Theory in the Laboratory: A Reconsideration 849.92 KB 317 downloads
We take Cumulative Prospect Theory (CPT) seriously by rigorously estimating structural...Contact Us
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