21,181 research outputs found
Replication Data for: Social information and selfishness
No full textWhen decision makers are informed about the decisions of their peers, does this make them more selfish or more generous? We study the effect of social information on selfishness (as measured by dictator game giving) in a twice-repeated setting. We vary whether or not dictators receive information about the allocation decisions of other dictators. Independently we vary whether being the dictator is determined randomly or earned. We find that dictators act more generously in the first round with than without social information in case dictator positions are randomly assigned; no such effect is found in case dictators’ positions are earned. Allocations in the second round are generally more selfish than those in the first round. This effect is significantly stronger with than without social information, indicating that being informed about the decisions of their peers makes dictators more selfish. These results indicate that transparency about allocation decisions is unlikely to make such decisions more generous
Replication Data for: Cooperative versus competitive interactions and in-group bias
No full textWe study the effect of interpersonal but impersonal interactions on in-group bias in allocational choices. Before the elicitation of the choices, individuals either engage in a cooperative or competitive interaction, or in no interaction at all. We find that a cooperative interaction eliminates any in-group bias as compared to the case where there is no interaction, and even introduces relatively more pro-sociality with respect to out-group. A competitive interaction reduces pro-sociality in general, irrespective of whether others are in- or out-group
Do cheaters in the lab also cheat in the field? European Economic Review_stata dta and do file
No full textStata dta and do file that shows the data analysis of the paper "Potters, J., and Stoop, J. (2016). Do cheaters in the lab also cheat in the field?. European Economic Review, 87, 26-33"The do file shows the statistical
analyses of this paper, showed in the order in which they appear in the paper.</div
J. A. Stanfield & Grace Simpson, Central Gaulish Potters
No full textDe Laet Sigfried Jan. J. A. Stanfield & Grace Simpson, Central Gaulish Potters. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 27, fasc. 2, 1958. pp. 561-562
J. A. Stanfield & Grace Simpson, Central Gaulish Potters
No full textDe Laet Sigfried Jan. J. A. Stanfield & Grace Simpson, Central Gaulish Potters. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 27, fasc. 2, 1958. pp. 561-562
(Not) alone in the world: Cheating in the presence of a virtual observer [Dataset]
No full textWe conducted an experiment in a high-immersive virtual reality environment to study the effect of the presence of a virtual observer on cheating behavior. Participants were placed in a virtual room and played 30 rounds of a cheating game without a chance of their cheating being detected. We varied whether or not a virtual observer (an avatar) was present in the room, and, if so, whether the avatar was actively staring at the decision maker or passively seated in a corner watching his smartphone.
This dataset contains:
appendix (instructions + informed consent)
clean data (cleaned data in stata dta format)
code (stata do-files)
input (raw data files)
output (figures and LaTeX tables)
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Frequency of interaction, communication and collusion: An experiment
Full text linkThe frequency of interaction facilitates collusion by reducing gains from defection. Theory has shown that under imperfect monitoring flexibility may hinder cooperation by inducing punishment after too few noisy signals, making collusion impossible in many environments (Sannikov and Skrzypacz in Am Econ Rev 97:1794–1823, 2007). The interplay of these forces should generate an inverse U-shaped effect of flexibility on collusion. We test for the first time these theoretical predictions—central to antitrust policy—in a laboratory experiment featuring an indefinitely repeated Cournot duopoly, with different degrees of flexibility. Results turn out to depend crucially on whether subjects can communicate with each other at the beginning of a supergame (explicit collusion) or not (tacit collusion). Without communication, the incidence of collusion is low throughout and not significantly related to flexibility; when subjects are allowed to communicate, collusion is more common throughout and significantly more frequent in the treatment with intermediate flexibility than in the treatments with low or high flexibility
Experimental industrial organization
No full textWe present a selective survey of experimental studies on industrial organization (IO) issues centered on recent work. More material can be found in the seminal survey by Holt (1995), the meta-study on collusion by Engel (2007), the book on experiments and competition policy edited by Hinloopen and Normann (2009) and the survey on oligopoly experiments in the new millennium by Potters and Suetens (2013). We believe that the results from laboratory experiments can help understand strategic behavior in general and in industrial organization settings in particular due to the twin virtues of experimentation: control and replicability.Peer reviewe
The effect of competition on risk taking in contests
Full text linkWe investigate, theoretically and experimentally, the effect of competition on risk taking in a contest in which players only decide on the level of risk they wish to take. Taking more risk implies a chance of a higher performance, but also implies a higher chance of failure. We vary the level of competition in two ways: by varying the number of players (2 players versus 8 players), and by varying the sensitivity of the contest to differences in performance (lottery contest versus all-pay auction). Our results show that there is a significant interaction effect between the two treatments, suggesting that players are particularly prone to take more risks if both the number of players and the sensitivity to performance are higher
Potbank and union : a study of work and trade unionism in the pottery industry, 1900-1924
Full text linkThe thesis analyses work and trade unionism in the pottery
industry between 1900-1924. It explores the structural influences
on work and unionism and the experience of the people involved. The
main contextual features studied include: the industrial framework;
ceramic technology and production; the social relations of the workplace;
the union's origins and growth; employer action and the potters'
relationship with the community, labour movement and state. The study
demonstrates how social and economic relations moulded perceptions and
that individuals could shape those relations.
There are five sections. The first shows the industry's economic
structure was the principal determinant of the potter's work. Past
industrial development conditioned responses to the events of the
1900-1924 period. Worker and management actions are related to the
variety of markets and technology. Secondly, an examination of the
production process reveals the sectionalism of the industry's internal
relations which affected the potters' attempts at collective
organization. Thirdly the evolution of trade unionism and its
amalgamated form are explained. Initially the union was craft dominated
but during the period came to reflect the composite workforce's response
to industrial change. The workgroup, the family and local loyalties
formed the basis of union organization. Fourthly, management's desire
to control production had a major impact on work and union experience.
Industrial bargaining and conflict reinforced the sectionalism of the
workforce and the fragmentation of the union. Finally, the class
consciousness and political attitudes of the potters resulted from the
interaction of workplace and community and were also modified by the
potters' relations with other classes, the labour movement and the state.
The period constitutes a discontinuity in the development of the
Potteries given the changes which occurred in technology, capital and
labour organizations and industrial relations. The thesis is the first
account of work and unionism in this era of the pottery industry's
history and challenges orthodox interpretations of the technical and
social aspects of pottery manufacture. It seeks to understand the social
basis of work and trade unionism and to broaden the historical study of
women workers, industrial disease and the intersection of home, work and
trade unionism
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