Simon Gaechter

University of Nottingham

University Park

Nottingham, NG8 1BB

United Kingdom

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (39)

1.

Individual-Level Loss Aversion in Riskless and Risky Choices

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2961
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2022
Simon Gaechter, Eric J. Johnson and Andreas Herrmann
University of Nottingham, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Marketing and University of St. Gallen - MCM Institute
Downloads 2,101 (13,089)

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field experiments, endowment effect, loss aversion

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Exploring the Nature of Loss Aversion

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2015
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Mar 2006
Eric J. Johnson, Simon Gaechter and Andreas Herrmann
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Marketing, University of Nottingham and University of St. Gallen - MCM Institute
Downloads 1,628 (19,505)

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loss aversion, consumer choice, reference-dependent preferences

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Social Proximity and the Erosion of Norm Compliance

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 22 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2021
University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
Downloads 940 (42,907)
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Norm Compliance, Social Norms, Social Proximity

Observability, Social Proximity, and the Erosion of Norm Compliance

CESifo Working Paper No. 8212
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
Downloads 508 (95,792)

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norm compliance, social norms, social proximity

Social Proximity and the Erosion of Norm Compliance

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13864
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 16 Nov 2020
University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
Downloads 57 (634,334)

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norm compliance, social norms, social proximity

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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
Downloads 1,176 (31,656)
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public goods experiments, social preferences, conditional cooperation, free riding

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Who Makes a Good Leader? Social Preferences and Leading-by-Example

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3914
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Jan 2009
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 1,120 (33,963)
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reciprocity, contribution preferences, leadership, leading-by-example, false consensus effect

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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
Downloads 824 (52,181)
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Public goods games, experiments, voluntary contributions, conditional cooperation, free riding

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Design a Contract! A Simple Principal-Agent Problem as a Classroom Experiment

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Apr 2006
Simon Gaechter and Manfred Königstein
University of Nottingham and University of Erfurt
Downloads 635 (73,407)
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Classroom, experiments, post-contractual opportunism, incentive contracts, efficiency, reciprocity, Coase theorem

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Culture and Cooperation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3070
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Jun 2010
Simon Gaechter, Benedikt Herrmann and Christian Thöni
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of Lausanne
Downloads 337 (155,075)

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human cooperation, punishment, culture, experimental public good games

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Moderating Loss Aversion: Loss Aversion Has Moderators, But Reports of its Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Forthcoming, Journal of Consumer Psychology.
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Jan 2020
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Marketing, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Marketing, University of Nottingham and University of St. Gallen - MCM Institute
Downloads 298 (177,900)
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loss aversion, judgment and decision making, preference construction, status quo, age, experience

Peer Effects and Social Preferences in Voluntary Cooperation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4741
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 May 2014
Christian Thöni and Simon Gaechter
University of Lausanne and University of Nottingham
Downloads 205 (254,234)

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social preferences, voluntary cooperation, peer effects, reflection problem, gift-exchange, conformism, social norms, social esteem, experiments

Peer Effects and Social Preferences in Voluntary Cooperation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6277
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Christian Thöni and Simon Gaechter
University of Lausanne and University of Nottingham
Downloads 78 (534,326)

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conformism, social preferences, voluntary cooperation, peer effects, reflection problem, gift exchange, social norms, social esteem

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Conducting Interactive Experiments Online

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2017
Antonio Arechar, Simon Gaechter and Lucas Molleman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Nottingham and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Downloads 195 (266,104)
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Conducting Interactive Experiments Online

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10517
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Antonio Arechar, Simon Gaechter and Lucas Molleman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Nottingham and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Downloads 55 (645,534)
Citation 29

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Amazon Mechanical Turk, internet experiments, punishment, behavioral research, experimental methodology, public goods game

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Growth and Inequality in Public Good Games

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2021
University of Nottingham, University of Essex, Maastricht University - Department of Economics and Maastricht University
Downloads 172 (297,722)

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Public Good Game; Experiments; Game Theory; Dynamic Interdepencies; Growth; Inequality

Growth and Inequality in Public Good Games

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8504
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 04 Oct 2014
University of Nottingham, University of Essex, Maastricht University - Department of Economics and Maastricht University
Downloads 34 (788,187)
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public goods, inequality, growth

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Human Pro-Social Motivation and the Maintenance of Social Order

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4729
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Apr 2014
Simon Gaechter
University of Nottingham
Downloads 201 (259,431)

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social order, social dilemma, pro-sociality, strong reciprocity, moral emotions, social norms, conditional cooperation, punishment, rule of law

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LIONESS Lab – A Free Web-Based Platform for Conducting Interactive Experiments Online

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Feb 2019
University of Passau, University of Amsterdam - Department of Psychology, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Human Development and University of Nottingham
Downloads 190 (272,914)
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Experimental Economics; Experimental Software; Tools; Decision-Making; Online Experiments; Amazon Mechanical Turk

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The Limits of Self-Governance in the Presence of Spite: Experimental Evidence from Urban and Rural Russia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2236
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Simon Gaechter and Benedikt Herrmann
University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 166 (306,913)

