Urs Fischbacher

University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics

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78457 Konstanz

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A Theory of Reciprocity

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A Theory of Reciprocity

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2000
Armin Falk and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Reciprocity, Fairness, Cooperation, Competition, Game Theory

A Theory of Reciprocity

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Nov 2001
Armin Falk and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Reciprocity, fairness, cooperation, game theory

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A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Survey

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Mar 2003
Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher, Bernhard von Rosenbladt, Jürgen Schupp and Gert G. Wagner
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, NFO Infratest Sozialforschung, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Experiment, Survey, Trust, Trustworthiness, Altruism

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Social Preferences, Beliefs, and the Dynamics of Free Riding in Public Good Experiments

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2491
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Dec 2008
Urs Fischbacher and Simon Gaechter
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Nottingham
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public goods experiments, social preferences, conditional cooperation, free riding

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Heterogeneous Social Preferences and the Dynamics of Free Riding in Public Goods

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2011
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jan 2006
Urs Fischbacher and Simon Gaechter
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Nottingham
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Public goods games, experiments, voluntary contributions, conditional cooperation, free riding

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Shifting the Blame: On Delegation and Responsibility

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2011
Björn Bartling and Urs Fischbacher
University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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delegation, responsibility, punishment, decision rights

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Why Social Preferences Matter - the Impact of Non-Selfish Motives on Competition, Cooperation and Incentives

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Why Social Preferences Matter - the Impact of Non-Selfish Motives on Competition, Cooperation and Incentives

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 84
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Feb 2002
Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Why Social Preferences Matter - the Impact of Non-Selfish Motives on Competition, Cooperation and Incentives

Posted: 21 Apr 2002
Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics

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Informal Sanctions

IEER Working Paper No. 59
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Nov 2000
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Informal Sanction, Social Norm, Social Capital, Strategic Sanction, Fairness, Reciprocity, Spitefulness.

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Are People Conditionally Cooperative? Evidence from a Public Goods Experiment

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Jan 2000
Urs Fischbacher, Simon Gächter and Ernst Fehr
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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voluntary contributions, conditional cooperation, reciprocity, free riding, strategy-method, experiments

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The Impact of Monetary Policy on Stock Market Bubbles and Trading Behavior: Evidence from the Lab

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 37(10), pp. 2104-2122
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2013
Urs Fischbacher, Thorsten Hens and Stefan Zeisberger
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance and Radboud University, Institute for Management Research
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experimental economics, investment behavior, liquidity, monetary policy, asset market bubbles

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Testing Theories of Fairness - Intentions Matter

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 63
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Feb 2001
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Fairness, Reciprocity, Intentions, Experiments, Moonlighting Game

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Neuroeconomic Foundations of Trust and Social Preferences

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1641, IEW Working Paper No. 221
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Jun 2005
Ernst Fehr, Michael Kosfeld and Urs Fischbacher
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Neuroeconomic , Foundations of Trust, Social Preferences

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On the Nature of Fair Behavior

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On the Nature of Fair Behavior

IEER Working Paper No. 17
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Jan 2000
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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On the Nature of Fair Behavior

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Oct 2001
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Fairness, intentions, models of fairness

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Fairness, Errors and the Power of Competition

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 133
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Feb 2004
Urs Fischbacher, Christina M. Fong and Ernst Fehr
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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Competition, Fairness, Reciprocity, Quantal Response Equilibrium

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Soft Landing of a Stock Market Bubble. An Experimental Study

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 90
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 06 Feb 2002
Ralf M. Becker, Urs Fischbacher and Thorsten Hens
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. - Global Markets Research, Economy, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Z-Tree ? Experimenter?S Manual

Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Paper No. 21
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 14 Apr 2000
Urs Fischbacher
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Do High Stakes and Competition Undermine Fairness? Evidence from Russia

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Nov 2002
Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher and Elena Tougareva
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - Institute of Psychology
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Reciprocity, Fairness, Competitive Markets, Incentives, Stake Size

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Appropriating the Commons - a Theoretical Explanation

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Appropriating the Commons - a Theoretical Explanation

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Nov 2000
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Common Pool Resources, Experiments, Fairness, Reciprocity, Game Theory, Fairness Models

Appropriating the Commons - a Theoretical Explanation

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Oct 2001
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Common pool resources, experiments, fairness, reciprocity, game theory, fairness models

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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3592
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Oct 2011
Gerald Eisenkopf, Zohal Hessami, Urs Fischbacher and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Konstanz
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gender math gap, single-sex education, coeducation, natural experiment

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Living in Two Neighborhoods - Social Interactions in the Lab

