Experimental economics and culture

Culture has been referred to as a shared frame, the lens through which group members make sense of the world. It has been robustly linked to economic outcomes on the macro level and is also directly linked to decision-making: in recent years, experimental and behavioral economists have found evidenc...

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Other Authors Gunnthorsdottir, Anna (Editor), Norton, Douglas A., 1984- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
SeriesResearch in experimental economics ; v. 20.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787438194
9781787439894
ISSN0193-2306 ;
DOI10.1108/S0193-2306201820
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) ; cm.

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Introduction to experimental economics and culture
  • Why use qualitative methods to study culture in economic life?
  • A note on qualitative methods in experimental economics
  • Culture as a configuration of values: an archetypal perspective
  • Cultural values and behavior in dictator, ultimatum, and trust games: an experimental study
  • When income depends on performance and luck: the effects of culture and information on giving
  • Tastes for desert and placation: a reference point-dependent model of social preferences
  • Group identity in intermediated interactions: lessons from a trust game with delegation in South Africa
  • Index.