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social norms, free riding, punishment, spite, experiments

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Moral Judgments in Social Dilemmas: How Bad is Free Riding?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3230
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Nov 2010
University of Nottingham, University of Birmingham - Department of Economics, University of Nottingham and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 161 (318,411)
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moral judgments, moral psychology, framing effects, public goods experiments, free riding

Working Too Much for Too Little: Stochastic Rewards Cause Work Addiction

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 16 Mar 2020
University of Saint Etienne - Analysis Group and Economic Theory Lyon St-Etienne (GATE-LSE), University of Nottingham and Burgundy School of Business
Downloads 128 (379,460)

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Incentives, Work Addiction, Occupational Health, Experiments

Working Too Much for Too Little: Stochastic Rewards Cause Work Addiction

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12992
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 02 Mar 2020
University of Saint Etienne - Analysis Group and Economic Theory Lyon St-Etienne (GATE-LSE), University of Nottingham and Burgundy School of Business
Downloads 28 (838,562)
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incentives, work addiction, occupational health, experiments

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Improvements and Future Challenges for the Research Infrastructure in the Field 'Experimental Economics'

RatSWD Working Paper No. 56
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Simon Gaechter
University of Nottingham
Downloads 139 (355,113)
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Experimental economics, data archives, selectivity of subject pools

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Peer Effects in Pro-Social Behavior: Social Norms or Social Preferences?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6345
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Feb 2012
Simon Gaechter, Daniele Nosenzo and Martin Sefton
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 138 (357,083)

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peer effects, social influence, gift-exchange, experiment, social preferences, inequity aversion, measuring social norms

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The Impact of Social Comparisons on Reciprocity

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3639
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Aug 2008
Simon Gaechter and Martin Sefton
University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 136 (361,233)
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reciprocity, gift-exchange, social information, social comparisons, pay comparisons, peer effects

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Revealing the Economic Consequences of Group Cohesion

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10824
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Simon Gaechter, Chris Starmer and Fabio Tufano
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham - School of Economics and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics, Psychology & Social Sciences (CISEPS)
Downloads 134 (365,286)

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social relationships, group cohesion, oneness, coordination, weak-link game, experiments, real groups

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Social Comparison and Performance: Experimental Evidence on the Fair Wage-Effort Hypothesis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4687
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Simon Gaechter and Christian Thöni
University of Nottingham and University of Lausanne
Downloads 128 (378,219)
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horizontal fairness, fair wage-effort hypothesis, wage comparison, gift exchange, discrimination

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Sequential versus Simultaneous Contributions to Public Goods: Experimental Evidence

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2602
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Apr 2009
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 123 (389,835)
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public goods, voluntary contributions, sequential moves, experiment

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The Roles of Incentives and Voluntary Cooperation for Contractual Compliance

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5774
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Jun 2011
Simon Gaechter, Esther Kessler and Manfred Königstein
University of Nottingham, Independent and University of Erfurt
Downloads 99 (455,542)

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principal-agent games, gift-exchange experiments, incomplete contracts, explicit incentives, implicit incentives, repeated games, separability, experiments

The Importance of Peers for Compliance with Norms of Fair Sharing

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9615
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Jan 2016
Simon Gaechter, Leonie Gerhards and Daniele Nosenzo
University of Nottingham, University of Hamburg - Department of Economics and University of Nottingham
Downloads 56 (639,959)

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social norms, norm compliance, peer effects, fair sharing, dictator game, framing, experiments

The Importance of Peers for Compliance with Norms of Fair Sharing

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6497
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Jun 2017
Simon Gaechter, Leonie Gerhards and Daniele Nosenzo
University of Nottingham, University of Hamburg - Department of Economics and University of Nottingham
Downloads 39 (749,670)
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Social Norms, Norm Compliance, Peer Effects, Fair Sharing, Dictator Game, Framing, Experiments

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Conditional Cooperation and Betrayal Aversion

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5444
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 Jul 2015
Robin P. Cubitt, Simon Gaechter and Simone Quercia
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham and University of Bonn
Downloads 58 (628,861)
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public goods game, conditional cooperation, trust, betrayal aversion, exploitation aversion, free riding, experiments

Conditional Cooperation and Betrayal Aversion

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9241
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Robin P. Cubitt, Simon Gaechter and Simone Quercia
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham and University of Bonn
Downloads 34 (788,187)

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exploitation aversion, betrayal aversion, trust, conditional cooperation, public goods game, free riding, experiments

Risk, Temptation, and Efficiency in the One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemma

CESifo Working Paper No. 9449
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Dec 2021
University of Nottingham, The Bank of Korea, University of Nottingham - School of Economics and Newcastle University
Downloads 68 (578,304)

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prisoner’s dilemma, cooperation, temptation, risk, efficiency

Risk, Temptation, and Efficiency in the One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemma

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14895
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 May 2022
Simon Gaechter, Kyeongtae Lee, Martin Sefton and Till Weber
University of Nottingham, The Bank of Korea, University of Nottingham - School of Economics and Newcastle University
Downloads 20 (913,926)

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prisoner’s dilemma, cooperation, temptation, risk, efficiency

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Who Discriminates? Evidence from a Trust Game Experiment Across Three Societies

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jan 2022
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University), University of Nottingham, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 82 (512,951)

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discrimination, experiment, willingness to discriminate, Trust, culture.