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Nov 2004
Armin Falk, Urs Fischbacher and Simon Gächter
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
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Social Interactions, Identification, Experiments

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Driving Forces of Informal Sanctions

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 59
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Nov 2001
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Strategic conformity or anticonformity to avoid punishment and attract reward

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 27 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2024
Fabian Dvorak, Urs Fischbacher and Katrin Schmelz
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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anticonformity, conformity, homophily, salience, transitivity, evaluation, reward, punishment JEL Classification: C81, C92, D83, D91

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Driving Forces Behind Informal Sanctions

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Jul 2005
Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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sanctioning, cooperation, social norm, reciprocity, fairness, spitefulness

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Pivotality and Responsibility Attribution in Sequential Voting

Journal of Public Economics, Forthcoming, University of Zurich Department of Economics Working Paper No. 138
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 05 May 2015
Björn Bartling, Urs Fischbacher and Simeon Schudy
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Ulm University
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Collective decision making, responsibility attribution, voting, pivotality, delegation, experiment

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Indirect Reciprocity and Strategic Reputation Building in an Experimental Helping Game

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 132
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Jan 2003
Dirk Engelmann and Urs Fischbacher
University of London - Royal Holloway - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Excess Entry in an Experimental Winner-Take-All Market

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 86
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Sep 2001
Urs Fischbacher and Christian Thöni
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Lausanne
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Winner-take-all market, Excess entry, Experiment, Market entry

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Who Runs? Honesty and Self-Selection into Politics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10258
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Sebastian Fehrler, Urs Fischbacher and Maik T. Schneider
IZA, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Karl-Franzens-University of Graz
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lying aversion, experiment, political economy, voting, contest, primaries, campaigns, cheap talk, elections, candidates, self-selection

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Super-Additive Cooperation

CESifo Working Paper No. 10133
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Dec 2022
Charles Efferson, Helen Bernhard, Urs Fischbacher and Ernst Fehr
Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, University of Zurich, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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evolution of cooperation, reciprocity, intergroup competition, social dilemma

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Adding household surveys to the behavioral economics toolbox: Insights from the SOEP Innovation Sample

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Apr 2022
Urs Fischbacher, Levent Neyse, David Richter and Carsten Schroeder
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), SOEP and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Experiments, Household Survey, Panel Study

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Betting on Diversity – Occupational Segregation and Gender Stereotypes

CESifo Working Paper No. 10187
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 17 Jan 2023
Urs Fischbacher, Dorothea Kübler and Robert Stüber
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Social Science Research Center (WZB) and Center for Behavioral Institutional Design
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gender segregation, hiring decisions, teams, discrimination, stereotypes

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A Nationwide Laboratory Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioural Experiments into Representative Surveys

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Jun 2003
Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher, Bernhard von Rosenbladt, Jürgen Schupp and Gert G. Wagner
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, NFO Infratest Sozialforschung, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Experiment, survey, trust, trustworthiness, altruism

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Neuroeconomic Foundation of Trust and Social Preferences

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5127
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Aug 2005
Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher and Michael Kosfeld
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Goethe University Frankfurt
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Neuroconomic, social preferences, foundation of trust

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Agenda Control and Reciprocity in Sequential Voting Decisions

Economic Inquiry, Volume 58, Issue4, October 2020, Pages 1813-1829. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12898
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Mar 2023
Urs Fischbacher and Simeon Schudy
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Ulm University
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C92, D71, D72

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Missing the Target: Does Increased Capacity of the Local Government Improve Beneficiary Selection?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17365
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Oct 2024
Viola Asri, Kumar Biswas, Sebastian Fehrler, Urs Fischbacher, Katharina Michaelowa and Atonu Rabbani
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), University of Chicago, IZA, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Zurich - Centre for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) and University of Dhaka
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social policy, targeting, local governance, behavior, RCT, Bangladesh

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Oxytocin Increases Trust in Humans

Nature, Vol. 435, No. 2, pp. 673-676, June 2005
Posted: 03 Jul 2005
Michael Kosfeld, Markus Heinrichs, Paul J. Zak, Urs Fischbacher and Ernst Fehr
Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Zurich - Psychology Institute, Claremont Graduate University - Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Trust, oxytocin, prosocial behavior

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Third Party Punishment and Social Norms

Zurich IEER Working Paper No. 106
Posted: 02 Feb 2004
Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher
University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics

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Social norm, sanction, punishment, strong reciprocity, social preference, third party

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Caste and Unequal Access to Education: An Experimental Study

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2022
Ankush Asri, Deepti Bhatia and Urs Fischbacher
University of Konstanz, University of Konstanz and University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Caste, Discrimination, Labour market outcomes, Experiments