Disappointment Aversion and Social Comparisons in a Real-Effort Competition

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10754
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 May 2017 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Simon Gaechter, Lingbo Huang and Martin Sefton
University of Nottingham, Nanjing Audit University and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 40 (742,273)

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reference-dependent preferences, disappointment aversion, social comparison effects, real effort competition

Disappointment Aversion and Social Comparisons in a Real-Effort Competition

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6489
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Simon Gaechter, Lingbo Huang and Martin Sefton
University of Nottingham, Nanjing Audit University and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 31 (812,744)

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real effort competition, social comparison effects, disappointment aversion, reference-dependent preferences

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Religion, Discrimination and Trust

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9616
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jan 2016
Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), University of Nottingham, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Nottingham University Business School
Downloads 70 (561,321)

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religiosity, connectedness, discrimination, trust, experiment

Measuring "Group Cohesion" to Reveal the Power of Social Relationships in Team Production

CESifo Working Paper No. 9936
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Sep 2022
Simon Gaechter, Chris Starmer and Fabio Tufano
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of Nottingham
Downloads 46 (700,527)

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team work, group cohesion, social relationships, coordination, weak link games, experiments

Measuring "Group Cohesion" to Reveal the Power of Social Relationships in Team Production

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15512
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Aug 2022
Simon Gaechter, Chris Starmer and Fabio Tufano
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of Nottingham
Downloads 17 (944,911)
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social relationships, group cohesion, oneness, coordination, weak-link game, experiments, real groups

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Combining "Real Effort" with Induced Effort Costs: The Ball-Catching Task

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9041
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 May 2015
Simon Gaechter, Lingbo Huang and Martin Sefton
University of Nottingham, Nanjing Audit University and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 53 (644,358)

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experimental design, real effort task, induced values, incentives, piece-rate theory, team incentives, gift exchange, tournaments, online real effort experiments

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Preferences and Perceptions in Provision and Maintenance Public Goods

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15322
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 26 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Simon Gaechter, Felix Kölle and Simone Quercia
University of Nottingham, University of Cologne - Department of Economics and University of Verona
Downloads 39 (730,825)

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experiments, misperceptions, maintenance and provision social dilemmas, conditional cooperation, kindness, revealed altruism

Social Preferences and the Variability of Conditional Cooperation

CESifo Working Paper No. 9924
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Sep 2022
University of Zurich, University of Nottingham, The Bank of Korea and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 24 (874,985)

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sequential prisoner’s dilemma, conditional cooperation, social preferences

Social Preferences and the Variability of Conditional Cooperation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15523
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Sep 2022
University of Zurich, The Bank of Korea, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham - School of Economics
Downloads 14 (976,740)

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Sequential Prisoner's Dilemma, conditional cooperation, social preferences

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Leaders as Role Models for the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8580
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Nov 2014
Simon Gaechter and Elke Renner
University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
Downloads 37 (744,894)

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leadership, beliefs, experiments, public goods, path dependency, public policy, management

Conforming with Peers in Honesty and Cooperation

CESifo Working Paper No. 9493
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Jan 2022
Ozan Isler and Simon Gaechter
Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance and University of Nottingham
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honesty, cooperation, peer influence, conformism, social norms

Conforming with Peers in Honesty and Cooperation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14961
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Ozan Isler and Simon Gaechter
Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance and University of Nottingham
Downloads 13 (987,367)

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honesty, cooperation, peer influence, conformism, social norms

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Stated and Revealed Inequality Aversion in Three Subject Pools

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8954
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 Apr 2015
Benjamin Beranek, Robin P. Cubitt and Simon Gaechter
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
Downloads 29 (805,876)
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inequality aversion, replication, revealed and stated preferences, robustness across subject pools, MTurk

The Behavioral Mechanisms of Voluntary Cooperation Across Culturally Diverse Societies: Evidence from the Us, the UK, Morocco, and Turkey

CESifo Working Paper No. 10637
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 14 Sep 2023
Newcastle University, George Mason University, Missouri State University, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) and University of Nottingham
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public goods, voluntary cooperation, ABC method, conditional cooperation, beliefs, punishment, cross-cultural experiments, WEIRD societies

The Behavioral Mechanisms of Voluntary Cooperation Across Culturally Diverse Societies: Evidence from the Us, the UK, Morocco, and Turkey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16415
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 05 Sep 2023
Newcastle University, George Mason University, Missouri State University, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) and University of Nottingham
Downloads 9 (1,028,289)

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cross-cultural experiments, punishment, beliefs, conditional cooperation, ABC method, voluntary cooperation, public goods, WEIRD societies

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Using the Strategy Method and Elicited Beliefs to Explain Group Size and Mpcr Effects in Public Good Experiments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16605
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 16 Nov 2023
Simon Gaechter and Diego Marino Fages
University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
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public goods, group size, MPCR, strategy method, ABC approach, conditional cooperation, experiments